Second Wave Feminism

During the second wave of feminism women experience several changes and there were specific people, books, and laws that contributed to those changes. For example, people such as Betty Friedan, founders of NOW (National Organization of Women), Jane Roe, and Margaret Sanger; books such as “The Feminine Mystique”. And laws such as The Equal Pay Act, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, and Title IX of the Education Amendments Act.
Before we further more explain what was previously listed it is good to describe what life was like for women before these contributions to changes. Before these changes most women were stuck living the domestic or homemaker lifestyle while only few worked. And when those few worked they were only allowed to do certain jobs that society deemed as “women’s work”. Jobs such as being teachers, secretaries, nurses, sales clerks, and …show more content…
They were also not allowed to be as out spoken or opinionated as men and it was rare for them to attend college.
Now that we have explained what life was like for women before the changes it is time to explain the contribution to changes. Betty Friedan was one of the many founders of NOW and is most noted for writing “The Feminine Mystique”. The founders of NOW proclaimed that “the time has come for a new movement toward true equality for all women in America, to take action to bring women into full participation in the mainstream of American society now.” And their focus was to do exactly that. Jane Roe was the anonymous name for Norma McCorvey whom was a divorced mother that sued the state of Texas for the right to have an abortion. The case was called Roe V. Wade and the end result was the Supreme Court ruling in favor of the plaintiff, Jane Roe. Margaret Sanger was a nurse and activist whom argued that women should be “the absolute mistress of her own body”. She launched a campaign to educate women