Unit+9+Class+5+-+The+Women's+Liberation+Movement

Prior to class, you should read: [|Friedan Feminine Mystique.pdf]

As you read this, keep in mind the following three things: 1) What was life like for the typical "suburban" woman during the 1950s and 1960s?, 2) According to Frieden, what is the "problem" and how did women discover this "problem"?, and 3) According to Frieden, what does it mean to be "feminine"?

For more information on Betty Frieden, author of The Feminine Mystique,you can read the following document:

[|Friedan Brief Bio.pdf]

[|"Leave it to Beaver" intro] [|Woman's Place is in the Kitchen ('Leave it to Beaver')]
 * 1950s/1960s Portrayals of Women/Women's Stereotypes**
 * [[image:http://180degreeimaging.com/180mag/06feb/rita/barbarabillingsley.jpg width="186" height="233" caption="June Cleaver, mom from "Leave it to Beaver""]] ||
 * June Cleaver, mom from "Leave it to Beaver" ||


 * [[image:http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/A/htmlA/adventuresof/adventuresofIMAGE/adventuresof.jpg width="225" height="270" caption="Ozzie and Harriet"]] ||
 * Ozzie and Harriet ||

[|Goodyear Commercial from 1970s] - Beware of women driving alone! [|Folger's Coffee Commercial]

TITLE IX (1972) [|Title IX] [|Title IX-Inspired Webpage]

PROBLEMS STILL TODAY? [|Male-Female Income Disparity ('Gender Gap')] [|Causes of the Gender Gap] [|Males v. Females -- College Enrollment]

__Background Information__ [|Feminist Chronicles: Timeline from 1953-1993] [|Documents from the Women's Liberation Movement]
 * Major Issues (esp. 1968-1982)
 * Birth Control
 * Abortion
 * Reproductive Rights
 * Sexism
 * Sexual Harrasment
 * Sex Discrimination
 * Domestic Violence

[|Replacing a Justice--The Controversy] [|YouTube -- Obama on Supreme Court & Abortion]


 * [[image:http://www.prb.org/images07/prop-18-24-year-olds.gif caption="Proportion of 18-to-24-Year-Old Men and Women Enrolled in College, 1967-2005 (Source: US Census Bureau)" link="http://www.dol.gov/oasam/regs/statutes/titleIX.htm"]] ||
 * Proportion of 18-to-24-Year-Old Men and Women Enrolled in College, 1967-2005 (Source: US Census Bureau) ||

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