National Organization for Women

benefited greatly from their effort to make significant social changes. The 1950s represented a transition for the Baby Boomers. The ideals of family life were being represented by TV shows such as I Love Lucy or Leave it to Beaver. Women were portrayed as apron wearing women who would stay at home to raise the children while the men left the house…

estimated the number of children and women engaged in sex industry was not less than 400 thousand. Prostitution is tolerated, partly regulated operates clandestinely in many parts of the country and has gained international notoriety among travellers from many countries. Regarding to several prostitute case. Human trafficking is also lurking at this point. There is several pattern method of sex trafficking in Thailand sex industry. One of the old patterns is recruited women from village to a…

The issue leading into the October Federal Election in Canada that I have chosen is the issue about missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls. This issue is and should be important to me and other citizens as we Canadians pride ourselves with our image of progressive tolerance. However, the alarming number of Indigenous women and girls attacked due to their ethnicities in this country contradicts this idea of Canada. The treatment of Indigenous peoples is the most shameful part of Canadian…

breast cancer. The doctor continues to discuss treatment plans, but nothing is being comprehended. When a woman is told that she has one of the leading diseases that women suffer from, a lot may run through her mind. She may be a wife, a mother, or both. She is someone’s…

pregnancy. Thousands of pregnant women, in over 45 countries, were prescribed Thalidomide from 1957-1962. It was not known until 1961 that the drug had serious side effects and was directly associated to causing birth defects. There are no firm statistics on the number of miscarriages the drug caused, but it is estimated that well over 10,000 babies worldwide were born with some degree of birth defect due to Thalidomide. It was discovered that the drug…

her writing as she is a woman. One day she went to watch an abortion hearing. When in high school, Gloria herself had an abortion, so the topic hit close to home. At the hearing, she heart arguments such as “abortion is murder”, and watching all the women fight for rights that day impacted her. She chose to become an woman's activist. During the late 60’s, she wrote a political column acting as contributing editor to a new york magazine. She than let out her own magazine, MS, in the year 1972.…

federal government were very successful in bringing improvements at a national level. This revolutionary movement had the most influential reformers and worked more closely with the federal government than any other previous reform movement in American history. Though, not every single sect of the progressive movement made significant gains, the regulation of corporations, the fight against child labor and the rights of women were three movements that were particularly aided by governmental…

men as her main audience hoping to broaden their minds to realize the importance women have in society. Tying back to the meaning of the first quote, without optimism or faith no progress can ever be achieved. Therefore, the History 51 class goes in-depth on this “optimism and faith” all women had to accomplish to fight…

of Salsa”. Shortly after Fidel Castro rose to power her family relocated to the United States, which is where Celia recorded 23 gold records. She sang only in her native language, Spanish. Today, Celia is still recognized through many different organizations and programs. Celia grew up in an extended family of 14. They lived in a poor Havana village, Santos Suárez. When Celia graduated from high school, she intended on becoming a literature teacher, so she attended the Normal School for…

The role of women in Latin American society started to evolve during the postcolonial years of the early twentieth century. As Latin American countries started to assert their independence and search for ways to secure a prosperous future, women also fought to secure changes that would ensure them a better quality of life. The gender biases that had relegated women to household duties had also expanded to include obligations to perform duties in industrial factories. The struggle to balance…