Chapter 32

Front 1

Betty Friedan

Back 1

An author who caused a spark in the women's movement

Front 2

Equal Pay Act

Back 2

Made it illegal for employers to pay female workers less than male workers for the same job

Front 3

National Organization for Women (NOW)

Back 3

A women's rights group that tried to influence elected officials to ensure social and economic equality for women

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Gloria Steinem

Back 4

A journalist who was one of the women inspired to activism

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National Women's Political Caucus

Back 5

A group founded to encourage women to run for political office

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Education Amendments Act

Back 6

Outlawed sexual discrimination in higher education

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Phyllis Schlafly

Back 7

A conservative critic that was pleased when the ERA failed to win ratification

Front 8

Bella Abzug

Back 8

A representative from New York in Congress who became an outspoken supporter of women's issues in Congress

Front 9

Shirley Chisholm

Back 9

A representative from New York in Congress that was the first African American women elected to Congress and became the first African American woman to run for president

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Cesar Chaves

Back 10

Leader of the NFWA

Front 11

Dolores Huerta

Back 11

A CSO workers who helped form the NFWA

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La Huelga

Back 12

Delano grape strike

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United Farm Workers (UFW)

Back 13

NFWA merged with another union; inspired many to fight discrimination

Front 14

Reies Lopez Tijerina

Back 14

Led the Alianza Federal de Mercedes

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Alianza Federal de Mercedes

Back 15

Worked to regain land that had been taken from Mexican Americans over the years

Front 16

Brown Berets

Back 16

An activist group formed in response to police brutality against Mexican Americans in LA

Front 17

Rodolfo "Corky" Gonzales

Back 17

Became one of the leading figures in the Chicano movement

Front 18

Crusade for Justice

Back 18

A group that promoted Mexican American nationalism

Front 19

Mexican American Youth Organization (MAYO)

Back 19

A group formed by a group of students in San Antonio that took radical positions on issues affecting Mexican Americans

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Jose Angel Gutierrez

Back 20

One of MAYOs founders that had been inspired by a farmworkers protest march

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La Raza Unida Party

Back 21

A Chicano political party formed by Gutierrez

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American Indian Movement

Back 22

Became a major force behind he Red Power movement

Front 23

Russell Means

Back 23

A Sioux born in South Dakota who became a prominent figure in AIM

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Ed Roberts

Back 24

A young Californian who had become a quadriplegic after having polio who joined the disabled

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Rehabilitation Act

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Forbade discrimination in jobs, education, or housing because of physical disabilities

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Education for All Handicapped Children Act

Back 26

Required public schools to provide education for children with physical or mental disabilities

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American Association of Retired Persons (AARP)

Back 27

An organization dedicated to lobbying for the needs of older citizens

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Gray Panthers

Back 28

Fought for greater rights for older Americans

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Maggie Kuhn

Back 29

Founded the Gray Panthers

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Older Americans Act

Back 30

Committed the government to providing elderly Americans with adequate income and medical care

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Children's Defense Fund

Back 31

Became the leading children's rights organization

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Marian Wright Edelman

Back 32

Director of the Children's Defense Fund

Front 33

Generation Gap

Back 33

A gap between the baby boomers and their elders that grew wider

Front 34

Mario Savio

Back 34

A student activist that helped organize protests

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Counterculture

Back 35

An alternative lifestyle

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Timothy Leary

Back 36

Became LSD's leading supporter

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Pop Art

Back 37

A new style of art that was intended to appeal to popular tastes

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British invasion

Back 38

The introduction of new British bands to an American audience

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Joan Baez

Back 39

A folk artist that wrote lyrics that sent a political message to listeners

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Bob Dylan

Back 40

A folk artists who wrote lyrics that sent a political message to listeners

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James Brown

Back 41

The most dynamic artist of the era who performed rhythm-and-blues music

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Aretha Franklin

Back 42

Known as the queen of Soul

Front 43

Woodstock

Back 43

The celebration of an era and marked the high point of the counterculture movement