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The war gave women a chance to work as they took the place jobs men typically did.
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It was set up to conduct the equivalent of the civil rights movement's voter registration drives: to encourage women to vote. -
Some young women made the most of their independence. They worked, cut their hair short, and wore short dresses and silk stockings. Some drank in public and even drove cars. Only a small proportion of women actually became a flapper.
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Known as such due to an economic boom. Mass production made consumer goods cheaper. Changing industries had created many more office jobs, such as working in a typing pool, which became accepted as women's work.
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It gave women the vote under the same state rules as men.
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Kennedy set up a commission of enquiry on the status of women in 1961 -
In 1963, Betty Friedan, a psychologist and journalist, published this book about the constraints of suburban life and the problems of white, educated, married women.
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The first and biggest national movement was the National Organisation for Women (NOW).
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He called for affirmative action to improve employment conditions for those discriminated against on grounds of race, creed, or colour to cover sexual discrimination as well.
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A national magazine that spread the news from all groups was set up. It began by selling about 200 copies, and by the next year it was selling 2000 copies.
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It tackled the dominance of men in literature and their attitudes to women. -
In 1970 almost every feminist group, including NOW and much smaller groups such as the National Coalition of American Nuns participated in a strike of women.
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It allowed access to contraception to unmarried as well as married women.
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It was finally passed as an amendment to the Constitution by Congress. All it needed was ratification by 38 of the 50 states. Congress set a deadline of 1982 (10 years) for ratification. Fifthteen states still refused to ratify ERA in 1982.
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Abortion was legalised by the supreme court in the Roe v Wade case.
