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Betty Friedan
Accomplishments
-Known as one of society's most effective leaders
-The Feminine Mystique (1963)
-Co-founder of the National Organization for Women (1966)
-National Women’s Political Caucus (1971)
-Primary focus: white, middle-class, educated, heterosexual women -
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Women's Right's
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Equal Pay Act
Equal Pay Act 1963
-Requires equal pay between genders for equal work
-Based on skill, effort, responsibility, working conditions, and Establishment
-Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act -
Civil Right's Act of VII
Civil Rights of VII -Recruiting, Hiring, and Advancement
-Harassment/Hostile Work Environment
-Compensation and Other Employment Terms, Conditions, and Privileges
-Segregation and Classification of Employees
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Equal Rights Amendment
Encyclopedia
-Would have given women equal rights under constitutional law
-Many southern states were against it
-Didnt pass because of peoples different ideals
-Only had 35 out of the 38 states required for the amendment to be ratified -
Title IX, Education Amendments of 1972
Title IX, Education Amendments of 1972
-Ended discrimination in education and athletics -
Problems Today
Website<ahref='http://www.equalrightscenter.org/site/PageServer?pagename=issues_sexequality' >Problems Today</a>
-Women today are paid, on average, only 77 cents for every dollar paid to men
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