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abortion?
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the induced termination of pregnancy by removing the fetus/embryo from the uterus
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the induced termination of pregnancy by removing the fetus/embryo from the uterus?
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abortion
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What act enforced antiabortion laws?
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The Comstock Act
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By when did every state have some kind of antiabortion law on its book?
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1900
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When was Roe v. Wade?
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1973
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what was Roe v. Wade?
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said that no state could restrict abortions during the first three months, or trimester, of a pregnancy
States were permitted to adopt restrictive laws in accordance with respecting the mother's health during the second trimester. The practice could be banned outright during the third trimester. Any state law that conflicted with this ruling was automatically overturned. |
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what was a decision by the United States Supreme Court that said that no state could restrict abortions during the first three months, or trimester, of a pregnancy?
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Roe v. Wade
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what are reproductive rights?
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legal rights and freedoms relating to reproduction and reproductive health
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legal rights and freedoms relating to reproduction and reproductive health?
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reproductive rights
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what is included under reproductive rights?
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right to a legal/safe abortion
right to birth control right to access good quality reproductive healthcare right to reproductive education |
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what are right to a legal/safe abortion, right to birth control, right to access good quality reproductive healthcare, and right to reproductive education examples of?
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reproductive rights
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what is bill baird called?
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father of the birth control and abortion-rights movement
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who is the father of the birth control and abortion-rights movement?
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bill baird
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When was Bill Baird jailed eight times for lecturing on abortion and birth control?
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in the 1960s
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What was Bill Baird jailed eight times for?
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lecturing on abortion and birth control
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Bill is the only _____ in American history with three _____
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non-lawyer, Supreme Court victories
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What inspired Bill Baird to fight for reproductive rights?
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he witnessed an unmarried mother of nine die from a self inflicted coat hanger abortion
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What did the Equal Rights Amendment propose?
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equal rights for women
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What amendment proposed equal rights for women?
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the Equal Rights Amendment
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When was the Equal Rights Amendment relevant?
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1972-1982
(1970s to 1980s) |
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Who strongly opposed to Equal Rights Amendment and modern feminism?
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Phyllis Schlafly
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What did Phyllis Schlafly strongly oppose?
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The Equal Rights Amendment and modern feminism
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When did Phyllis Schlafly oppose the Equal Rights Amendment?
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during the 1970s
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What was Phyllis Schlafly famous for publishing?
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A Choice, Not an Echo
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Who wrote A Choice, Not an Echo?
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Phyllis Schlafly
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Why did Phyllis Schlafly oppose the Equal Rights Amendment?
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she thought that equality between the sexes would harm rather than help women
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who was Pauli Murray?
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American civil rights activist, women's rights activist, lawyer, and author
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who was an American civil rights activist, women's rights activist, lawyer, and author?
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Pauli Murray
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When did Pauli Murray live?
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1910-1985
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What did Pauli Murray struggle with?
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her sexuality and gender identity
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What did Betty Friedan publish?
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the Feminine Mystique
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who published the Feminine Mystique?
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Betty Friedan
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What was Betty Friedan a leading figure in?
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the women's movement
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What is credited for sparking the second wave of American feminism?
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Betty Friedan's The Feminine Mystique
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What did Betty Friedan's The Feminine Mystique spark?
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the second wave of American feminism
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What did Betty Friedan found?
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the National Organization for Women
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Who founded the National Organization for Women?
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Betty Friedan
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When was the National Organization for Women founded?
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1966
(1960s) |
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Who organized the nation wide Women's Strike for Equality?
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Betty Friedan
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When was the nation wide Women's Strike for Equality?
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1970
(1970s) |
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When did Betty Friedan live?
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1921-2006
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What was The Feminine Mystique about?
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The problem that had no name (the struggles of housewives)
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when did second wave feminism occur?
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started in 1960s and lasted until 1980s
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What did second wave feminism focus on?
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sexuality, family, the workplace, reproductive rights, legal inequalities, violence against women
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what did second wave feminism fight (and ultimately fail) to pass?
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The Equal Rights Amendment
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What is William's Doll?
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a children's picture book about a boy who wants a doll even though dolls are for girls
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When was William's Doll published?
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1972
(1970s) |
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What roles do the father and grandmother play in William's Doll?
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the father is uncomfortable that his son wants a doll and tries to give him gender appropriate toys, the grandmother gives William the doll and tells his father that he will use the doll to practice being a good father
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who wrote William's Doll?
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Charlotte Zolotow
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What did Charlotte Zolotow write?
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William's Doll
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What did William's Doll challenge?
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gender roles and stereotypes
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When and where was the first National Women's Conference?
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1977 Houston
(1970s) |
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What was the goal of the first National Women's Conference?
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the create a plan of action (about women's rights) to be presented to the president's administration
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Who attended the first National Women's Conference?
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Betty Friedan, Betty Ford, Coretta Scott King, etc.
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What topics were discussed at the first National Women's Conference?
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Equal Rights Amendment
reproductive rights child care funding sexual orientation |
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what is Title IX a portion of?
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the Education Amendments of 1972
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What did Title IX do?
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prohibits sex discrimination in education
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What did Title IX increase?
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athletic opportunities for females
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what increased athletic opportunities for females?
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Title IX
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Who was Diana Mara Henry?
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a feminist photojournalist
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Who was the official photographer for the first National Women's Conference?
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Diana Mara Henry
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When was Diana Mara Henry active?
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in the 1970s
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What does WSP stand for?
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Women Strike for Peace
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What is the WSP?
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United State's women's peace activist group
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Who founded the WSP?
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Bella Abzug
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What did Bella Abzug found?
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WSP
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When was WSP founded?
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1961
(1960s) |
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What did WSP bring down?
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HUAC
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What does HUAC stand for?
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House Un-American Activities Committee
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What did HUAC investigate?
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alleged disloyalty by citizens, public employees, and organizations suspected of having Communist ties
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When was HUAC created?
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1938
(1930s) |
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What was Ethel Rosenberg convicted of?
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conspiracy to commit espionage (spying) during a time of war
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How was Ethel Rosenberg punished?
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she was executed
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who was convicted of conspiracy to commit espionage (spying) during a time of war?
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ethel rosenberg
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What did Ethel Rosenberg apparently give to the Soviet Union?
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information about the atomic bomb
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what did Griswold v. Connecticut rule?
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ruled that a state's ban on the use of contraceptives violated the right to marital privacy
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What were the Stonewall Riots?
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a series of violent demonstrations by members of the gay community against a police raid on a gay bar in Greenwich Village
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When did the Stonewall Riots occur?
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1969
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when was NOW founded?
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1966
(1960s) |
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why was The Presidential Commission on the Status of Women established?
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to advise the president of the United States on issues concerning the status of women
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What was created in order to advise the president of the United States on issues concerning the status of women?
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The Presidential Commission on the Status of Women
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who created The Presidential Commission on the Status of Women?
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John F. Kennedy
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when was The Presidential Commission on the Status of Women created?
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1961
(1960s) |
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who chaired The Presidential Commission on the Status of Women?
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Eleanor Roosevelt
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What profession was Alfred Kinsey best known for?
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sexologist
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What did Alfred Kinsey found?
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the Institue for Sex Research
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who founded the Institue for Sex Research?
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Alfred Kinsey
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What did Kinsey write?
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The Kinsey Reports (sexual behavior in the human male, sexual behavior in the human female)
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Who created the Kinsey scale?
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Alfred Kinsey
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what did the Kinsey scale measure?
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sexual orientation
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who was the first African American woman elected to congress?
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Shirley Chisholm
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who was the first major-party black candidate for President of the United States?
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Shirley Chisholm
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who was the first woman to run for the Democratic presidential nomination?
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Shirley Chisholm
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who is nationally recognized as a leader of, and media spokeswoman for, the women's liberation movement in the late 1960s and 1970s?
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Gloria Steinem
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what magazine did Gloria Steinem found?
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Ms. magazine
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what did Gloria Steinem campaign for?
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The Equal Rights Amendment
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what is ms. magazine?
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a liberal feminist magazine
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when did ms. magazine debut?
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1972
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why did the term "ms." arise?
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there was a need for a "correct" title for women
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what did the terms "miss" and "mrs." represent?
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definition by marital status and taking your husband's name
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where did bra burning originate?
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The Miss America Protest
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When was the Miss America Protest?
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1968
(1960s) |
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what is the myth about bra burning?
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protesters burned their bras, but this is false
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what professions did Toni Cade Bambara hold?
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african american author, documentary film maker, social activist, college professor
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who was an african american author, documentary film maker, social activist, college professor?
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Toni Cade Bambara
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when did nuclear families emerge?
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1950s
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what is the hawaiian war chant about?
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a secret meeting between two lovers
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when was the Women’s Action Alliance founded?
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1971
(1970s) |
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who founded the Women’s Action Alliance?
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Gloria Steinem
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what kind of projects did the Women’s Action Alliance support?
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practical local action projects
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what did the Women’s Action Alliance open the first of?
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battered women's shelters
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what was the Lavender Menace?
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an informal group of radical lesbian feminists who protested the exclusion of lesbians and lesbian issues from the feminist movement
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who was an informal group of radical lesbian feminists who protested the exclusion of lesbians and lesbian issues from the feminist movement?
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the Lavender Menace
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when was the Lavender Menace relevant?
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1970
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who coined the term the Lavender Menace and why?
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Betty Friedan because she believed associations with lesbianism posed a threat to NOW and the women's movement
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Why did Betty Friedan believe associations with lesbianism posed a threat to NOW and the women's movement?
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stereotypes of mannish and man hating lesbians would make it easy for feminist issues to be dismissed
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who was an American feminist social worker and prison superintendent?
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Miriam Van Walters
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what professions did Miriam Van Walters hold?
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feminist social worker and prison superintendent
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where did Miriam Van Walters work?
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Massachusetts Reformatory for Women
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when did Miriam Van Walters work for the Massachusetts Reformatory for Women?
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1932-1957
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what did Miriam Van Walters focus on with her inmates?
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rehabilitation, education opportunities,
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What is Equal Pay Day?
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international day of action for equal pay between men and women
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what is the international day of action for equal pay between men and women?
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equal pay day
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When was Equal Pay Day created and by who?
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1966 by the National Committee on Pay Equity
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what committee did Ruby Doris Smith Robinson work with?
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the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
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who worked with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee?
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Ruby Doris Smith Robinson
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what race was Ruby Doris Smith Robinson?
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african american
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when was the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee active?
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1960s
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what movement did the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee participate in?
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American Civil Rights Movement
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when was Students for a Democratic Society active?
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1960s
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what does welfare queen refer to?
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people who are accused of collecting excessive welfare payments through fraud or manipulation
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when was the phrase welfare queen relevant?
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1960s
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what term is used for people who are accused of collecting excessive welfare payments through fraud or manipulation?
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welfare queen
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who was usually accused of being a welfare queen?
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poor mothers
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what were welfare queens accused of?
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having illegitimate children, buying drugs, and having little desire to work
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what president is associated with the term welfare queen?
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ronald reagan
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when was girls just want to have fun written?
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1979
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who wrote girls just want to have fun?
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robert hazard
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who made girls just want to have fun famous?
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cyndi lauper
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how did the women of Women Strike for Peace fight in the HUAC trials?
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the women played on themselves as mothers
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what did the jurors say about ethel rosenberg?
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she was guilty of being a bad mother
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what happened during the Fort Oglethorpe Scandal?
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the military tried to look for lesbians (women having the appearance of perverts, women with a mannish appearance)
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what was the lesbian "signal" at Fort Oglethorpe?
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hawaiian war chant
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what did kinsey find about women with graduate degrees?
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they were more likely to be homosexual
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when was The Power of the Positive Woman written?
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1977
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main quote from The Power of the Positive Woman?
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“The thoughts of one who loves life as a woman”
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when was My Fight for Birth Control written?
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1931
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main quote from My Fight for Birth Control
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“I resolve that women should have knowledge of contraception”
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what did margaret sanger believe about her mother?
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the sexual demands of her father killed her mother
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what was Margaret sanger arrested under?
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the comstock act
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what did margaret sanger create?
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american birth control league (planned parenthood)
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what choices did margaret sanger say women had?
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abandon their lives to incessant childbearing
terminate their pregnancies through abortion |
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who went on a hunger strike?
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Ethyl Byrne
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when was the redstockings manifesto published?
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1969
(1960s) |
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what cause did redstockings fight for?
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women's liberation
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when was the woman identified woman written and by who?
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1970 by Radicalesbians
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how was abortion handled after roe v wade
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first trimester--no state could restrict abortions, decision left to doctor
second trimester--states concerned with health of mother, may regulate abortions third trimester--the practice could be banned outright during the third trimester due to concerns for human life |
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what did Toni Cade Bambara write?
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The Black Woman
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who wrote The Black Woman
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Toni Cade Bambara
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what was the first feminist collection to focus on African-American women?
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The Black Woman
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what was The Black Woman?
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the first feminist collection to focus on African-American women
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