Womens rights over time

By THerzberg@chesterinternational.co.uk

  • Women get the right to vote

  • Women's roles in worl

    80% of teachers, 10% of head teachers
    40% of uni students, but 10% of faculty
    3/3 of federal workforce, 2% senior management
    7% doctors 3% lawyers
    50% of voters,but under % of legislators and 2% of judges

  • Publication of The Feminine Mystique by Betty Friedan

  • Civil Rights act

  • National Organisation for Women established

  • Women begin discussing inequality amongst themselves

  • Atlantic city womens lib protest

  • Roe v Wade

    Women could abort in the first 13 weeks

  • NOW has 70,000 members