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20 Cards in this Set
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Equal Rights Amendment |
Designed to guarantee equal rights to women. Era originally written by Alice Paul and Crystal Eastman was introduced to congress for the first time in 1923 |
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Protective Legislation |
Protective laws were enacted to protect women from certain hazards or difficulties of paid work |
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It Girl |
Silent film. Clara Bow starred, she was an iconic image |
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Screwball Comedy |
Male and Female roles are equal. Fast paced dialogue, witty. Ex: Bringing up Baby, I love lucy
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Frances Perkins |
US secretary of labor, longest serving that position and the first woman appointed to the us cabinet.
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Mother's Little Helper |
Tranquilizers given to help with penis envy, given as a sedative to "help" them relax to cope |
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The New Look (1947) |
Introduced by Christian Dior in 1947, Harpers Bazaar magazine coined the term "The New Look". New woman's fashion |
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Femme Fatale |
An attractive and seductive woman, especially one who will ultimately bring disaster to a man who becomes involved with her
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Betty Friedan |
Journalist who wrote "The Feminine Mystique" in 1963, critic of psychology, sexist culture, employment, and domestic duties |
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Equal Pay Act (1963) |
Made illegal different rates of pay for men and woman who did equal work. Made by Edith Green |
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Poison Pill Amendment |
An amendment to a legislative bill that considerably weakens the bill's intended effect, or ruins the bill's chances of passing. |
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Equal employment Opportunity Commission EEOC |
A federal law enforcement agency that enforces laws against workplace discrimination. |
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National Organization For Women (NOW) |
An American feminist organization founded in 1966. The organization consists of 550 chapters in all 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia. |
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Woman's Liberation Movement |
A loose alliance of women and feminist thinking that emerged in the United States and other developed countries during the late 1960s and persisted throughout the 1970s. |
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The Personal Is Political |
A slogan. if a woman is sexually harassed it is not a personal problem |
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Consciousness Raising Groups |
Groups of women formed informally where women talked about problems they were facing |
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The Dinner Party |
An installation artwork by feminist artist Judy Chicago. Widely regarded as the first epic feminist artwork, it functions as a symbolic history of women in Western civilization |
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Thomas-Hill Hearings |
Man accused of sexual harassment during supreme court election |
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Year of the Woman |
1992 declared year of the woman after a number of female senators were elected to the US |
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Gender as a Social Construction |
Gender roles created by society |
