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Betty Friedan
Betty Cook describes in her book The Feminine
The Equal Rights amendment
Mystique how women who stay at home and raise
March 1972 congress passed the Equal Right
families are not satisfied with their lives. She Amendment. Its said “Equal of rights under the law
interviewed women who from Smith College. She shall not be denied or abridged by the United States
said that most of the women were happy with heir or by any state on account if sex”. But there is
lives. This was the start of a nation wide movement. opposition to this amendment. It was argued that it
would take away some of the women’s rights
NOW
During the 1960s into he early 1970s women
were expected to stay at home and take
National Organization for Women created by Betty
care of the family. This was feeding off of Friedan. A group of 30 women and men held the
the idea of ‘The American Dream’ from the founding conference. The organization responded to
1950s. But the 1960s come around and the frustrated housewives by demanding better
women no longer want settle for the 1950s education and rights for women. This group
denounces the exclusion of women from certain
notion. Women want more freedom. The
professions. This group also against women being
right to hold credit and be payed as much as
payed lower wages then men.
men. We may be able to hold the same jobs
as men but this doesn’t mean we are payd
and treated fairly and equally.