In 1969, the American women life was limited in almost every aspect. All the women were expected to get married in their 20s, start a family as quickly as they could, and evolve their life to homemaking. Wives were in charge of the house and child care. Women spent an average of 55 hours every week, on domestic chores.
The 38 percent of American women who worked in the 1960s were limited to jobs as: teachers, nurses or secretaries. Women were unwelcome in professional programs or jobs for example: they couldn’t assist medical school. In 1960, women accounted for six percent of American doctors, three percent of American lawyers, and less than one percent of engineers. They got paid really low salaries than men.
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Get an Ivy league education: colleges like Yale and Princeton didn’t accept female students until 1969.
Experience equality in the workplace: women earned 59 cents for every dollar that men earned and were kept out of the more lucrative professional positions.
In the 1960s, deep cultural changes were altering the role of women in American society, more females than ever were entering the paid workforce. One of the most profound changes was happening in the bedroom. By the end of the sixties, more than 80 percent of wives of childbearing age were using contraception after the federal government in 1960 approved a birth control pill. This freed many more choices, and freedom, in their personal lives. “ the sixties were and edgy time of transition, change and confusion” said journalist Kati Marton in Hidden Power.
Many women played important roles in the civil rights movement. From leading local civil rights organizations to serving as lawyers on school segregation lawsuits. Their efforts to lead the movement were often overshadowed by men, who still get more attention and credit for its successes in popular historical narratives and
The 38 percent of American women who worked in the 1960s were limited to jobs as: teachers, nurses or secretaries. Women were unwelcome in professional programs or jobs for example: they couldn’t assist medical school. In 1960, women accounted for six percent of American doctors, three percent of American lawyers, and less than one percent of engineers. They got paid really low salaries than men.
These are 5 things that women …show more content…
Get an Ivy league education: colleges like Yale and Princeton didn’t accept female students until 1969.
Experience equality in the workplace: women earned 59 cents for every dollar that men earned and were kept out of the more lucrative professional positions.
In the 1960s, deep cultural changes were altering the role of women in American society, more females than ever were entering the paid workforce. One of the most profound changes was happening in the bedroom. By the end of the sixties, more than 80 percent of wives of childbearing age were using contraception after the federal government in 1960 approved a birth control pill. This freed many more choices, and freedom, in their personal lives. “ the sixties were and edgy time of transition, change and confusion” said journalist Kati Marton in Hidden Power.
Many women played important roles in the civil rights movement. From leading local civil rights organizations to serving as lawyers on school segregation lawsuits. Their efforts to lead the movement were often overshadowed by men, who still get more attention and credit for its successes in popular historical narratives and