Discrimination Of Women In The 1960's

Feminism is the support of women’s rights when it pertains to the political, economic and social equality to men. The discrimination of women actually began long before the 1960’s during western civilization times. The idea was that women were inferior to men, physically, mentally, emotionally, and so on and so forth. In the 1960’s women were more likely to stand up for themselves and that is when the feminist movements began. Women were still looked down on and not taken seriously especially in a place of work. They were expected to stay home, take care of the children do the domestic chores all while the men went out into the workforce and when they did leave the house they were always expected to smile and dress accordingly otherwise they …show more content…
In December of 1963 just six months before their graduation there was a headline in the Harvard Law Record titles “Women Unwanted.” There was an article describing surveys given to law firms rating what they look for in the interview process and being a woman ranked negative numbers in both large and small firms in all regions that were surveyed. One woman shared her experience with the paper and said “…the lawyer said after a couple minutes ‘We’re mot prejudice against women, but we have three positions to fill and we think we can find three men to fill them.’” The most common job for a woman in the early 60s were teachers, nurses and secretaries and and even then was it rare to see a woman. There was a woman by the name of Jo Freeman who attended Berkley reported that she had never seen nor noticed there ever being a female professor. There was another instance about a teenager, Angela Nolfi, who consulted with her guidance counselor about wanting to be an interior designer and although that was though to be a feminine approach the guidance counselor, a man, thought it was to risky and request she be a home economics