Betty Friedan

Section I. Discrimination Since the Beginning All throughout history women have been treated unequally to men, especially in the work force. For years, it was standard for a woman to stay inside the house, and tend for the children. It wasn’t until around the time of World War II, women began to receive jobs (Marino). However, they were immediately faced with discrimination, and a huge wage gap. Year after year, women all over the Nation fought for equal rights, slowly making progress…

and housewife, while, at the same time, being burdened with too many responsibilities. Furthermore, the limitations women had, and currently have, both similar, yet different, signify discontentment between women of today and women in the 1950’s. Betty Friedan’s, essay The Problem That Has No Name, addresses that during the middle of the twentieth century, “books and articles by experts…

In the 1960 's many changes occurred in America that questioned traditional society. From these questions, movements like the Sexual Revolution began to flourish. According to historian Beth Bailey, the sexual revolution of the 1960’s “was built on equal measures of hypocrisy and honesty, equality and exploitation” (Bailey 259). However, the sexual revolution did not consist of just one single movement. Multiple movements transpired at the same time, including the developments amongst women,…

Intro In American history there has been situations where gender plays a role in many events whether it is in political events, personal life or economic actions. Lately, women have had a speaker and a motivator to keep fighting for those rights, Hillary R. Clinton. She has stepped into higher grounds where people, more specifically men, never thought women would be able to reach. Back in the late 19th century, it was difficult for women to get paid the same amount as men. It was tough enough…

There are many different types of social inequality, and with the help of authors, Americans need to end it. Several problems, such as financial differences, racism, and bullying are continuing to occur within the country. Although these have not completely stopped, writers have been using all kinds of literature to resolve them one step at a time. For years and years, social inequality has been a rising issue for teens in America, yet the human population still fails to end it. Because everyone…

assist President Kennedy at the time, to convene a commision on the status of women in America (www.nwhp.org). The next step would be to publish a writing that related to all women in which they would pursue other roles other than a caretaker. Betty Friedan is the author of the Feminine Mystique ; a book that described the oppression of women, soon after being published it became a bestseller(ww.nwhp.org). The literary work of art inspired its readers to live a life in which they felt fit not…

We all have a story that is untold. One that not many people are not aware of. The story that made you who you are today or who you will become in the future. As I am listening to Maria Covarrubias, I can see the pain in her eyes as she recounts her story. The pain that I was not aware of until now. My mother came to the United States of America at a very young age. She came here to fulfill her dreams of coming to California “El Norte” for a better future. However, not all things turned out like…

The American Problem: Fear Fear as existed in the United States of America since before it was an independent country; this fear stemmed from the unknown as well as differences from Europe and “the new world”. As colonization began, the focus of fear changed to that of the British monarchy, then to fear of Native Americans, and finally African Americans, all within a short period of time. Even though the Declaration of Independence, the document that gave the United States of America a voice as…

It all began in 1973 with the court case of Roe v. Wade. This brought the public’s attention to abortion. Norma L. McCorvery (Roe) was a pregnant woman residing in Texas. She claimed that Texas laws on abortion, referring to the criminalization of abortions with the exception that it is necessary to do if the mother’s life is in danger, violated her constitutional rights. Even though Roe’s life was not threatened, she thought she should have the right to terminate her pregnancy given it was a…

We all have a story that is untold. One that not many people are not aware of. The story that made you who you are today or who you will become in the future. As I am listening to Maria Covarrubias I can see the pain in her eyes as she recounts her story. The pain that I was not aware of until now. My mother came to the United States of America at a very young age. She came here to fulfill her dreams of coming to California “El Norte” for a better future. However, not all things turned out like…