Women's Movement: A Milestone Analysis
HIST1002 - United States History II
University of Cincinnati
Jaymi DavisDecember 2, 2022Milestone ThreeOne of the goals of the Women's Movement
was to obtain equality in the workplace through less work discrimination and equal pay for
women employees. Women faced workplace discrimination, simply for the fact that they had
been viewed as inferior to men. "Working women are becoming increasing-not less-
concentrated on the bottom of the job ladder. As a consequence full-time women workers today
earn on the average only 60% of what men earn."(National Organization for Women,
1966)Women were consistently paid less wages than their male co-workers, and African
American women of the time were paid even less. It is apparent that the struggle for women's
equality was not taken as seriously and their claims were often dismissed by the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission, and it took years of womenspeaking up for themselves
and pushing for justice before results began to yield. "There is no civil rights movement to
speak for women, as there has been for Negroes and other victims of discrimination. The
National Organization for Women must therefore begin to speak." (National Organization for
Women, 1966)NOW played a big part in speaking up for women as it was led by women, to
obtain the basic human rights that they deserved. The NOW organization's first President, a
woman named Betty Friedan was responsible for pointing out the major differences in pay
between men and women. "She and other women of the postwar period helped to create what
soon became known as Second Wave Feminism." (Trowbridge, 2017, p. 11.7)Prior to Title IX
being amended in 1964, women also faced discrimination within the education system. The
discrimination they faced within the education system included women not receiving equal
funding for education, as well as women being discriminated against within sports programs.
This called for action and led to "The Higher Education Act of 1972 amended Title IX of the
1964 Civil Rights Act. Often simply called Title IX, the new law banned gender discrimination
in any educational program or activity that received federal funding."(Trowbridge, 2017, p.
12.13) One of the biggest leaders behind the success of Title IX was a Hawaii Congresswoman
named Patsy Takemoto Mink. She spearheaded this campaign because she experienced the
same type of educational discrimination, and was unable to attend medical school, as all her
applications were denied on the basis that she was a woman. Her persistence and success in
getting Title IX to pass, paved the way for the women after her to attend school without
educational discrimination and "the most significant outcome of the law is likely the vast
increase in the numbers of women in professional, medical, and graduate
programs."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13)Another major goal of the Women's Movement was to
obtain reproductive rights over their bodies. Prior to the Women's Movement of the 1960s and
1970s, women did not have free reign of their bodies. Women that fell pregnant and did not
want to be, had no options for safe termination, which led them to find unsafe ways to carry
out abortions. There were 33 states that prohibited abortions completely and another 13 that
only allowed abortions to take place under certain medical circumstances. Prior to 1972,
unmarried men and women were not granted access to birth control which led to many
accidental pregnancies. The culmination of these issuesled women to fight for the rights to their
own bodies and for their right to choose. In 1970 a woman, given the name Jane Roe by the
court, filled a lawsuit against Henry Wade who was the District Attorney of Dallas County in
Texas. She filled this lawsuit on the basis that state laws were unconstitutional and denied her
personal privacy that should be protected by the First, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth, and Fourteenth
Amendments. Her case was argued twice over the course of two years and ultimately the courts
came to a verdict in January of 1973. "The debate surrounding abortion entered American life
as never before when the Supreme Court’s ruling in Roe v. Wade legalized abortion in the first
trimester of pregnancy."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13) Roe won her case and with it came the
subsequent victory for all American women of the time, the right to choose.
Jaymi DavisDecember 2, 2022Milestone ThreeOne of the goals of the Women's Movement
was to obtain equality in the workplace through less work discrimination and equal pay for
women employees. Women faced workplace discrimination, simply for the fact that they had
been viewed as inferior to men. "Working women are becoming increasing-not less-
concentrated on the bottom of the job ladder. As a consequence full-time women workers today
earn on the average only 60% of what men earn."(National Organization for Women,
1966)Women were consistently paid less wages than their male co-workers, and African
American women of the time were paid even less. It is apparent that the struggle for women's
equality was not taken as seriously and their claims were often dismissed by the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission, and it took years of womenspeaking up for themselves
and pushing for justice before results began to yield. "There is no civil rights movement to
speak for women, as there has been for Negroes and other victims of discrimination. The
National Organization for Women must therefore begin to speak." (National Organization for
Women, 1966)NOW played a big part in speaking up for women as it was led by women, to
obtain the basic human rights that they deserved. The NOW organization's first President, a
woman named Betty Friedan was responsible for pointing out the major differences in pay
between men and women. "She and other women of the postwar period helped to create what
soon became known as Second Wave Feminism." (Trowbridge, 2017, p. 11.7)Prior to Title IX
being amended in 1964, women also faced discrimination within the education system. The
discrimination they faced within the education system included women not receiving equal
funding for education, as well as women being discriminated against within sports programs.
This called for action and led to "The Higher Education Act of 1972 amended Title IX of the
1964 Civil Rights Act. Often simply called Title IX, the new law banned gender discrimination
in any educational program or activity that received federal funding."(Trowbridge, 2017, p.
12.13) One of the biggest leaders behind the success of Title IX was a Hawaii Congresswoman
named Patsy Takemoto Mink. She spearheaded this campaign because she experienced the
same type of educational discrimination, and was unable to attend medical school, as all her
applications were denied on the basis that she was a woman. Her persistence and success in
getting Title IX to pass, paved the way for the women after her to attend school without
educational discrimination and "the most significant outcome of the law is likely the vast
increase in the numbers of women in professional, medical, and graduate
programs."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13)Another major goal of the Women's Movement was to
obtain reproductive rights over their bodies. Prior to the Women's Movement of the 1960s and
1970s, women did not have free reign of their bodies. Women that fell pregnant and did not
want to be, had no options for safe termination, which led them to find unsafe ways to carry
out abortions. There were 33 states that prohibited abortions completely and another 13 that
only allowed abortions to take place under certain medical circumstances. Prior to 1972,
unmarried men and women were not granted access to birth control which led to many
accidental pregnancies. The culmination of these issuesled women to fight for the rights to their
own bodies and for their right to choose. In 1970 a woman, given the name Jane Roe by the
court, filled a lawsuit against Henry Wade who was the District Attorney of Dallas County in
Texas. She filled this lawsuit on the basis that state laws were unconstitutional and denied her
personal privacy that should be protected by the First, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth, and Fourteenth
Amendments. Her case was argued twice over the course of two years and ultimately the courts
came to a verdict in January of 1973. "The debate surrounding abortion entered American life
as never before when the Supreme Court’s ruling in Roe v. Wade legalized abortion in the first
trimester of pregnancy."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13) Roe won her case and with it came the
subsequent victory for all American women of the time, the right to choose.
Jaymi DavisDecember 2, 2022Milestone ThreeOne of the goals of the Women's Movement
was to obtain equality in the workplace through less work discrimination and equal pay for
women employees. Women faced workplace discrimination, simply for the fact that they had
been viewed as inferior to men. "Working women are becoming increasing-not less-
concentrated on the bottom of the job ladder. As a consequence full-time women workers today
earn on the average only 60% of what men earn."(National Organization for Women,
1966)Women were consistently paid less wages than their male co-workers, and African
American women of the time were paid even less. It is apparent that the struggle for women's
equality was not taken as seriously and their claims were often dismissed by the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission, and it took years of womenspeaking up for themselves
and pushing for justice before results began to yield. "There is no civil rights movement to
speak for women, as there has been for Negroes and other victims of discrimination. The
National Organization for Women must therefore begin to speak." (National Organization for
Women, 1966)NOW played a big part in speaking up for women as it was led by women, to
obtain the basic human rights that they deserved. The NOW organization's first President, a
woman named Betty Friedan was responsible for pointing out the major differences in pay
between men and women. "She and other women of the postwar period helped to create what
soon became known as Second Wave Feminism." (Trowbridge, 2017, p. 11.7)Prior to Title IX
being amended in 1964, women also faced discrimination within the education system. The
discrimination they faced within the education system included women not receiving equal
funding for education, as well as women being discriminated against within sports programs.
This called for action and led to "The Higher Education Act of 1972 amended Title IX of the
1964 Civil Rights Act. Often simply called Title IX, the new law banned gender discrimination
in any educational program or activity that received federal funding."(Trowbridge, 2017, p.
12.13) One of the biggest leaders behind the success of Title IX was a Hawaii Congresswoman
named Patsy Takemoto Mink. She spearheaded this campaign because she experienced the
same type of educational discrimination, and was unable to attend medical school, as all her
applications were denied on the basis that she was a woman. Her persistence and success in
getting Title IX to pass, paved the way for the women after her to attend school without
educational discrimination and "the most significant outcome of the law is likely the vast
increase in the numbers of women in professional, medical, and graduate
programs."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13)Another major goal of the Women's Movement was to
obtain reproductive rights over their bodies. Prior to the Women's Movement of the 1960s and
1970s, women did not have free reign of their bodies. Women that fell pregnant and did not
want to be, had no options for safe termination, which led them to find unsafe ways to carry
out abortions. There were 33 states that prohibited abortions completely and another 13 that
only allowed abortions to take place under certain medical circumstances. Prior to 1972,
unmarried men and women were not granted access to birth control which led to many
accidental pregnancies. The culmination of these issuesled women to fight for the rights to their
own bodies and for their right to choose. In 1970 a woman, given the name Jane Roe by the
court, filled a lawsuit against Henry Wade who was the District Attorney of Dallas County in
Texas. She filled this lawsuit on the basis that state laws were unconstitutional and denied her
personal privacy that should be protected by the First, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth, and Fourteenth
Amendments. Her case was argued twice over the course of two years and ultimately the courts
came to a verdict in January of 1973. "The debate surrounding abortion entered American life
as never before when the Supreme Court’s ruling in Roe v. Wade legalized abortion in the first
trimester of pregnancy."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13) Roe won her case and with it came the
subsequent victory for all American women of the time, the right to choose.
Jaymi DavisDecember 2, 2022Milestone ThreeOne of the goals of the Women's Movement
was to obtain equality in the workplace through less work discrimination and equal pay for
women employees. Women faced workplace discrimination, simply for the fact that they had
been viewed as inferior to men. "Working women are becoming increasing-not less-
concentrated on the bottom of the job ladder. As a consequence full-time women workers today
earn on the average only 60% of what men earn."(National Organization for Women,
1966)Women were consistently paid less wages than their male co-workers, and African
American women of the time were paid even less. It is apparent that the struggle for women's
equality was not taken as seriously and their claims were often dismissed by the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission, and it took years of womenspeaking up for themselves
and pushing for justice before results began to yield. "There is no civil rights movement to
speak for women, as there has been for Negroes and other victims of discrimination. The
National Organization for Women must therefore begin to speak." (National Organization for
Women, 1966)NOW played a big part in speaking up for women as it was led by women, to
obtain the basic human rights that they deserved. The NOW organization's first President, a
woman named Betty Friedan was responsible for pointing out the major differences in pay
between men and women. "She and other women of the postwar period helped to create what
soon became known as Second Wave Feminism." (Trowbridge, 2017, p. 11.7)Prior to Title IX
being amended in 1964, women also faced discrimination within the education system. The
discrimination they faced within the education system included women not receiving equal
funding for education, as well as women being discriminated against within sports programs.
This called for action and led to "The Higher Education Act of 1972 amended Title IX of the
1964 Civil Rights Act. Often simply called Title IX, the new law banned gender discrimination
in any educational program or activity that received federal funding."(Trowbridge, 2017, p.
12.13) One of the biggest leaders behind the success of Title IX was a Hawaii Congresswoman
named Patsy Takemoto Mink. She spearheaded this campaign because she experienced the
same type of educational discrimination, and was unable to attend medical school, as all her
applications were denied on the basis that she was a woman. Her persistence and success in
getting Title IX to pass, paved the way for the women after her to attend school without
educational discrimination and "the most significant outcome of the law is likely the vast
increase in the numbers of women in professional, medical, and graduate
programs."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13)Another major goal of the Women's Movement was to
obtain reproductive rights over their bodies. Prior to the Women's Movement of the 1960s and
1970s, women did not have free reign of their bodies. Women that fell pregnant and did not
want to be, had no options for safe termination, which led them to find unsafe ways to carry
out abortions. There were 33 states that prohibited abortions completely and another 13 that
only allowed abortions to take place under certain medical circumstances. Prior to 1972,
unmarried men and women were not granted access to birth control which led to many
accidental pregnancies. The culmination of these issuesled women to fight for the rights to their
own bodies and for their right to choose. In 1970 a woman, given the name Jane Roe by the
court, filled a lawsuit against Henry Wade who was the District Attorney of Dallas County in
Texas. She filled this lawsuit on the basis that state laws were unconstitutional and denied her
personal privacy that should be protected by the First, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth, and Fourteenth
Amendments. Her case was argued twice over the course of two years and ultimately the courts
came to a verdict in January of 1973. "The debate surrounding abortion entered American life
as never before when the Supreme Court’s ruling in Roe v. Wade legalized abortion in the first
trimester of pregnancy."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13) Roe won her case and with it came the
subsequent victory for all American women of the time, the right to choose.
Jaymi DavisDecember 2, 2022Milestone ThreeOne of the goals of the Women's Movement
was to obtain equality in the workplace through less work discrimination and equal pay for
women employees. Women faced workplace discrimination, simply for the fact that they had
been viewed as inferior to men. "Working women are becoming increasing-not less-
concentrated on the bottom of the job ladder. As a consequence full-time women workers today
earn on the average only 60% of what men earn."(National Organization for Women,
1966)Women were consistently paid less wages than their male co-workers, and African
American women of the time were paid even less. It is apparent that the struggle for women's
equality was not taken as seriously and their claims were often dismissed by the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission, and it took years of womenspeaking up for themselves
and pushing for justice before results began to yield. "There is no civil rights movement to
speak for women, as there has been for Negroes and other victims of discrimination. The
National Organization for Women must therefore begin to speak." (National Organization for
Women, 1966)NOW played a big part in speaking up for women as it was led by women, to
obtain the basic human rights that they deserved. The NOW organization's first President, a
woman named Betty Friedan was responsible for pointing out the major differences in pay
between men and women. "She and other women of the postwar period helped to create what
soon became known as Second Wave Feminism." (Trowbridge, 2017, p. 11.7)Prior to Title IX
being amended in 1964, women also faced discrimination within the education system. The
discrimination they faced within the education system included women not receiving equal
funding for education, as well as women being discriminated against within sports programs.
This called for action and led to "The Higher Education Act of 1972 amended Title IX of the
1964 Civil Rights Act. Often simply called Title IX, the new law banned gender discrimination
in any educational program or activity that received federal funding."(Trowbridge, 2017, p.
12.13) One of the biggest leaders behind the success of Title IX was a Hawaii Congresswoman
named Patsy Takemoto Mink. She spearheaded this campaign because she experienced the
same type of educational discrimination, and was unable to attend medical school, as all her
applications were denied on the basis that she was a woman. Her persistence and success in
getting Title IX to pass, paved the way for the women after her to attend school without
educational discrimination and "the most significant outcome of the law is likely the vast
increase in the numbers of women in professional, medical, and graduate
programs."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13)Another major goal of the Women's Movement was to
obtain reproductive rights over their bodies. Prior to the Women's Movement of the 1960s and
1970s, women did not have free reign of their bodies. Women that fell pregnant and did not
want to be, had no options for safe termination, which led them to find unsafe ways to carry
out abortions. There were 33 states that prohibited abortions completely and another 13 that
only allowed abortions to take place under certain medical circumstances. Prior to 1972,
unmarried men and women were not granted access to birth control which led to many
accidental pregnancies. The culmination of these issuesled women to fight for the rights to their
own bodies and for their right to choose. In 1970 a woman, given the name Jane Roe by the
court, filled a lawsuit against Henry Wade who was the District Attorney of Dallas County in
Texas. She filled this lawsuit on the basis that state laws were unconstitutional and denied her
personal privacy that should be protected by the First, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth, and Fourteenth
Amendments. Her case was argued twice over the course of two years and ultimately the courts
came to a verdict in January of 1973. "The debate surrounding abortion entered American life
as never before when the Supreme Court’s ruling in Roe v. Wade legalized abortion in the first
trimester of pregnancy."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13) Roe won her case and with it came the
subsequent victory for all American women of the time, the right to choose.
Jaymi DavisDecember 2, 2022Milestone ThreeOne of the goals of the Women's Movement
was to obtain equality in the workplace through less work discrimination and equal pay for
women employees. Women faced workplace discrimination, simply for the fact that they had
been viewed as inferior to men. "Working women are becoming increasing-not less-
concentrated on the bottom of the job ladder. As a consequence full-time women workers today
earn on the average only 60% of what men earn."(National Organization for Women,
1966)Women were consistently paid less wages than their male co-workers, and African
American women of the time were paid even less. It is apparent that the struggle for women's
equality was not taken as seriously and their claims were often dismissed by the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission, and it took years of womenspeaking up for themselves
and pushing for justice before results began to yield. "There is no civil rights movement to
speak for women, as there has been for Negroes and other victims of discrimination. The
National Organization for Women must therefore begin to speak." (National Organization for
Women, 1966)NOW played a big part in speaking up for women as it was led by women, to
obtain the basic human rights that they deserved. The NOW organization's first President, a
woman named Betty Friedan was responsible for pointing out the major differences in pay
between men and women. "She and other women of the postwar period helped to create what
soon became known as Second Wave Feminism." (Trowbridge, 2017, p. 11.7)Prior to Title IX
being amended in 1964, women also faced discrimination within the education system. The
discrimination they faced within the education system included women not receiving equal
funding for education, as well as women being discriminated against within sports programs.
This called for action and led to "The Higher Education Act of 1972 amended Title IX of the
1964 Civil Rights Act. Often simply called Title IX, the new law banned gender discrimination
in any educational program or activity that received federal funding."(Trowbridge, 2017, p.
12.13) One of the biggest leaders behind the success of Title IX was a Hawaii Congresswoman
named Patsy Takemoto Mink. She spearheaded this campaign because she experienced the
same type of educational discrimination, and was unable to attend medical school, as all her
applications were denied on the basis that she was a woman. Her persistence and success in
getting Title IX to pass, paved the way for the women after her to attend school without
educational discrimination and "the most significant outcome of the law is likely the vast
increase in the numbers of women in professional, medical, and graduate
programs."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13)Another major goal of the Women's Movement was to
obtain reproductive rights over their bodies. Prior to the Women's Movement of the 1960s and
1970s, women did not have free reign of their bodies. Women that fell pregnant and did not
want to be, had no options for safe termination, which led them to find unsafe ways to carry
out abortions. There were 33 states that prohibited abortions completely and another 13 that
only allowed abortions to take place under certain medical circumstances. Prior to 1972,
unmarried men and women were not granted access to birth control which led to many
accidental pregnancies. The culmination of these issuesled women to fight for the rights to their
own bodies and for their right to choose. In 1970 a woman, given the name Jane Roe by the
court, filled a lawsuit against Henry Wade who was the District Attorney of Dallas County in
Texas. She filled this lawsuit on the basis that state laws were unconstitutional and denied her
personal privacy that should be protected by the First, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth, and Fourteenth
Amendments. Her case was argued twice over the course of two years and ultimately the courts
came to a verdict in January of 1973. "The debate surrounding abortion entered American life
as never before when the Supreme Court’s ruling in Roe v. Wade legalized abortion in the first
trimester of pregnancy."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13) Roe won her case and with it came the
subsequent victory for all American women of the time, the right to choose.
Jaymi DavisDecember 2, 2022Milestone ThreeOne of the goals of the Women's Movement
was to obtain equality in the workplace through less work discrimination and equal pay for
women employees. Women faced workplace discrimination, simply for the fact that they had
been viewed as inferior to men. "Working women are becoming increasing-not less-
concentrated on the bottom of the job ladder. As a consequence full-time women workers today
earn on the average only 60% of what men earn."(National Organization for Women,
1966)Women were consistently paid less wages than their male co-workers, and African
American women of the time were paid even less. It is apparent that the struggle for women's
equality was not taken as seriously and their claims were often dismissed by the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission, and it took years of womenspeaking up for themselves
and pushing for justice before results began to yield. "There is no civil rights movement to
speak for women, as there has been for Negroes and other victims of discrimination. The
National Organization for Women must therefore begin to speak." (National Organization for
Women, 1966)NOW played a big part in speaking up for women as it was led by women, to
obtain the basic human rights that they deserved. The NOW organization's first President, a
woman named Betty Friedan was responsible for pointing out the major differences in pay
between men and women. "She and other women of the postwar period helped to create what
soon became known as Second Wave Feminism." (Trowbridge, 2017, p. 11.7)Prior to Title IX
being amended in 1964, women also faced discrimination within the education system. The
discrimination they faced within the education system included women not receiving equal
funding for education, as well as women being discriminated against within sports programs.
This called for action and led to "The Higher Education Act of 1972 amended Title IX of the
1964 Civil Rights Act. Often simply called Title IX, the new law banned gender discrimination
in any educational program or activity that received federal funding."(Trowbridge, 2017, p.
12.13) One of the biggest leaders behind the success of Title IX was a Hawaii Congresswoman
named Patsy Takemoto Mink. She spearheaded this campaign because she experienced the
same type of educational discrimination, and was unable to attend medical school, as all her
applications were denied on the basis that she was a woman. Her persistence and success in
getting Title IX to pass, paved the way for the women after her to attend school without
educational discrimination and "the most significant outcome of the law is likely the vast
increase in the numbers of women in professional, medical, and graduate
programs."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13)Another major goal of the Women's Movement was to
obtain reproductive rights over their bodies. Prior to the Women's Movement of the 1960s and
1970s, women did not have free reign of their bodies. Women that fell pregnant and did not
want to be, had no options for safe termination, which led them to find unsafe ways to carry
out abortions. There were 33 states that prohibited abortions completely and another 13 that
only allowed abortions to take place under certain medical circumstances. Prior to 1972,
unmarried men and women were not granted access to birth control which led to many
accidental pregnancies. The culmination of these issuesled women to fight for the rights to their
own bodies and for their right to choose. In 1970 a woman, given the name Jane Roe by the
court, filled a lawsuit against Henry Wade who was the District Attorney of Dallas County in
Texas. She filled this lawsuit on the basis that state laws were unconstitutional and denied her
personal privacy that should be protected by the First, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth, and Fourteenth
Amendments. Her case was argued twice over the course of two years and ultimately the courts
came to a verdict in January of 1973. "The debate surrounding abortion entered American life
as never before when the Supreme Court’s ruling in Roe v. Wade legalized abortion in the first
trimester of pregnancy."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13) Roe won her case and with it came the
subsequent victory for all American women of the time, the right to choose.
Jaymi DavisDecember 2, 2022Milestone ThreeOne of the goals of the Women's Movement
was to obtain equality in the workplace through less work discrimination and equal pay for
women employees. Women faced workplace discrimination, simply for the fact that they had
been viewed as inferior to men. "Working women are becoming increasing-not less-
concentrated on the bottom of the job ladder. As a consequence full-time women workers today
earn on the average only 60% of what men earn."(National Organization for Women,
1966)Women were consistently paid less wages than their male co-workers, and African
American women of the time were paid even less. It is apparent that the struggle for women's
equality was not taken as seriously and their claims were often dismissed by the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission, and it took years of womenspeaking up for themselves
and pushing for justice before results began to yield. "There is no civil rights movement to
speak for women, as there has been for Negroes and other victims of discrimination. The
National Organization for Women must therefore begin to speak." (National Organization for
Women, 1966)NOW played a big part in speaking up for women as it was led by women, to
obtain the basic human rights that they deserved. The NOW organization's first President, a
woman named Betty Friedan was responsible for pointing out the major differences in pay
between men and women. "She and other women of the postwar period helped to create what
soon became known as Second Wave Feminism." (Trowbridge, 2017, p. 11.7)Prior to Title IX
being amended in 1964, women also faced discrimination within the education system. The
discrimination they faced within the education system included women not receiving equal
funding for education, as well as women being discriminated against within sports programs.
This called for action and led to "The Higher Education Act of 1972 amended Title IX of the
1964 Civil Rights Act. Often simply called Title IX, the new law banned gender discrimination
in any educational program or activity that received federal funding."(Trowbridge, 2017, p.
12.13) One of the biggest leaders behind the success of Title IX was a Hawaii Congresswoman
named Patsy Takemoto Mink. She spearheaded this campaign because she experienced the
same type of educational discrimination, and was unable to attend medical school, as all her
applications were denied on the basis that she was a woman. Her persistence and success in
getting Title IX to pass, paved the way for the women after her to attend school without
educational discrimination and "the most significant outcome of the law is likely the vast
increase in the numbers of women in professional, medical, and graduate
programs."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13)Another major goal of the Women's Movement was to
obtain reproductive rights over their bodies. Prior to the Women's Movement of the 1960s and
1970s, women did not have free reign of their bodies. Women that fell pregnant and did not
want to be, had no options for safe termination, which led them to find unsafe ways to carry
out abortions. There were 33 states that prohibited abortions completely and another 13 that
only allowed abortions to take place under certain medical circumstances. Prior to 1972,
unmarried men and women were not granted access to birth control which led to many
accidental pregnancies. The culmination of these issuesled women to fight for the rights to their
own bodies and for their right to choose. In 1970 a woman, given the name Jane Roe by the
court, filled a lawsuit against Henry Wade who was the District Attorney of Dallas County in
Texas. She filled this lawsuit on the basis that state laws were unconstitutional and denied her
personal privacy that should be protected by the First, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth, and Fourteenth
Amendments. Her case was argued twice over the course of two years and ultimately the courts
came to a verdict in January of 1973. "The debate surrounding abortion entered American life
as never before when the Supreme Court’s ruling in Roe v. Wade legalized abortion in the first
trimester of pregnancy."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13) Roe won her case and with it came the
subsequent victory for all American women of the time, the right to choose.
Jaymi DavisDecember 2, 2022Milestone ThreeOne of the goals of the Women's Movement
was to obtain equality in the workplace through less work discrimination and equal pay for
women employees. Women faced workplace discrimination, simply for the fact that they had
been viewed as inferior to men. "Working women are becoming increasing-not less-
concentrated on the bottom of the job ladder. As a consequence full-time women workers today
earn on the average only 60% of what men earn."(National Organization for Women,
1966)Women were consistently paid less wages than their male co-workers, and African
American women of the time were paid even less. It is apparent that the struggle for women's
equality was not taken as seriously and their claims were often dismissed by the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission, and it took years of womenspeaking up for themselves
and pushing for justice before results began to yield. "There is no civil rights movement to
speak for women, as there has been for Negroes and other victims of discrimination. The
National Organization for Women must therefore begin to speak." (National Organization for
Women, 1966)NOW played a big part in speaking up for women as it was led by women, to
obtain the basic human rights that they deserved. The NOW organization's first President, a
woman named Betty Friedan was responsible for pointing out the major differences in pay
between men and women. "She and other women of the postwar period helped to create what
soon became known as Second Wave Feminism." (Trowbridge, 2017, p. 11.7)Prior to Title IX
being amended in 1964, women also faced discrimination within the education system. The
discrimination they faced within the education system included women not receiving equal
funding for education, as well as women being discriminated against within sports programs.
This called for action and led to "The Higher Education Act of 1972 amended Title IX of the
1964 Civil Rights Act. Often simply called Title IX, the new law banned gender discrimination
in any educational program or activity that received federal funding."(Trowbridge, 2017, p.
12.13) One of the biggest leaders behind the success of Title IX was a Hawaii Congresswoman
named Patsy Takemoto Mink. She spearheaded this campaign because she experienced the
same type of educational discrimination, and was unable to attend medical school, as all her
applications were denied on the basis that she was a woman. Her persistence and success in
getting Title IX to pass, paved the way for the women after her to attend school without
educational discrimination and "the most significant outcome of the law is likely the vast
increase in the numbers of women in professional, medical, and graduate
programs."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13)Another major goal of the Women's Movement was to
obtain reproductive rights over their bodies. Prior to the Women's Movement of the 1960s and
1970s, women did not have free reign of their bodies. Women that fell pregnant and did not
want to be, had no options for safe termination, which led them to find unsafe ways to carry
out abortions. There were 33 states that prohibited abortions completely and another 13 that
only allowed abortions to take place under certain medical circumstances. Prior to 1972,
unmarried men and women were not granted access to birth control which led to many
accidental pregnancies. The culmination of these issuesled women to fight for the rights to their
own bodies and for their right to choose. In 1970 a woman, given the name Jane Roe by the
court, filled a lawsuit against Henry Wade who was the District Attorney of Dallas County in
Texas. She filled this lawsuit on the basis that state laws were unconstitutional and denied her
personal privacy that should be protected by the First, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth, and Fourteenth
Amendments. Her case was argued twice over the course of two years and ultimately the courts
came to a verdict in January of 1973. "The debate surrounding abortion entered American life
as never before when the Supreme Court’s ruling in Roe v. Wade legalized abortion in the first
trimester of pregnancy."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13) Roe won her case and with it came the
subsequent victory for all American women of the time, the right to choose.
Jaymi DavisDecember 2, 2022Milestone ThreeOne of the goals of the Women's Movement
was to obtain equality in the workplace through less work discrimination and equal pay for
women employees. Women faced workplace discrimination, simply for the fact that they had
been viewed as inferior to men. "Working women are becoming increasing-not less-
concentrated on the bottom of the job ladder. As a consequence full-time women workers today
earn on the average only 60% of what men earn."(National Organization for Women,
1966)Women were consistently paid less wages than their male co-workers, and African
American women of the time were paid even less. It is apparent that the struggle for women's
equality was not taken as seriously and their claims were often dismissed by the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission, and it took years of womenspeaking up for themselves
and pushing for justice before results began to yield. "There is no civil rights movement to
speak for women, as there has been for Negroes and other victims of discrimination. The
National Organization for Women must therefore begin to speak." (National Organization for
Women, 1966)NOW played a big part in speaking up for women as it was led by women, to
obtain the basic human rights that they deserved. The NOW organization's first President, a
woman named Betty Friedan was responsible for pointing out the major differences in pay
between men and women. "She and other women of the postwar period helped to create what
soon became known as Second Wave Feminism." (Trowbridge, 2017, p. 11.7)Prior to Title IX
being amended in 1964, women also faced discrimination within the education system. The
discrimination they faced within the education system included women not receiving equal
funding for education, as well as women being discriminated against within sports programs.
This called for action and led to "The Higher Education Act of 1972 amended Title IX of the
1964 Civil Rights Act. Often simply called Title IX, the new law banned gender discrimination
in any educational program or activity that received federal funding."(Trowbridge, 2017, p.
12.13) One of the biggest leaders behind the success of Title IX was a Hawaii Congresswoman
named Patsy Takemoto Mink. She spearheaded this campaign because she experienced the
same type of educational discrimination, and was unable to attend medical school, as all her
applications were denied on the basis that she was a woman. Her persistence and success in
getting Title IX to pass, paved the way for the women after her to attend school without
educational discrimination and "the most significant outcome of the law is likely the vast
increase in the numbers of women in professional, medical, and graduate
programs."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13)Another major goal of the Women's Movement was to
obtain reproductive rights over their bodies. Prior to the Women's Movement of the 1960s and
1970s, women did not have free reign of their bodies. Women that fell pregnant and did not
want to be, had no options for safe termination, which led them to find unsafe ways to carry
out abortions. There were 33 states that prohibited abortions completely and another 13 that
only allowed abortions to take place under certain medical circumstances. Prior to 1972,
unmarried men and women were not granted access to birth control which led to many
accidental pregnancies. The culmination of these issuesled women to fight for the rights to their
own bodies and for their right to choose. In 1970 a woman, given the name Jane Roe by the
court, filled a lawsuit against Henry Wade who was the District Attorney of Dallas County in
Texas. She filled this lawsuit on the basis that state laws were unconstitutional and denied her
personal privacy that should be protected by the First, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth, and Fourteenth
Amendments. Her case was argued twice over the course of two years and ultimately the courts
came to a verdict in January of 1973. "The debate surrounding abortion entered American life
as never before when the Supreme Court’s ruling in Roe v. Wade legalized abortion in the first
trimester of pregnancy."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13) Roe won her case and with it came the
subsequent victory for all American women of the time, the right to choose.
Jaymi DavisDecember 2, 2022Milestone ThreeOne of the goals of the Women's Movement
was to obtain equality in the workplace through less work discrimination and equal pay for
women employees. Women faced workplace discrimination, simply for the fact that they had
been viewed as inferior to men. "Working women are becoming increasing-not less-
concentrated on the bottom of the job ladder. As a consequence full-time women workers today
earn on the average only 60% of what men earn."(National Organization for Women,
1966)Women were consistently paid less wages than their male co-workers, and African
American women of the time were paid even less. It is apparent that the struggle for women's
equality was not taken as seriously and their claims were often dismissed by the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission, and it took years of womenspeaking up for themselves
and pushing for justice before results began to yield. "There is no civil rights movement to
speak for women, as there has been for Negroes and other victims of discrimination. The
National Organization for Women must therefore begin to speak." (National Organization for
Women, 1966)NOW played a big part in speaking up for women as it was led by women, to
obtain the basic human rights that they deserved. The NOW organization's first President, a
woman named Betty Friedan was responsible for pointing out the major differences in pay
between men and women. "She and other women of the postwar period helped to create what
soon became known as Second Wave Feminism." (Trowbridge, 2017, p. 11.7)Prior to Title IX
being amended in 1964, women also faced discrimination within the education system. The
discrimination they faced within the education system included women not receiving equal
funding for education, as well as women being discriminated against within sports programs.
This called for action and led to "The Higher Education Act of 1972 amended Title IX of the
1964 Civil Rights Act. Often simply called Title IX, the new law banned gender discrimination
in any educational program or activity that received federal funding."(Trowbridge, 2017, p.
12.13) One of the biggest leaders behind the success of Title IX was a Hawaii Congresswoman
named Patsy Takemoto Mink. She spearheaded this campaign because she experienced the
same type of educational discrimination, and was unable to attend medical school, as all her
applications were denied on the basis that she was a woman. Her persistence and success in
getting Title IX to pass, paved the way for the women after her to attend school without
educational discrimination and "the most significant outcome of the law is likely the vast
increase in the numbers of women in professional, medical, and graduate
programs."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13)Another major goal of the Women's Movement was to
obtain reproductive rights over their bodies. Prior to the Women's Movement of the 1960s and
1970s, women did not have free reign of their bodies. Women that fell pregnant and did not
want to be, had no options for safe termination, which led them to find unsafe ways to carry
out abortions. There were 33 states that prohibited abortions completely and another 13 that
only allowed abortions to take place under certain medical circumstances. Prior to 1972,
unmarried men and women were not granted access to birth control which led to many
accidental pregnancies. The culmination of these issuesled women to fight for the rights to their
own bodies and for their right to choose. In 1970 a woman, given the name Jane Roe by the
court, filled a lawsuit against Henry Wade who was the District Attorney of Dallas County in
Texas. She filled this lawsuit on the basis that state laws were unconstitutional and denied her
personal privacy that should be protected by the First, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth, and Fourteenth
Amendments. Her case was argued twice over the course of two years and ultimately the courts
came to a verdict in January of 1973. "The debate surrounding abortion entered American life
as never before when the Supreme Court’s ruling in Roe v. Wade legalized abortion in the first
trimester of pregnancy."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13) Roe won her case and with it came the
subsequent victory for all American women of the time, the right to choose.
Jaymi DavisDecember 2, 2022Milestone ThreeOne of the goals of the Women's Movement
was to obtain equality in the workplace through less work discrimination and equal pay for
women employees. Women faced workplace discrimination, simply for the fact that they had
been viewed as inferior to men. "Working women are becoming increasing-not less-
concentrated on the bottom of the job ladder. As a consequence full-time women workers today
earn on the average only 60% of what men earn."(National Organization for Women,
1966)Women were consistently paid less wages than their male co-workers, and African
American women of the time were paid even less. It is apparent that the struggle for women's
equality was not taken as seriously and their claims were often dismissed by the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission, and it took years of womenspeaking up for themselves
and pushing for justice before results began to yield. "There is no civil rights movement to
speak for women, as there has been for Negroes and other victims of discrimination. The
National Organization for Women must therefore begin to speak." (National Organization for
Women, 1966)NOW played a big part in speaking up for women as it was led by women, to
obtain the basic human rights that they deserved. The NOW organization's first President, a
woman named Betty Friedan was responsible for pointing out the major differences in pay
between men and women. "She and other women of the postwar period helped to create what
soon became known as Second Wave Feminism." (Trowbridge, 2017, p. 11.7)Prior to Title IX
being amended in 1964, women also faced discrimination within the education system. The
discrimination they faced within the education system included women not receiving equal
funding for education, as well as women being discriminated against within sports programs.
This called for action and led to "The Higher Education Act of 1972 amended Title IX of the
1964 Civil Rights Act. Often simply called Title IX, the new law banned gender discrimination
in any educational program or activity that received federal funding."(Trowbridge, 2017, p.
12.13) One of the biggest leaders behind the success of Title IX was a Hawaii Congresswoman
named Patsy Takemoto Mink. She spearheaded this campaign because she experienced the
same type of educational discrimination, and was unable to attend medical school, as all her
applications were denied on the basis that she was a woman. Her persistence and success in
getting Title IX to pass, paved the way for the women after her to attend school without
educational discrimination and "the most significant outcome of the law is likely the vast
increase in the numbers of women in professional, medical, and graduate
programs."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13)Another major goal of the Women's Movement was to
obtain reproductive rights over their bodies. Prior to the Women's Movement of the 1960s and
1970s, women did not have free reign of their bodies. Women that fell pregnant and did not
want to be, had no options for safe termination, which led them to find unsafe ways to carry
out abortions. There were 33 states that prohibited abortions completely and another 13 that
only allowed abortions to take place under certain medical circumstances. Prior to 1972,
unmarried men and women were not granted access to birth control which led to many
accidental pregnancies. The culmination of these issuesled women to fight for the rights to their
own bodies and for their right to choose. In 1970 a woman, given the name Jane Roe by the
court, filled a lawsuit against Henry Wade who was the District Attorney of Dallas County in
Texas. She filled this lawsuit on the basis that state laws were unconstitutional and denied her
personal privacy that should be protected by the First, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth, and Fourteenth
Amendments. Her case was argued twice over the course of two years and ultimately the courts
came to a verdict in January of 1973. "The debate surrounding abortion entered American life
as never before when the Supreme Court’s ruling in Roe v. Wade legalized abortion in the first
trimester of pregnancy."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13) Roe won her case and with it came the
subsequent victory for all American women of the time, the right to choose.
Jaymi DavisDecember 2, 2022Milestone ThreeOne of the goals of the Women's Movement
was to obtain equality in the workplace through less work discrimination and equal pay for
women employees. Women faced workplace discrimination, simply for the fact that they had
been viewed as inferior to men. "Working women are becoming increasing-not less-
concentrated on the bottom of the job ladder. As a consequence full-time women workers today
earn on the average only 60% of what men earn."(National Organization for Women,
1966)Women were consistently paid less wages than their male co-workers, and African
American women of the time were paid even less. It is apparent that the struggle for women's
equality was not taken as seriously and their claims were often dismissed by the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission, and it took years of womenspeaking up for themselves
and pushing for justice before results began to yield. "There is no civil rights movement to
speak for women, as there has been for Negroes and other victims of discrimination. The
National Organization for Women must therefore begin to speak." (National Organization for
Women, 1966)NOW played a big part in speaking up for women as it was led by women, to
obtain the basic human rights that they deserved. The NOW organization's first President, a
woman named Betty Friedan was responsible for pointing out the major differences in pay
between men and women. "She and other women of the postwar period helped to create what
soon became known as Second Wave Feminism." (Trowbridge, 2017, p. 11.7)Prior to Title IX
being amended in 1964, women also faced discrimination within the education system. The
discrimination they faced within the education system included women not receiving equal
funding for education, as well as women being discriminated against within sports programs.
This called for action and led to "The Higher Education Act of 1972 amended Title IX of the
1964 Civil Rights Act. Often simply called Title IX, the new law banned gender discrimination
in any educational program or activity that received federal funding."(Trowbridge, 2017, p.
12.13) One of the biggest leaders behind the success of Title IX was a Hawaii Congresswoman
named Patsy Takemoto Mink. She spearheaded this campaign because she experienced the
same type of educational discrimination, and was unable to attend medical school, as all her
applications were denied on the basis that she was a woman. Her persistence and success in
getting Title IX to pass, paved the way for the women after her to attend school without
educational discrimination and "the most significant outcome of the law is likely the vast
increase in the numbers of women in professional, medical, and graduate
programs."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13)Another major goal of the Women's Movement was to
obtain reproductive rights over their bodies. Prior to the Women's Movement of the 1960s and
1970s, women did not have free reign of their bodies. Women that fell pregnant and did not
want to be, had no options for safe termination, which led them to find unsafe ways to carry
out abortions. There were 33 states that prohibited abortions completely and another 13 that
only allowed abortions to take place under certain medical circumstances. Prior to 1972,
unmarried men and women were not granted access to birth control which led to many
accidental pregnancies. The culmination of these issuesled women to fight for the rights to their
own bodies and for their right to choose. In 1970 a woman, given the name Jane Roe by the
court, filled a lawsuit against Henry Wade who was the District Attorney of Dallas County in
Texas. She filled this lawsuit on the basis that state laws were unconstitutional and denied her
personal privacy that should be protected by the First, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth, and Fourteenth
Amendments. Her case was argued twice over the course of two years and ultimately the courts
came to a verdict in January of 1973. "The debate surrounding abortion entered American life
as never before when the Supreme Court’s ruling in Roe v. Wade legalized abortion in the first
trimester of pregnancy."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13) Roe won her case and with it came the
subsequent victory for all American women of the time, the right to choose.
Jaymi DavisDecember 2, 2022Milestone ThreeOne of the goals of the Women's Movement
was to obtain equality in the workplace through less work discrimination and equal pay for
women employees. Women faced workplace discrimination, simply for the fact that they had
been viewed as inferior to men. "Working women are becoming increasing-not less-
concentrated on the bottom of the job ladder. As a consequence full-time women workers today
earn on the average only 60% of what men earn."(National Organization for Women,
1966)Women were consistently paid less wages than their male co-workers, and African
American women of the time were paid even less. It is apparent that the struggle for women's
equality was not taken as seriously and their claims were often dismissed by the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission, and it took years of womenspeaking up for themselves
and pushing for justice before results began to yield. "There is no civil rights movement to
speak for women, as there has been for Negroes and other victims of discrimination. The
National Organization for Women must therefore begin to speak." (National Organization for
Women, 1966)NOW played a big part in speaking up for women as it was led by women, to
obtain the basic human rights that they deserved. The NOW organization's first President, a
woman named Betty Friedan was responsible for pointing out the major differences in pay
between men and women. "She and other women of the postwar period helped to create what
soon became known as Second Wave Feminism." (Trowbridge, 2017, p. 11.7)Prior to Title IX
being amended in 1964, women also faced discrimination within the education system. The
discrimination they faced within the education system included women not receiving equal
funding for education, as well as women being discriminated against within sports programs.
This called for action and led to "The Higher Education Act of 1972 amended Title IX of the
1964 Civil Rights Act. Often simply called Title IX, the new law banned gender discrimination
in any educational program or activity that received federal funding."(Trowbridge, 2017, p.
12.13) One of the biggest leaders behind the success of Title IX was a Hawaii Congresswoman
named Patsy Takemoto Mink. She spearheaded this campaign because she experienced the
same type of educational discrimination, and was unable to attend medical school, as all her
applications were denied on the basis that she was a woman. Her persistence and success in
getting Title IX to pass, paved the way for the women after her to attend school without
educational discrimination and "the most significant outcome of the law is likely the vast
increase in the numbers of women in professional, medical, and graduate
programs."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13)Another major goal of the Women's Movement was to
obtain reproductive rights over their bodies. Prior to the Women's Movement of the 1960s and
1970s, women did not have free reign of their bodies. Women that fell pregnant and did not
want to be, had no options for safe termination, which led them to find unsafe ways to carry
out abortions. There were 33 states that prohibited abortions completely and another 13 that
only allowed abortions to take place under certain medical circumstances. Prior to 1972,
unmarried men and women were not granted access to birth control which led to many
accidental pregnancies. The culmination of these issuesled women to fight for the rights to their
own bodies and for their right to choose. In 1970 a woman, given the name Jane Roe by the
court, filled a lawsuit against Henry Wade who was the District Attorney of Dallas County in
Texas. She filled this lawsuit on the basis that state laws were unconstitutional and denied her
personal privacy that should be protected by the First, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth, and Fourteenth
Amendments. Her case was argued twice over the course of two years and ultimately the courts
came to a verdict in January of 1973. "The debate surrounding abortion entered American life
as never before when the Supreme Court’s ruling in Roe v. Wade legalized abortion in the first
trimester of pregnancy."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13) Roe won her case and with it came the
subsequent victory for all American women of the time, the right to choose.
Jaymi DavisDecember 2, 2022Milestone ThreeOne of the goals of the Women's Movement
was to obtain equality in the workplace through less work discrimination and equal pay for
women employees. Women faced workplace discrimination, simply for the fact that they had
been viewed as inferior to men. "Working women are becoming increasing-not less-
concentrated on the bottom of the job ladder. As a consequence full-time women workers today
earn on the average only 60% of what men earn."(National Organization for Women,
1966)Women were consistently paid less wages than their male co-workers, and African
American women of the time were paid even less. It is apparent that the struggle for women's
equality was not taken as seriously and their claims were often dismissed by the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission, and it took years of womenspeaking up for themselves
and pushing for justice before results began to yield. "There is no civil rights movement to
speak for women, as there has been for Negroes and other victims of discrimination. The
National Organization for Women must therefore begin to speak." (National Organization for
Women, 1966)NOW played a big part in speaking up for women as it was led by women, to
obtain the basic human rights that they deserved. The NOW organization's first President, a
woman named Betty Friedan was responsible for pointing out the major differences in pay
between men and women. "She and other women of the postwar period helped to create what
soon became known as Second Wave Feminism." (Trowbridge, 2017, p. 11.7)Prior to Title IX
being amended in 1964, women also faced discrimination within the education system. The
discrimination they faced within the education system included women not receiving equal
funding for education, as well as women being discriminated against within sports programs.
This called for action and led to "The Higher Education Act of 1972 amended Title IX of the
1964 Civil Rights Act. Often simply called Title IX, the new law banned gender discrimination
in any educational program or activity that received federal funding."(Trowbridge, 2017, p.
12.13) One of the biggest leaders behind the success of Title IX was a Hawaii Congresswoman
named Patsy Takemoto Mink. She spearheaded this campaign because she experienced the
same type of educational discrimination, and was unable to attend medical school, as all her
applications were denied on the basis that she was a woman. Her persistence and success in
getting Title IX to pass, paved the way for the women after her to attend school without
educational discrimination and "the most significant outcome of the law is likely the vast
increase in the numbers of women in professional, medical, and graduate
programs."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13)Another major goal of the Women's Movement was to
obtain reproductive rights over their bodies. Prior to the Women's Movement of the 1960s and
1970s, women did not have free reign of their bodies. Women that fell pregnant and did not
want to be, had no options for safe termination, which led them to find unsafe ways to carry
out abortions. There were 33 states that prohibited abortions completely and another 13 that
only allowed abortions to take place under certain medical circumstances. Prior to 1972,
unmarried men and women were not granted access to birth control which led to many
accidental pregnancies. The culmination of these issuesled women to fight for the rights to their
own bodies and for their right to choose. In 1970 a woman, given the name Jane Roe by the
court, filled a lawsuit against Henry Wade who was the District Attorney of Dallas County in
Texas. She filled this lawsuit on the basis that state laws were unconstitutional and denied her
personal privacy that should be protected by the First, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth, and Fourteenth
Amendments. Her case was argued twice over the course of two years and ultimately the courts
came to a verdict in January of 1973. "The debate surrounding abortion entered American life
as never before when the Supreme Court’s ruling in Roe v. Wade legalized abortion in the first
trimester of pregnancy."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13) Roe won her case and with it came the
subsequent victory for all American women of the time, the right to choose.
Jaymi DavisDecember 2, 2022Milestone ThreeOne of the goals of the Women's Movement
was to obtain equality in the workplace through less work discrimination and equal pay for
women employees. Women faced workplace discrimination, simply for the fact that they had
been viewed as inferior to men. "Working women are becoming increasing-not less-
concentrated on the bottom of the job ladder. As a consequence full-time women workers today
earn on the average only 60% of what men earn."(National Organization for Women,
1966)Women were consistently paid less wages than their male co-workers, and African
American women of the time were paid even less. It is apparent that the struggle for women's
equality was not taken as seriously and their claims were often dismissed by the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission, and it took years of womenspeaking up for themselves
and pushing for justice before results began to yield. "There is no civil rights movement to
speak for women, as there has been for Negroes and other victims of discrimination. The
National Organization for Women must therefore begin to speak." (National Organization for
Women, 1966)NOW played a big part in speaking up for women as it was led by women, to
obtain the basic human rights that they deserved. The NOW organization's first President, a
woman named Betty Friedan was responsible for pointing out the major differences in pay
between men and women. "She and other women of the postwar period helped to create what
soon became known as Second Wave Feminism." (Trowbridge, 2017, p. 11.7)Prior to Title IX
being amended in 1964, women also faced discrimination within the education system. The
discrimination they faced within the education system included women not receiving equal
funding for education, as well as women being discriminated against within sports programs.
This called for action and led to "The Higher Education Act of 1972 amended Title IX of the
1964 Civil Rights Act. Often simply called Title IX, the new law banned gender discrimination
in any educational program or activity that received federal funding."(Trowbridge, 2017, p.
12.13) One of the biggest leaders behind the success of Title IX was a Hawaii Congresswoman
named Patsy Takemoto Mink. She spearheaded this campaign because she experienced the
same type of educational discrimination, and was unable to attend medical school, as all her
applications were denied on the basis that she was a woman. Her persistence and success in
getting Title IX to pass, paved the way for the women after her to attend school without
educational discrimination and "the most significant outcome of the law is likely the vast
increase in the numbers of women in professional, medical, and graduate
programs."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13)Another major goal of the Women's Movement was to
obtain reproductive rights over their bodies. Prior to the Women's Movement of the 1960s and
1970s, women did not have free reign of their bodies. Women that fell pregnant and did not
want to be, had no options for safe termination, which led them to find unsafe ways to carry
out abortions. There were 33 states that prohibited abortions completely and another 13 that
only allowed abortions to take place under certain medical circumstances. Prior to 1972,
unmarried men and women were not granted access to birth control which led to many
accidental pregnancies. The culmination of these issuesled women to fight for the rights to their
own bodies and for their right to choose. In 1970 a woman, given the name Jane Roe by the
court, filled a lawsuit against Henry Wade who was the District Attorney of Dallas County in
Texas. She filled this lawsuit on the basis that state laws were unconstitutional and denied her
personal privacy that should be protected by the First, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth, and Fourteenth
Amendments. Her case was argued twice over the course of two years and ultimately the courts
came to a verdict in January of 1973. "The debate surrounding abortion entered American life
as never before when the Supreme Court’s ruling in Roe v. Wade legalized abortion in the first
trimester of pregnancy."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13) Roe won her case and with it came the
subsequent victory for all American women of the time, the right to choose.
Jaymi DavisDecember 2, 2022Milestone ThreeOne of the goals of the Women's Movement
was to obtain equality in the workplace through less work discrimination and equal pay for
women employees. Women faced workplace discrimination, simply for the fact that they had
been viewed as inferior to men. "Working women are becoming increasing-not less-
concentrated on the bottom of the job ladder. As a consequence full-time women workers today
earn on the average only 60% of what men earn."(National Organization for Women,
1966)Women were consistently paid less wages than their male co-workers, and African
American women of the time were paid even less. It is apparent that the struggle for women's
equality was not taken as seriously and their claims were often dismissed by the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission, and it took years of womenspeaking up for themselves
and pushing for justice before results began to yield. "There is no civil rights movement to
speak for women, as there has been for Negroes and other victims of discrimination. The
National Organization for Women must therefore begin to speak." (National Organization for
Women, 1966)NOW played a big part in speaking up for women as it was led by women, to
obtain the basic human rights that they deserved. The NOW organization's first President, a
woman named Betty Friedan was responsible for pointing out the major differences in pay
between men and women. "She and other women of the postwar period helped to create what
soon became known as Second Wave Feminism." (Trowbridge, 2017, p. 11.7)Prior to Title IX
being amended in 1964, women also faced discrimination within the education system. The
discrimination they faced within the education system included women not receiving equal
funding for education, as well as women being discriminated against within sports programs.
This called for action and led to "The Higher Education Act of 1972 amended Title IX of the
1964 Civil Rights Act. Often simply called Title IX, the new law banned gender discrimination
in any educational program or activity that received federal funding."(Trowbridge, 2017, p.
12.13) One of the biggest leaders behind the success of Title IX was a Hawaii Congresswoman
named Patsy Takemoto Mink. She spearheaded this campaign because she experienced the
same type of educational discrimination, and was unable to attend medical school, as all her
applications were denied on the basis that she was a woman. Her persistence and success in
getting Title IX to pass, paved the way for the women after her to attend school without
educational discrimination and "the most significant outcome of the law is likely the vast
increase in the numbers of women in professional, medical, and graduate
programs."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13)Another major goal of the Women's Movement was to
obtain reproductive rights over their bodies. Prior to the Women's Movement of the 1960s and
1970s, women did not have free reign of their bodies. Women that fell pregnant and did not
want to be, had no options for safe termination, which led them to find unsafe ways to carry
out abortions. There were 33 states that prohibited abortions completely and another 13 that
only allowed abortions to take place under certain medical circumstances. Prior to 1972,
unmarried men and women were not granted access to birth control which led to many
accidental pregnancies. The culmination of these issuesled women to fight for the rights to their
own bodies and for their right to choose. In 1970 a woman, given the name Jane Roe by the
court, filled a lawsuit against Henry Wade who was the District Attorney of Dallas County in
Texas. She filled this lawsuit on the basis that state laws were unconstitutional and denied her
personal privacy that should be protected by the First, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth, and Fourteenth
Amendments. Her case was argued twice over the course of two years and ultimately the courts
came to a verdict in January of 1973. "The debate surrounding abortion entered American life
as never before when the Supreme Court’s ruling in Roe v. Wade legalized abortion in the first
trimester of pregnancy."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13) Roe won her case and with it came the
subsequent victory for all American women of the time, the right to choose.
Jaymi DavisDecember 2, 2022Milestone ThreeOne of the goals of the Women's Movement
was to obtain equality in the workplace through less work discrimination and equal pay for
women employees. Women faced workplace discrimination, simply for the fact that they had
been viewed as inferior to men. "Working women are becoming increasing-not less-
concentrated on the bottom of the job ladder. As a consequence full-time women workers today
earn on the average only 60% of what men earn."(National Organization for Women,
1966)Women were consistently paid less wages than their male co-workers, and African
American women of the time were paid even less. It is apparent that the struggle for women's
equality was not taken as seriously and their claims were often dismissed by the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission, and it took years of womenspeaking up for themselves
and pushing for justice before results began to yield. "There is no civil rights movement to
speak for women, as there has been for Negroes and other victims of discrimination. The
National Organization for Women must therefore begin to speak." (National Organization for
Women, 1966)NOW played a big part in speaking up for women as it was led by women, to
obtain the basic human rights that they deserved. The NOW organization's first President, a
woman named Betty Friedan was responsible for pointing out the major differences in pay
between men and women. "She and other women of the postwar period helped to create what
soon became known as Second Wave Feminism." (Trowbridge, 2017, p. 11.7)Prior to Title IX
being amended in 1964, women also faced discrimination within the education system. The
discrimination they faced within the education system included women not receiving equal
funding for education, as well as women being discriminated against within sports programs.
This called for action and led to "The Higher Education Act of 1972 amended Title IX of the
1964 Civil Rights Act. Often simply called Title IX, the new law banned gender discrimination
in any educational program or activity that received federal funding."(Trowbridge, 2017, p.
12.13) One of the biggest leaders behind the success of Title IX was a Hawaii Congresswoman
named Patsy Takemoto Mink. She spearheaded this campaign because she experienced the
same type of educational discrimination, and was unable to attend medical school, as all her
applications were denied on the basis that she was a woman. Her persistence and success in
getting Title IX to pass, paved the way for the women after her to attend school without
educational discrimination and "the most significant outcome of the law is likely the vast
increase in the numbers of women in professional, medical, and graduate
programs."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13)Another major goal of the Women's Movement was to
obtain reproductive rights over their bodies. Prior to the Women's Movement of the 1960s and
1970s, women did not have free reign of their bodies. Women that fell pregnant and did not
want to be, had no options for safe termination, which led them to find unsafe ways to carry
out abortions. There were 33 states that prohibited abortions completely and another 13 that
only allowed abortions to take place under certain medical circumstances. Prior to 1972,
unmarried men and women were not granted access to birth control which led to many
accidental pregnancies. The culmination of these issuesled women to fight for the rights to their
own bodies and for their right to choose. In 1970 a woman, given the name Jane Roe by the
court, filled a lawsuit against Henry Wade who was the District Attorney of Dallas County in
Texas. She filled this lawsuit on the basis that state laws were unconstitutional and denied her
personal privacy that should be protected by the First, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth, and Fourteenth
Amendments. Her case was argued twice over the course of two years and ultimately the courts
came to a verdict in January of 1973. "The debate surrounding abortion entered American life
as never before when the Supreme Court’s ruling in Roe v. Wade legalized abortion in the first
trimester of pregnancy."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13) Roe won her case and with it came the
subsequent victory for all American women of the time, the right to choose.
Jaymi DavisDecember 2, 2022Milestone ThreeOne of the goals of the Women's Movement
was to obtain equality in the workplace through less work discrimination and equal pay for
women employees. Women faced workplace discrimination, simply for the fact that they had
been viewed as inferior to men. "Working women are becoming increasing-not less-
concentrated on the bottom of the job ladder. As a consequence full-time women workers today
earn on the average only 60% of what men earn."(National Organization for Women,
1966)Women were consistently paid less wages than their male co-workers, and African
American women of the time were paid even less. It is apparent that the struggle for women's
equality was not taken as seriously and their claims were often dismissed by the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission, and it took years of womenspeaking up for themselves
and pushing for justice before results began to yield. "There is no civil rights movement to
speak for women, as there has been for Negroes and other victims of discrimination. The
National Organization for Women must therefore begin to speak." (National Organization for
Women, 1966)NOW played a big part in speaking up for women as it was led by women, to
obtain the basic human rights that they deserved. The NOW organization's first President, a
woman named Betty Friedan was responsible for pointing out the major differences in pay
between men and women. "She and other women of the postwar period helped to create what
soon became known as Second Wave Feminism." (Trowbridge, 2017, p. 11.7)Prior to Title IX
being amended in 1964, women also faced discrimination within the education system. The
discrimination they faced within the education system included women not receiving equal
funding for education, as well as women being discriminated against within sports programs.
This called for action and led to "The Higher Education Act of 1972 amended Title IX of the
1964 Civil Rights Act. Often simply called Title IX, the new law banned gender discrimination
in any educational program or activity that received federal funding."(Trowbridge, 2017, p.
12.13) One of the biggest leaders behind the success of Title IX was a Hawaii Congresswoman
named Patsy Takemoto Mink. She spearheaded this campaign because she experienced the
same type of educational discrimination, and was unable to attend medical school, as all her
applications were denied on the basis that she was a woman. Her persistence and success in
getting Title IX to pass, paved the way for the women after her to attend school without
educational discrimination and "the most significant outcome of the law is likely the vast
increase in the numbers of women in professional, medical, and graduate
programs."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13)Another major goal of the Women's Movement was to
obtain reproductive rights over their bodies. Prior to the Women's Movement of the 1960s and
1970s, women did not have free reign of their bodies. Women that fell pregnant and did not
want to be, had no options for safe termination, which led them to find unsafe ways to carry
out abortions. There were 33 states that prohibited abortions completely and another 13 that
only allowed abortions to take place under certain medical circumstances. Prior to 1972,
unmarried men and women were not granted access to birth control which led to many
accidental pregnancies. The culmination of these issuesled women to fight for the rights to their
own bodies and for their right to choose. In 1970 a woman, given the name Jane Roe by the
court, filled a lawsuit against Henry Wade who was the District Attorney of Dallas County in
Texas. She filled this lawsuit on the basis that state laws were unconstitutional and denied her
personal privacy that should be protected by the First, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth, and Fourteenth
Amendments. Her case was argued twice over the course of two years and ultimately the courts
came to a verdict in January of 1973. "The debate surrounding abortion entered American life
as never before when the Supreme Court’s ruling in Roe v. Wade legalized abortion in the first
trimester of pregnancy."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13) Roe won her case and with it came the
subsequent victory for all American women of the time, the right to choose.
Jaymi DavisDecember 2, 2022Milestone ThreeOne of the goals of the Women's Movement
was to obtain equality in the workplace through less work discrimination and equal pay for
women employees. Women faced workplace discrimination, simply for the fact that they had
been viewed as inferior to men. "Working women are becoming increasing-not less-
concentrated on the bottom of the job ladder. As a consequence full-time women workers today
earn on the average only 60% of what men earn."(National Organization for Women,
1966)Women were consistently paid less wages than their male co-workers, and African
American women of the time were paid even less. It is apparent that the struggle for women's
equality was not taken as seriously and their claims were often dismissed by the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission, and it took years of womenspeaking up for themselves
and pushing for justice before results began to yield. "There is no civil rights movement to
speak for women, as there has been for Negroes and other victims of discrimination. The
National Organization for Women must therefore begin to speak." (National Organization for
Women, 1966)NOW played a big part in speaking up for women as it was led by women, to
obtain the basic human rights that they deserved. The NOW organization's first President, a
woman named Betty Friedan was responsible for pointing out the major differences in pay
between men and women. "She and other women of the postwar period helped to create what
soon became known as Second Wave Feminism." (Trowbridge, 2017, p. 11.7)Prior to Title IX
being amended in 1964, women also faced discrimination within the education system. The
discrimination they faced within the education system included women not receiving equal
funding for education, as well as women being discriminated against within sports programs.
This called for action and led to "The Higher Education Act of 1972 amended Title IX of the
1964 Civil Rights Act. Often simply called Title IX, the new law banned gender discrimination
in any educational program or activity that received federal funding."(Trowbridge, 2017, p.
12.13) One of the biggest leaders behind the success of Title IX was a Hawaii Congresswoman
named Patsy Takemoto Mink. She spearheaded this campaign because she experienced the
same type of educational discrimination, and was unable to attend medical school, as all her
applications were denied on the basis that she was a woman. Her persistence and success in
getting Title IX to pass, paved the way for the women after her to attend school without
educational discrimination and "the most significant outcome of the law is likely the vast
increase in the numbers of women in professional, medical, and graduate
programs."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13)Another major goal of the Women's Movement was to
obtain reproductive rights over their bodies. Prior to the Women's Movement of the 1960s and
1970s, women did not have free reign of their bodies. Women that fell pregnant and did not
want to be, had no options for safe termination, which led them to find unsafe ways to carry
out abortions. There were 33 states that prohibited abortions completely and another 13 that
only allowed abortions to take place under certain medical circumstances. Prior to 1972,
unmarried men and women were not granted access to birth control which led to many
accidental pregnancies. The culmination of these issuesled women to fight for the rights to their
own bodies and for their right to choose. In 1970 a woman, given the name Jane Roe by the
court, filled a lawsuit against Henry Wade who was the District Attorney of Dallas County in
Texas. She filled this lawsuit on the basis that state laws were unconstitutional and denied her
personal privacy that should be protected by the First, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth, and Fourteenth
Amendments. Her case was argued twice over the course of two years and ultimately the courts
came to a verdict in January of 1973. "The debate surrounding abortion entered American life
as never before when the Supreme Court’s ruling in Roe v. Wade legalized abortion in the first
trimester of pregnancy."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13) Roe won her case and with it came the
subsequent victory for all American women of the time, the right to choose.
Jaymi DavisDecember 2, 2022Milestone ThreeOne of the goals of the Women's Movement
was to obtain equality in the workplace through less work discrimination and equal pay for
women employees. Women faced workplace discrimination, simply for the fact that they had
been viewed as inferior to men. "Working women are becoming increasing-not less-
concentrated on the bottom of the job ladder. As a consequence full-time women workers today
earn on the average only 60% of what men earn."(National Organization for Women,
1966)Women were consistently paid less wages than their male co-workers, and African
American women of the time were paid even less. It is apparent that the struggle for women's
equality was not taken as seriously and their claims were often dismissed by the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission, and it took years of womenspeaking up for themselves
and pushing for justice before results began to yield. "There is no civil rights movement to
speak for women, as there has been for Negroes and other victims of discrimination. The
National Organization for Women must therefore begin to speak." (National Organization for
Women, 1966)NOW played a big part in speaking up for women as it was led by women, to
obtain the basic human rights that they deserved. The NOW organization's first President, a
woman named Betty Friedan was responsible for pointing out the major differences in pay
between men and women. "She and other women of the postwar period helped to create what
soon became known as Second Wave Feminism." (Trowbridge, 2017, p. 11.7)Prior to Title IX
being amended in 1964, women also faced discrimination within the education system. The
discrimination they faced within the education system included women not receiving equal
funding for education, as well as women being discriminated against within sports programs.
This called for action and led to "The Higher Education Act of 1972 amended Title IX of the
1964 Civil Rights Act. Often simply called Title IX, the new law banned gender discrimination
in any educational program or activity that received federal funding."(Trowbridge, 2017, p.
12.13) One of the biggest leaders behind the success of Title IX was a Hawaii Congresswoman
named Patsy Takemoto Mink. She spearheaded this campaign because she experienced the
same type of educational discrimination, and was unable to attend medical school, as all her
applications were denied on the basis that she was a woman. Her persistence and success in
getting Title IX to pass, paved the way for the women after her to attend school without
educational discrimination and "the most significant outcome of the law is likely the vast
increase in the numbers of women in professional, medical, and graduate
programs."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13)Another major goal of the Women's Movement was to
obtain reproductive rights over their bodies. Prior to the Women's Movement of the 1960s and
1970s, women did not have free reign of their bodies. Women that fell pregnant and did not
want to be, had no options for safe termination, which led them to find unsafe ways to carry
out abortions. There were 33 states that prohibited abortions completely and another 13 that
only allowed abortions to take place under certain medical circumstances. Prior to 1972,
unmarried men and women were not granted access to birth control which led to many
accidental pregnancies. The culmination of these issuesled women to fight for the rights to their
own bodies and for their right to choose. In 1970 a woman, given the name Jane Roe by the
court, filled a lawsuit against Henry Wade who was the District Attorney of Dallas County in
Texas. She filled this lawsuit on the basis that state laws were unconstitutional and denied her
personal privacy that should be protected by the First, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth, and Fourteenth
Amendments. Her case was argued twice over the course of two years and ultimately the courts
came to a verdict in January of 1973. "The debate surrounding abortion entered American life
as never before when the Supreme Court’s ruling in Roe v. Wade legalized abortion in the first
trimester of pregnancy."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13) Roe won her case and with it came the
subsequent victory for all American women of the time, the right to choose.
Jaymi DavisDecember 2, 2022Milestone ThreeOne of the goals of the Women's Movement
was to obtain equality in the workplace through less work discrimination and equal pay for
women employees. Women faced workplace discrimination, simply for the fact that they had
been viewed as inferior to men. "Working women are becoming increasing-not less-
concentrated on the bottom of the job ladder. As a consequence full-time women workers today
earn on the average only 60% of what men earn."(National Organization for Women,
1966)Women were consistently paid less wages than their male co-workers, and African
American women of the time were paid even less. It is apparent that the struggle for women's
equality was not taken as seriously and their claims were often dismissed by the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission, and it took years of womenspeaking up for themselves
and pushing for justice before results began to yield. "There is no civil rights movement to
speak for women, as there has been for Negroes and other victims of discrimination. The
National Organization for Women must therefore begin to speak." (National Organization for
Women, 1966)NOW played a big part in speaking up for women as it was led by women, to
obtain the basic human rights that they deserved. The NOW organization's first President, a
woman named Betty Friedan was responsible for pointing out the major differences in pay
between men and women. "She and other women of the postwar period helped to create what
soon became known as Second Wave Feminism." (Trowbridge, 2017, p. 11.7)Prior to Title IX
being amended in 1964, women also faced discrimination within the education system. The
discrimination they faced within the education system included women not receiving equal
funding for education, as well as women being discriminated against within sports programs.
This called for action and led to "The Higher Education Act of 1972 amended Title IX of the
1964 Civil Rights Act. Often simply called Title IX, the new law banned gender discrimination
in any educational program or activity that received federal funding."(Trowbridge, 2017, p.
12.13) One of the biggest leaders behind the success of Title IX was a Hawaii Congresswoman
named Patsy Takemoto Mink. She spearheaded this campaign because she experienced the
same type of educational discrimination, and was unable to attend medical school, as all her
applications were denied on the basis that she was a woman. Her persistence and success in
getting Title IX to pass, paved the way for the women after her to attend school without
educational discrimination and "the most significant outcome of the law is likely the vast
increase in the numbers of women in professional, medical, and graduate
programs."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13)Another major goal of the Women's Movement was to
obtain reproductive rights over their bodies. Prior to the Women's Movement of the 1960s and
1970s, women did not have free reign of their bodies. Women that fell pregnant and did not
want to be, had no options for safe termination, which led them to find unsafe ways to carry
out abortions. There were 33 states that prohibited abortions completely and another 13 that
only allowed abortions to take place under certain medical circumstances. Prior to 1972,
unmarried men and women were not granted access to birth control which led to many
accidental pregnancies. The culmination of these issuesled women to fight for the rights to their
own bodies and for their right to choose. In 1970 a woman, given the name Jane Roe by the
court, filled a lawsuit against Henry Wade who was the District Attorney of Dallas County in
Texas. She filled this lawsuit on the basis that state laws were unconstitutional and denied her
personal privacy that should be protected by the First, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth, and Fourteenth
Amendments. Her case was argued twice over the course of two years and ultimately the courts
came to a verdict in January of 1973. "The debate surrounding abortion entered American life
as never before when the Supreme Court’s ruling in Roe v. Wade legalized abortion in the first
trimester of pregnancy."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13) Roe won her case and with it came the
subsequent victory for all American women of the time, the right to choose.
Jaymi DavisDecember 2, 2022Milestone ThreeOne of the goals of the Women's Movement
was to obtain equality in the workplace through less work discrimination and equal pay for
women employees. Women faced workplace discrimination, simply for the fact that they had
been viewed as inferior to men. "Working women are becoming increasing-not less-
concentrated on the bottom of the job ladder. As a consequence full-time women workers today
earn on the average only 60% of what men earn."(National Organization for Women,
1966)Women were consistently paid less wages than their male co-workers, and African
American women of the time were paid even less. It is apparent that the struggle for women's
equality was not taken as seriously and their claims were often dismissed by the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission, and it took years of womenspeaking up for themselves
and pushing for justice before results began to yield. "There is no civil rights movement to
speak for women, as there has been for Negroes and other victims of discrimination. The
National Organization for Women must therefore begin to speak." (National Organization for
Women, 1966)NOW played a big part in speaking up for women as it was led by women, to
obtain the basic human rights that they deserved. The NOW organization's first President, a
woman named Betty Friedan was responsible for pointing out the major differences in pay
between men and women. "She and other women of the postwar period helped to create what
soon became known as Second Wave Feminism." (Trowbridge, 2017, p. 11.7)Prior to Title IX
being amended in 1964, women also faced discrimination within the education system. The
discrimination they faced within the education system included women not receiving equal
funding for education, as well as women being discriminated against within sports programs.
This called for action and led to "The Higher Education Act of 1972 amended Title IX of the
1964 Civil Rights Act. Often simply called Title IX, the new law banned gender discrimination
in any educational program or activity that received federal funding."(Trowbridge, 2017, p.
12.13) One of the biggest leaders behind the success of Title IX was a Hawaii Congresswoman
named Patsy Takemoto Mink. She spearheaded this campaign because she experienced the
same type of educational discrimination, and was unable to attend medical school, as all her
applications were denied on the basis that she was a woman. Her persistence and success in
getting Title IX to pass, paved the way for the women after her to attend school without
educational discrimination and "the most significant outcome of the law is likely the vast
increase in the numbers of women in professional, medical, and graduate
programs."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13)Another major goal of the Women's Movement was to
obtain reproductive rights over their bodies. Prior to the Women's Movement of the 1960s and
1970s, women did not have free reign of their bodies. Women that fell pregnant and did not
want to be, had no options for safe termination, which led them to find unsafe ways to carry
out abortions. There were 33 states that prohibited abortions completely and another 13 that
only allowed abortions to take place under certain medical circumstances. Prior to 1972,
unmarried men and women were not granted access to birth control which led to many
accidental pregnancies. The culmination of these issuesled women to fight for the rights to their
own bodies and for their right to choose. In 1970 a woman, given the name Jane Roe by the
court, filled a lawsuit against Henry Wade who was the District Attorney of Dallas County in
Texas. She filled this lawsuit on the basis that state laws were unconstitutional and denied her
personal privacy that should be protected by the First, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth, and Fourteenth
Amendments. Her case was argued twice over the course of two years and ultimately the courts
came to a verdict in January of 1973. "The debate surrounding abortion entered American life
as never before when the Supreme Court’s ruling in Roe v. Wade legalized abortion in the first
trimester of pregnancy."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13) Roe won her case and with it came the
subsequent victory for all American women of the time, the right to choose.
Jaymi DavisDecember 2, 2022Milestone ThreeOne of the goals of the Women's Movement
was to obtain equality in the workplace through less work discrimination and equal pay for
women employees. Women faced workplace discrimination, simply for the fact that they had
been viewed as inferior to men. "Working women are becoming increasing-not less-
concentrated on the bottom of the job ladder. As a consequence full-time women workers today
earn on the average only 60% of what men earn."(National Organization for Women,
1966)Women were consistently paid less wages than their male co-workers, and African
American women of the time were paid even less. It is apparent that the struggle for women's
equality was not taken as seriously and their claims were often dismissed by the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission, and it took years of womenspeaking up for themselves
and pushing for justice before results began to yield. "There is no civil rights movement to
speak for women, as there has been for Negroes and other victims of discrimination. The
National Organization for Women must therefore begin to speak." (National Organization for
Women, 1966)NOW played a big part in speaking up for women as it was led by women, to
obtain the basic human rights that they deserved. The NOW organization's first President, a
woman named Betty Friedan was responsible for pointing out the major differences in pay
between men and women. "She and other women of the postwar period helped to create what
soon became known as Second Wave Feminism." (Trowbridge, 2017, p. 11.7)Prior to Title IX
being amended in 1964, women also faced discrimination within the education system. The
discrimination they faced within the education system included women not receiving equal
funding for education, as well as women being discriminated against within sports programs.
This called for action and led to "The Higher Education Act of 1972 amended Title IX of the
1964 Civil Rights Act. Often simply called Title IX, the new law banned gender discrimination
in any educational program or activity that received federal funding."(Trowbridge, 2017, p.
12.13) One of the biggest leaders behind the success of Title IX was a Hawaii Congresswoman
named Patsy Takemoto Mink. She spearheaded this campaign because she experienced the
same type of educational discrimination, and was unable to attend medical school, as all her
applications were denied on the basis that she was a woman. Her persistence and success in
getting Title IX to pass, paved the way for the women after her to attend school without
educational discrimination and "the most significant outcome of the law is likely the vast
increase in the numbers of women in professional, medical, and graduate
programs."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13)Another major goal of the Women's Movement was to
obtain reproductive rights over their bodies. Prior to the Women's Movement of the 1960s and
1970s, women did not have free reign of their bodies. Women that fell pregnant and did not
want to be, had no options for safe termination, which led them to find unsafe ways to carry
out abortions. There were 33 states that prohibited abortions completely and another 13 that
only allowed abortions to take place under certain medical circumstances. Prior to 1972,
unmarried men and women were not granted access to birth control which led to many
accidental pregnancies. The culmination of these issuesled women to fight for the rights to their
own bodies and for their right to choose. In 1970 a woman, given the name Jane Roe by the
court, filled a lawsuit against Henry Wade who was the District Attorney of Dallas County in
Texas. She filled this lawsuit on the basis that state laws were unconstitutional and denied her
personal privacy that should be protected by the First, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth, and Fourteenth
Amendments. Her case was argued twice over the course of two years and ultimately the courts
came to a verdict in January of 1973. "The debate surrounding abortion entered American life
as never before when the Supreme Court’s ruling in Roe v. Wade legalized abortion in the first
trimester of pregnancy."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13) Roe won her case and with it came the
subsequent victory for all American women of the time, the right to choose.
Jaymi DavisDecember 2, 2022Milestone ThreeOne of the goals of the Women's Movement
was to obtain equality in the workplace through less work discrimination and equal pay for
women employees. Women faced workplace discrimination, simply for the fact that they had
been viewed as inferior to men. "Working women are becoming increasing-not less-
concentrated on the bottom of the job ladder. As a consequence full-time women workers today
earn on the average only 60% of what men earn."(National Organization for Women,
1966)Women were consistently paid less wages than their male co-workers, and African
American women of the time were paid even less. It is apparent that the struggle for women's
equality was not taken as seriously and their claims were often dismissed by the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission, and it took years of womenspeaking up for themselves
and pushing for justice before results began to yield. "There is no civil rights movement to
speak for women, as there has been for Negroes and other victims of discrimination. The
National Organization for Women must therefore begin to speak." (National Organization for
Women, 1966)NOW played a big part in speaking up for women as it was led by women, to
obtain the basic human rights that they deserved. The NOW organization's first President, a
woman named Betty Friedan was responsible for pointing out the major differences in pay
between men and women. "She and other women of the postwar period helped to create what
soon became known as Second Wave Feminism." (Trowbridge, 2017, p. 11.7)Prior to Title IX
being amended in 1964, women also faced discrimination within the education system. The
discrimination they faced within the education system included women not receiving equal
funding for education, as well as women being discriminated against within sports programs.
This called for action and led to "The Higher Education Act of 1972 amended Title IX of the
1964 Civil Rights Act. Often simply called Title IX, the new law banned gender discrimination
in any educational program or activity that received federal funding."(Trowbridge, 2017, p.
12.13) One of the biggest leaders behind the success of Title IX was a Hawaii Congresswoman
named Patsy Takemoto Mink. She spearheaded this campaign because she experienced the
same type of educational discrimination, and was unable to attend medical school, as all her
applications were denied on the basis that she was a woman. Her persistence and success in
getting Title IX to pass, paved the way for the women after her to attend school without
educational discrimination and "the most significant outcome of the law is likely the vast
increase in the numbers of women in professional, medical, and graduate
programs."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13)Another major goal of the Women's Movement was to
obtain reproductive rights over their bodies. Prior to the Women's Movement of the 1960s and
1970s, women did not have free reign of their bodies. Women that fell pregnant and did not
want to be, had no options for safe termination, which led them to find unsafe ways to carry
out abortions. There were 33 states that prohibited abortions completely and another 13 that
only allowed abortions to take place under certain medical circumstances. Prior to 1972,
unmarried men and women were not granted access to birth control which led to many
accidental pregnancies. The culmination of these issuesled women to fight for the rights to their
own bodies and for their right to choose. In 1970 a woman, given the name Jane Roe by the
court, filled a lawsuit against Henry Wade who was the District Attorney of Dallas County in
Texas. She filled this lawsuit on the basis that state laws were unconstitutional and denied her
personal privacy that should be protected by the First, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth, and Fourteenth
Amendments. Her case was argued twice over the course of two years and ultimately the courts
came to a verdict in January of 1973. "The debate surrounding abortion entered American life
as never before when the Supreme Court’s ruling in Roe v. Wade legalized abortion in the first
trimester of pregnancy."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13) Roe won her case and with it came the
subsequent victory for all American women of the time, the right to choose.
Jaymi DavisDecember 2, 2022Milestone ThreeOne of the goals of the Women's Movement
was to obtain equality in the workplace through less work discrimination and equal pay for
women employees. Women faced workplace discrimination, simply for the fact that they had
been viewed as inferior to men. "Working women are becoming increasing-not less-
concentrated on the bottom of the job ladder. As a consequence full-time women workers today
earn on the average only 60% of what men earn."(National Organization for Women,
1966)Women were consistently paid less wages than their male co-workers, and African
American women of the time were paid even less. It is apparent that the struggle for women's
equality was not taken as seriously and their claims were often dismissed by the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission, and it took years of womenspeaking up for themselves
and pushing for justice before results began to yield. "There is no civil rights movement to
speak for women, as there has been for Negroes and other victims of discrimination. The
National Organization for Women must therefore begin to speak." (National Organization for
Women, 1966)NOW played a big part in speaking up for women as it was led by women, to
obtain the basic human rights that they deserved. The NOW organization's first President, a
woman named Betty Friedan was responsible for pointing out the major differences in pay
between men and women. "She and other women of the postwar period helped to create what
soon became known as Second Wave Feminism." (Trowbridge, 2017, p. 11.7)Prior to Title IX
being amended in 1964, women also faced discrimination within the education system. The
discrimination they faced within the education system included women not receiving equal
funding for education, as well as women being discriminated against within sports programs.
This called for action and led to "The Higher Education Act of 1972 amended Title IX of the
1964 Civil Rights Act. Often simply called Title IX, the new law banned gender discrimination
in any educational program or activity that received federal funding."(Trowbridge, 2017, p.
12.13) One of the biggest leaders behind the success of Title IX was a Hawaii Congresswoman
named Patsy Takemoto Mink. She spearheaded this campaign because she experienced the
same type of educational discrimination, and was unable to attend medical school, as all her
applications were denied on the basis that she was a woman. Her persistence and success in
getting Title IX to pass, paved the way for the women after her to attend school without
educational discrimination and "the most significant outcome of the law is likely the vast
increase in the numbers of women in professional, medical, and graduate
programs."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13)Another major goal of the Women's Movement was to
obtain reproductive rights over their bodies. Prior to the Women's Movement of the 1960s and
1970s, women did not have free reign of their bodies. Women that fell pregnant and did not
want to be, had no options for safe termination, which led them to find unsafe ways to carry
out abortions. There were 33 states that prohibited abortions completely and another 13 that
only allowed abortions to take place under certain medical circumstances. Prior to 1972,
unmarried men and women were not granted access to birth control which led to many
accidental pregnancies. The culmination of these issuesled women to fight for the rights to their
own bodies and for their right to choose. In 1970 a woman, given the name Jane Roe by the
court, filled a lawsuit against Henry Wade who was the District Attorney of Dallas County in
Texas. She filled this lawsuit on the basis that state laws were unconstitutional and denied her
personal privacy that should be protected by the First, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth, and Fourteenth
Amendments. Her case was argued twice over the course of two years and ultimately the courts
came to a verdict in January of 1973. "The debate surrounding abortion entered American life
as never before when the Supreme Court’s ruling in Roe v. Wade legalized abortion in the first
trimester of pregnancy."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13) Roe won her case and with it came the
subsequent victory for all American women of the time, the right to choose.
Jaymi DavisDecember 2, 2022Milestone ThreeOne of the goals of the Women's Movement
was to obtain equality in the workplace through less work discrimination and equal pay for
women employees. Women faced workplace discrimination, simply for the fact that they had
been viewed as inferior to men. "Working women are becoming increasing-not less-
concentrated on the bottom of the job ladder. As a consequence full-time women workers today
earn on the average only 60% of what men earn."(National Organization for Women,
1966)Women were consistently paid less wages than their male co-workers, and African
American women of the time were paid even less. It is apparent that the struggle for women's
equality was not taken as seriously and their claims were often dismissed by the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission, and it took years of womenspeaking up for themselves
and pushing for justice before results began to yield. "There is no civil rights movement to
speak for women, as there has been for Negroes and other victims of discrimination. The
National Organization for Women must therefore begin to speak." (National Organization for
Women, 1966)NOW played a big part in speaking up for women as it was led by women, to
obtain the basic human rights that they deserved. The NOW organization's first President, a
woman named Betty Friedan was responsible for pointing out the major differences in pay
between men and women. "She and other women of the postwar period helped to create what
soon became known as Second Wave Feminism." (Trowbridge, 2017, p. 11.7)Prior to Title IX
being amended in 1964, women also faced discrimination within the education system. The
discrimination they faced within the education system included women not receiving equal
funding for education, as well as women being discriminated against within sports programs.
This called for action and led to "The Higher Education Act of 1972 amended Title IX of the
1964 Civil Rights Act. Often simply called Title IX, the new law banned gender discrimination
in any educational program or activity that received federal funding."(Trowbridge, 2017, p.
12.13) One of the biggest leaders behind the success of Title IX was a Hawaii Congresswoman
named Patsy Takemoto Mink. She spearheaded this campaign because she experienced the
same type of educational discrimination, and was unable to attend medical school, as all her
applications were denied on the basis that she was a woman. Her persistence and success in
getting Title IX to pass, paved the way for the women after her to attend school without
educational discrimination and "the most significant outcome of the law is likely the vast
increase in the numbers of women in professional, medical, and graduate
programs."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13)Another major goal of the Women's Movement was to
obtain reproductive rights over their bodies. Prior to the Women's Movement of the 1960s and
1970s, women did not have free reign of their bodies. Women that fell pregnant and did not
want to be, had no options for safe termination, which led them to find unsafe ways to carry
out abortions. There were 33 states that prohibited abortions completely and another 13 that
only allowed abortions to take place under certain medical circumstances. Prior to 1972,
unmarried men and women were not granted access to birth control which led to many
accidental pregnancies. The culmination of these issuesled women to fight for the rights to their
own bodies and for their right to choose. In 1970 a woman, given the name Jane Roe by the
court, filled a lawsuit against Henry Wade who was the District Attorney of Dallas County in
Texas. She filled this lawsuit on the basis that state laws were unconstitutional and denied her
personal privacy that should be protected by the First, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth, and Fourteenth
Amendments. Her case was argued twice over the course of two years and ultimately the courts
came to a verdict in January of 1973. "The debate surrounding abortion entered American life
as never before when the Supreme Court’s ruling in Roe v. Wade legalized abortion in the first
trimester of pregnancy."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13) Roe won her case and with it came the
subsequent victory for all American women of the time, the right to choose.
Jaymi DavisDecember 2, 2022Milestone ThreeOne of the goals of the Women's Movement
was to obtain equality in the workplace through less work discrimination and equal pay for
women employees. Women faced workplace discrimination, simply for the fact that they had
been viewed as inferior to men. "Working women are becoming increasing-not less-
concentrated on the bottom of the job ladder. As a consequence full-time women workers today
earn on the average only 60% of what men earn."(National Organization for Women,
1966)Women were consistently paid less wages than their male co-workers, and African
American women of the time were paid even less. It is apparent that the struggle for women's
equality was not taken as seriously and their claims were often dismissed by the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission, and it took years of womenspeaking up for themselves
and pushing for justice before results began to yield. "There is no civil rights movement to
speak for women, as there has been for Negroes and other victims of discrimination. The
National Organization for Women must therefore begin to speak." (National Organization for
Women, 1966)NOW played a big part in speaking up for women as it was led by women, to
obtain the basic human rights that they deserved. The NOW organization's first President, a
woman named Betty Friedan was responsible for pointing out the major differences in pay
between men and women. "She and other women of the postwar period helped to create what
soon became known as Second Wave Feminism." (Trowbridge, 2017, p. 11.7)Prior to Title IX
being amended in 1964, women also faced discrimination within the education system. The
discrimination they faced within the education system included women not receiving equal
funding for education, as well as women being discriminated against within sports programs.
This called for action and led to "The Higher Education Act of 1972 amended Title IX of the
1964 Civil Rights Act. Often simply called Title IX, the new law banned gender discrimination
in any educational program or activity that received federal funding."(Trowbridge, 2017, p.
12.13) One of the biggest leaders behind the success of Title IX was a Hawaii Congresswoman
named Patsy Takemoto Mink. She spearheaded this campaign because she experienced the
same type of educational discrimination, and was unable to attend medical school, as all her
applications were denied on the basis that she was a woman. Her persistence and success in
getting Title IX to pass, paved the way for the women after her to attend school without
educational discrimination and "the most significant outcome of the law is likely the vast
increase in the numbers of women in professional, medical, and graduate
programs."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13)Another major goal of the Women's Movement was to
obtain reproductive rights over their bodies. Prior to the Women's Movement of the 1960s and
1970s, women did not have free reign of their bodies. Women that fell pregnant and did not
want to be, had no options for safe termination, which led them to find unsafe ways to carry
out abortions. There were 33 states that prohibited abortions completely and another 13 that
only allowed abortions to take place under certain medical circumstances. Prior to 1972,
unmarried men and women were not granted access to birth control which led to many
accidental pregnancies. The culmination of these issuesled women to fight for the rights to their
own bodies and for their right to choose. In 1970 a woman, given the name Jane Roe by the
court, filled a lawsuit against Henry Wade who was the District Attorney of Dallas County in
Texas. She filled this lawsuit on the basis that state laws were unconstitutional and denied her
personal privacy that should be protected by the First, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth, and Fourteenth
Amendments. Her case was argued twice over the course of two years and ultimately the courts
came to a verdict in January of 1973. "The debate surrounding abortion entered American life
as never before when the Supreme Court’s ruling in Roe v. Wade legalized abortion in the first
trimester of pregnancy."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13) Roe won her case and with it came the
subsequent victory for all American women of the time, the right to choose.
Jaymi DavisDecember 2, 2022Milestone ThreeOne of the goals of the Women's Movement
was to obtain equality in the workplace through less work discrimination and equal pay for
women employees. Women faced workplace discrimination, simply for the fact that they had
been viewed as inferior to men. "Working women are becoming increasing-not less-
concentrated on the bottom of the job ladder. As a consequence full-time women workers today
earn on the average only 60% of what men earn."(National Organization for Women,
1966)Women were consistently paid less wages than their male co-workers, and African
American women of the time were paid even less. It is apparent that the struggle for women's
equality was not taken as seriously and their claims were often dismissed by the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission, and it took years of womenspeaking up for themselves
and pushing for justice before results began to yield. "There is no civil rights movement to
speak for women, as there has been for Negroes and other victims of discrimination. The
National Organization for Women must therefore begin to speak." (National Organization for
Women, 1966)NOW played a big part in speaking up for women as it was led by women, to
obtain the basic human rights that they deserved. The NOW organization's first President, a
woman named Betty Friedan was responsible for pointing out the major differences in pay
between men and women. "She and other women of the postwar period helped to create what
soon became known as Second Wave Feminism." (Trowbridge, 2017, p. 11.7)Prior to Title IX
being amended in 1964, women also faced discrimination within the education system. The
discrimination they faced within the education system included women not receiving equal
funding for education, as well as women being discriminated against within sports programs.
This called for action and led to "The Higher Education Act of 1972 amended Title IX of the
1964 Civil Rights Act. Often simply called Title IX, the new law banned gender discrimination
in any educational program or activity that received federal funding."(Trowbridge, 2017, p.
12.13) One of the biggest leaders behind the success of Title IX was a Hawaii Congresswoman
named Patsy Takemoto Mink. She spearheaded this campaign because she experienced the
same type of educational discrimination, and was unable to attend medical school, as all her
applications were denied on the basis that she was a woman. Her persistence and success in
getting Title IX to pass, paved the way for the women after her to attend school without
educational discrimination and "the most significant outcome of the law is likely the vast
increase in the numbers of women in professional, medical, and graduate
programs."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13)Another major goal of the Women's Movement was to
obtain reproductive rights over their bodies. Prior to the Women's Movement of the 1960s and
1970s, women did not have free reign of their bodies. Women that fell pregnant and did not
want to be, had no options for safe termination, which led them to find unsafe ways to carry
out abortions. There were 33 states that prohibited abortions completely and another 13 that
only allowed abortions to take place under certain medical circumstances. Prior to 1972,
unmarried men and women were not granted access to birth control which led to many
accidental pregnancies. The culmination of these issuesled women to fight for the rights to their
own bodies and for their right to choose. In 1970 a woman, given the name Jane Roe by the
court, filled a lawsuit against Henry Wade who was the District Attorney of Dallas County in
Texas. She filled this lawsuit on the basis that state laws were unconstitutional and denied her
personal privacy that should be protected by the First, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth, and Fourteenth
Amendments. Her case was argued twice over the course of two years and ultimately the courts
came to a verdict in January of 1973. "The debate surrounding abortion entered American life
as never before when the Supreme Court’s ruling in Roe v. Wade legalized abortion in the first
trimester of pregnancy."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13) Roe won her case and with it came the
subsequent victory for all American women of the time, the right to choose.
Jaymi DavisDecember 2, 2022Milestone ThreeOne of the goals of the Women's Movement
was to obtain equality in the workplace through less work discrimination and equal pay for
women employees. Women faced workplace discrimination, simply for the fact that they had
been viewed as inferior to men. "Working women are becoming increasing-not less-
concentrated on the bottom of the job ladder. As a consequence full-time women workers today
earn on the average only 60% of what men earn."(National Organization for Women,
1966)Women were consistently paid less wages than their male co-workers, and African
American women of the time were paid even less. It is apparent that the struggle for women's
equality was not taken as seriously and their claims were often dismissed by the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission, and it took years of womenspeaking up for themselves
and pushing for justice before results began to yield. "There is no civil rights movement to
speak for women, as there has been for Negroes and other victims of discrimination. The
National Organization for Women must therefore begin to speak." (National Organization for
Women, 1966)NOW played a big part in speaking up for women as it was led by women, to
obtain the basic human rights that they deserved. The NOW organization's first President, a
woman named Betty Friedan was responsible for pointing out the major differences in pay
between men and women. "She and other women of the postwar period helped to create what
soon became known as Second Wave Feminism." (Trowbridge, 2017, p. 11.7)Prior to Title IX
being amended in 1964, women also faced discrimination within the education system. The
discrimination they faced within the education system included women not receiving equal
funding for education, as well as women being discriminated against within sports programs.
This called for action and led to "The Higher Education Act of 1972 amended Title IX of the
1964 Civil Rights Act. Often simply called Title IX, the new law banned gender discrimination
in any educational program or activity that received federal funding."(Trowbridge, 2017, p.
12.13) One of the biggest leaders behind the success of Title IX was a Hawaii Congresswoman
named Patsy Takemoto Mink. She spearheaded this campaign because she experienced the
same type of educational discrimination, and was unable to attend medical school, as all her
applications were denied on the basis that she was a woman. Her persistence and success in
getting Title IX to pass, paved the way for the women after her to attend school without
educational discrimination and "the most significant outcome of the law is likely the vast
increase in the numbers of women in professional, medical, and graduate
programs."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13)Another major goal of the Women's Movement was to
obtain reproductive rights over their bodies. Prior to the Women's Movement of the 1960s and
1970s, women did not have free reign of their bodies. Women that fell pregnant and did not
want to be, had no options for safe termination, which led them to find unsafe ways to carry
out abortions. There were 33 states that prohibited abortions completely and another 13 that
only allowed abortions to take place under certain medical circumstances. Prior to 1972,
unmarried men and women were not granted access to birth control which led to many
accidental pregnancies. The culmination of these issuesled women to fight for the rights to their
own bodies and for their right to choose. In 1970 a woman, given the name Jane Roe by the
court, filled a lawsuit against Henry Wade who was the District Attorney of Dallas County in
Texas. She filled this lawsuit on the basis that state laws were unconstitutional and denied her
personal privacy that should be protected by the First, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth, and Fourteenth
Amendments. Her case was argued twice over the course of two years and ultimately the courts
came to a verdict in January of 1973. "The debate surrounding abortion entered American life
as never before when the Supreme Court’s ruling in Roe v. Wade legalized abortion in the first
trimester of pregnancy."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13) Roe won her case and with it came the
subsequent victory for all American women of the time, the right to choose.
Jaymi DavisDecember 2, 2022Milestone ThreeOne of the goals of the Women's Movement
was to obtain equality in the workplace through less work discrimination and equal pay for
women employees. Women faced workplace discrimination, simply for the fact that they had
been viewed as inferior to men. "Working women are becoming increasing-not less-
concentrated on the bottom of the job ladder. As a consequence full-time women workers today
earn on the average only 60% of what men earn."(National Organization for Women,
1966)Women were consistently paid less wages than their male co-workers, and African
American women of the time were paid even less. It is apparent that the struggle for women's
equality was not taken as seriously and their claims were often dismissed by the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission, and it took years of womenspeaking up for themselves
and pushing for justice before results began to yield. "There is no civil rights movement to
speak for women, as there has been for Negroes and other victims of discrimination. The
National Organization for Women must therefore begin to speak." (National Organization for
Women, 1966)NOW played a big part in speaking up for women as it was led by women, to
obtain the basic human rights that they deserved. The NOW organization's first President, a
woman named Betty Friedan was responsible for pointing out the major differences in pay
between men and women. "She and other women of the postwar period helped to create what
soon became known as Second Wave Feminism." (Trowbridge, 2017, p. 11.7)Prior to Title IX
being amended in 1964, women also faced discrimination within the education system. The
discrimination they faced within the education system included women not receiving equal
funding for education, as well as women being discriminated against within sports programs.
This called for action and led to "The Higher Education Act of 1972 amended Title IX of the
1964 Civil Rights Act. Often simply called Title IX, the new law banned gender discrimination
in any educational program or activity that received federal funding."(Trowbridge, 2017, p.
12.13) One of the biggest leaders behind the success of Title IX was a Hawaii Congresswoman
named Patsy Takemoto Mink. She spearheaded this campaign because she experienced the
same type of educational discrimination, and was unable to attend medical school, as all her
applications were denied on the basis that she was a woman. Her persistence and success in
getting Title IX to pass, paved the way for the women after her to attend school without
educational discrimination and "the most significant outcome of the law is likely the vast
increase in the numbers of women in professional, medical, and graduate
programs."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13)Another major goal of the Women's Movement was to
obtain reproductive rights over their bodies. Prior to the Women's Movement of the 1960s and
1970s, women did not have free reign of their bodies. Women that fell pregnant and did not
want to be, had no options for safe termination, which led them to find unsafe ways to carry
out abortions. There were 33 states that prohibited abortions completely and another 13 that
only allowed abortions to take place under certain medical circumstances. Prior to 1972,
unmarried men and women were not granted access to birth control which led to many
accidental pregnancies. The culmination of these issuesled women to fight for the rights to their
own bodies and for their right to choose. In 1970 a woman, given the name Jane Roe by the
court, filled a lawsuit against Henry Wade who was the District Attorney of Dallas County in
Texas. She filled this lawsuit on the basis that state laws were unconstitutional and denied her
personal privacy that should be protected by the First, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth, and Fourteenth
Amendments. Her case was argued twice over the course of two years and ultimately the courts
came to a verdict in January of 1973. "The debate surrounding abortion entered American life
as never before when the Supreme Court’s ruling in Roe v. Wade legalized abortion in the first
trimester of pregnancy."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13) Roe won her case and with it came the
subsequent victory for all American women of the time, the right to choose.
Jaymi DavisDecember 2, 2022Milestone ThreeOne of the goals of the Women's Movement
was to obtain equality in the workplace through less work discrimination and equal pay for
women employees. Women faced workplace discrimination, simply for the fact that they had
been viewed as inferior to men. "Working women are becoming increasing-not less-
concentrated on the bottom of the job ladder. As a consequence full-time women workers today
earn on the average only 60% of what men earn."(National Organization for Women,
1966)Women were consistently paid less wages than their male co-workers, and African
American women of the time were paid even less. It is apparent that the struggle for women's
equality was not taken as seriously and their claims were often dismissed by the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission, and it took years of womenspeaking up for themselves
and pushing for justice before results began to yield. "There is no civil rights movement to
speak for women, as there has been for Negroes and other victims of discrimination. The
National Organization for Women must therefore begin to speak." (National Organization for
Women, 1966)NOW played a big part in speaking up for women as it was led by women, to
obtain the basic human rights that they deserved. The NOW organization's first President, a
woman named Betty Friedan was responsible for pointing out the major differences in pay
between men and women. "She and other women of the postwar period helped to create what
soon became known as Second Wave Feminism." (Trowbridge, 2017, p. 11.7)Prior to Title IX
being amended in 1964, women also faced discrimination within the education system. The
discrimination they faced within the education system included women not receiving equal
funding for education, as well as women being discriminated against within sports programs.
This called for action and led to "The Higher Education Act of 1972 amended Title IX of the
1964 Civil Rights Act. Often simply called Title IX, the new law banned gender discrimination
in any educational program or activity that received federal funding."(Trowbridge, 2017, p.
12.13) One of the biggest leaders behind the success of Title IX was a Hawaii Congresswoman
named Patsy Takemoto Mink. She spearheaded this campaign because she experienced the
same type of educational discrimination, and was unable to attend medical school, as all her
applications were denied on the basis that she was a woman. Her persistence and success in
getting Title IX to pass, paved the way for the women after her to attend school without
educational discrimination and "the most significant outcome of the law is likely the vast
increase in the numbers of women in professional, medical, and graduate
programs."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13)Another major goal of the Women's Movement was to
obtain reproductive rights over their bodies. Prior to the Women's Movement of the 1960s and
1970s, women did not have free reign of their bodies. Women that fell pregnant and did not
want to be, had no options for safe termination, which led them to find unsafe ways to carry
out abortions. There were 33 states that prohibited abortions completely and another 13 that
only allowed abortions to take place under certain medical circumstances. Prior to 1972,
unmarried men and women were not granted access to birth control which led to many
accidental pregnancies. The culmination of these issuesled women to fight for the rights to their
own bodies and for their right to choose. In 1970 a woman, given the name Jane Roe by the
court, filled a lawsuit against Henry Wade who was the District Attorney of Dallas County in
Texas. She filled this lawsuit on the basis that state laws were unconstitutional and denied her
personal privacy that should be protected by the First, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth, and Fourteenth
Amendments. Her case was argued twice over the course of two years and ultimately the courts
came to a verdict in January of 1973. "The debate surrounding abortion entered American life
as never before when the Supreme Court’s ruling in Roe v. Wade legalized abortion in the first
trimester of pregnancy."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13) Roe won her case and with it came the
subsequent victory for all American women of the time, the right to choose.
Jaymi DavisDecember 2, 2022Milestone ThreeOne of the goals of the Women's Movement
was to obtain equality in the workplace through less work discrimination and equal pay for
women employees. Women faced workplace discrimination, simply for the fact that they had
been viewed as inferior to men. "Working women are becoming increasing-not less-
concentrated on the bottom of the job ladder. As a consequence full-time women workers today
earn on the average only 60% of what men earn."(National Organization for Women,
1966)Women were consistently paid less wages than their male co-workers, and African
American women of the time were paid even less. It is apparent that the struggle for women's
equality was not taken as seriously and their claims were often dismissed by the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission, and it took years of womenspeaking up for themselves
and pushing for justice before results began to yield. "There is no civil rights movement to
speak for women, as there has been for Negroes and other victims of discrimination. The
National Organization for Women must therefore begin to speak." (National Organization for
Women, 1966)NOW played a big part in speaking up for women as it was led by women, to
obtain the basic human rights that they deserved. The NOW organization's first President, a
woman named Betty Friedan was responsible for pointing out the major differences in pay
between men and women. "She and other women of the postwar period helped to create what
soon became known as Second Wave Feminism." (Trowbridge, 2017, p. 11.7)Prior to Title IX
being amended in 1964, women also faced discrimination within the education system. The
discrimination they faced within the education system included women not receiving equal
funding for education, as well as women being discriminated against within sports programs.
This called for action and led to "The Higher Education Act of 1972 amended Title IX of the
1964 Civil Rights Act. Often simply called Title IX, the new law banned gender discrimination
in any educational program or activity that received federal funding."(Trowbridge, 2017, p.
12.13) One of the biggest leaders behind the success of Title IX was a Hawaii Congresswoman
named Patsy Takemoto Mink. She spearheaded this campaign because she experienced the
same type of educational discrimination, and was unable to attend medical school, as all her
applications were denied on the basis that she was a woman. Her persistence and success in
getting Title IX to pass, paved the way for the women after her to attend school without
educational discrimination and "the most significant outcome of the law is likely the vast
increase in the numbers of women in professional, medical, and graduate
programs."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13)Another major goal of the Women's Movement was to
obtain reproductive rights over their bodies. Prior to the Women's Movement of the 1960s and
1970s, women did not have free reign of their bodies. Women that fell pregnant and did not
want to be, had no options for safe termination, which led them to find unsafe ways to carry
out abortions. There were 33 states that prohibited abortions completely and another 13 that
only allowed abortions to take place under certain medical circumstances. Prior to 1972,
unmarried men and women were not granted access to birth control which led to many
accidental pregnancies. The culmination of these issuesled women to fight for the rights to their
own bodies and for their right to choose. In 1970 a woman, given the name Jane Roe by the
court, filled a lawsuit against Henry Wade who was the District Attorney of Dallas County in
Texas. She filled this lawsuit on the basis that state laws were unconstitutional and denied her
personal privacy that should be protected by the First, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth, and Fourteenth
Amendments. Her case was argued twice over the course of two years and ultimately the courts
came to a verdict in January of 1973. "The debate surrounding abortion entered American life
as never before when the Supreme Court’s ruling in Roe v. Wade legalized abortion in the first
trimester of pregnancy."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13) Roe won her case and with it came the
subsequent victory for all American women of the time, the right to choose.
Jaymi DavisDecember 2, 2022Milestone ThreeOne of the goals of the Women's Movement
was to obtain equality in the workplace through less work discrimination and equal pay for
women employees. Women faced workplace discrimination, simply for the fact that they had
been viewed as inferior to men. "Working women are becoming increasing-not less-
concentrated on the bottom of the job ladder. As a consequence full-time women workers today
earn on the average only 60% of what men earn."(National Organization for Women,
1966)Women were consistently paid less wages than their male co-workers, and African
American women of the time were paid even less. It is apparent that the struggle for women's
equality was not taken as seriously and their claims were often dismissed by the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission, and it took years of womenspeaking up for themselves
and pushing for justice before results began to yield. "There is no civil rights movement to
speak for women, as there has been for Negroes and other victims of discrimination. The
National Organization for Women must therefore begin to speak." (National Organization for
Women, 1966)NOW played a big part in speaking up for women as it was led by women, to
obtain the basic human rights that they deserved. The NOW organization's first President, a
woman named Betty Friedan was responsible for pointing out the major differences in pay
between men and women. "She and other women of the postwar period helped to create what
soon became known as Second Wave Feminism." (Trowbridge, 2017, p. 11.7)Prior to Title IX
being amended in 1964, women also faced discrimination within the education system. The
discrimination they faced within the education system included women not receiving equal
funding for education, as well as women being discriminated against within sports programs.
This called for action and led to "The Higher Education Act of 1972 amended Title IX of the
1964 Civil Rights Act. Often simply called Title IX, the new law banned gender discrimination
in any educational program or activity that received federal funding."(Trowbridge, 2017, p.
12.13) One of the biggest leaders behind the success of Title IX was a Hawaii Congresswoman
named Patsy Takemoto Mink. She spearheaded this campaign because she experienced the
same type of educational discrimination, and was unable to attend medical school, as all her
applications were denied on the basis that she was a woman. Her persistence and success in
getting Title IX to pass, paved the way for the women after her to attend school without
educational discrimination and "the most significant outcome of the law is likely the vast
increase in the numbers of women in professional, medical, and graduate
programs."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13)Another major goal of the Women's Movement was to
obtain reproductive rights over their bodies. Prior to the Women's Movement of the 1960s and
1970s, women did not have free reign of their bodies. Women that fell pregnant and did not
want to be, had no options for safe termination, which led them to find unsafe ways to carry
out abortions. There were 33 states that prohibited abortions completely and another 13 that
only allowed abortions to take place under certain medical circumstances. Prior to 1972,
unmarried men and women were not granted access to birth control which led to many
accidental pregnancies. The culmination of these issuesled women to fight for the rights to their
own bodies and for their right to choose. In 1970 a woman, given the name Jane Roe by the
court, filled a lawsuit against Henry Wade who was the District Attorney of Dallas County in
Texas. She filled this lawsuit on the basis that state laws were unconstitutional and denied her
personal privacy that should be protected by the First, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth, and Fourteenth
Amendments. Her case was argued twice over the course of two years and ultimately the courts
came to a verdict in January of 1973. "The debate surrounding abortion entered American life
as never before when the Supreme Court’s ruling in Roe v. Wade legalized abortion in the first
trimester of pregnancy."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13) Roe won her case and with it came the
subsequent victory for all American women of the time, the right to choose.
Jaymi DavisDecember 2, 2022Milestone ThreeOne of the goals of the Women's Movement
was to obtain equality in the workplace through less work discrimination and equal pay for
women employees. Women faced workplace discrimination, simply for the fact that they had
been viewed as inferior to men. "Working women are becoming increasing-not less-
concentrated on the bottom of the job ladder. As a consequence full-time women workers today
earn on the average only 60% of what men earn."(National Organization for Women,
1966)Women were consistently paid less wages than their male co-workers, and African
American women of the time were paid even less. It is apparent that the struggle for women's
equality was not taken as seriously and their claims were often dismissed by the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission, and it took years of womenspeaking up for themselves
and pushing for justice before results began to yield. "There is no civil rights movement to
speak for women, as there has been for Negroes and other victims of discrimination. The
National Organization for Women must therefore begin to speak." (National Organization for
Women, 1966)NOW played a big part in speaking up for women as it was led by women, to
obtain the basic human rights that they deserved. The NOW organization's first President, a
woman named Betty Friedan was responsible for pointing out the major differences in pay
between men and women. "She and other women of the postwar period helped to create what
soon became known as Second Wave Feminism." (Trowbridge, 2017, p. 11.7)Prior to Title IX
being amended in 1964, women also faced discrimination within the education system. The
discrimination they faced within the education system included women not receiving equal
funding for education, as well as women being discriminated against within sports programs.
This called for action and led to "The Higher Education Act of 1972 amended Title IX of the
1964 Civil Rights Act. Often simply called Title IX, the new law banned gender discrimination
in any educational program or activity that received federal funding."(Trowbridge, 2017, p.
12.13) One of the biggest leaders behind the success of Title IX was a Hawaii Congresswoman
named Patsy Takemoto Mink. She spearheaded this campaign because she experienced the
same type of educational discrimination, and was unable to attend medical school, as all her
applications were denied on the basis that she was a woman. Her persistence and success in
getting Title IX to pass, paved the way for the women after her to attend school without
educational discrimination and "the most significant outcome of the law is likely the vast
increase in the numbers of women in professional, medical, and graduate
programs."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13)Another major goal of the Women's Movement was to
obtain reproductive rights over their bodies. Prior to the Women's Movement of the 1960s and
1970s, women did not have free reign of their bodies. Women that fell pregnant and did not
want to be, had no options for safe termination, which led them to find unsafe ways to carry
out abortions. There were 33 states that prohibited abortions completely and another 13 that
only allowed abortions to take place under certain medical circumstances. Prior to 1972,
unmarried men and women were not granted access to birth control which led to many
accidental pregnancies. The culmination of these issuesled women to fight for the rights to their
own bodies and for their right to choose. In 1970 a woman, given the name Jane Roe by the
court, filled a lawsuit against Henry Wade who was the District Attorney of Dallas County in
Texas. She filled this lawsuit on the basis that state laws were unconstitutional and denied her
personal privacy that should be protected by the First, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth, and Fourteenth
Amendments. Her case was argued twice over the course of two years and ultimately the courts
came to a verdict in January of 1973. "The debate surrounding abortion entered American life
as never before when the Supreme Court’s ruling in Roe v. Wade legalized abortion in the first
trimester of pregnancy."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13) Roe won her case and with it came the
subsequent victory for all American women of the time, the right to choose.
Jaymi DavisDecember 2, 2022Milestone ThreeOne of the goals of the Women's Movement
was to obtain equality in the workplace through less work discrimination and equal pay for
women employees. Women faced workplace discrimination, simply for the fact that they had
been viewed as inferior to men. "Working women are becoming increasing-not less-
concentrated on the bottom of the job ladder. As a consequence full-time women workers today
earn on the average only 60% of what men earn."(National Organization for Women,
1966)Women were consistently paid less wages than their male co-workers, and African
American women of the time were paid even less. It is apparent that the struggle for women's
equality was not taken as seriously and their claims were often dismissed by the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission, and it took years of womenspeaking up for themselves
and pushing for justice before results began to yield. "There is no civil rights movement to
speak for women, as there has been for Negroes and other victims of discrimination. The
National Organization for Women must therefore begin to speak." (National Organization for
Women, 1966)NOW played a big part in speaking up for women as it was led by women, to
obtain the basic human rights that they deserved. The NOW organization's first President, a
woman named Betty Friedan was responsible for pointing out the major differences in pay
between men and women. "She and other women of the postwar period helped to create what
soon became known as Second Wave Feminism." (Trowbridge, 2017, p. 11.7)Prior to Title IX
being amended in 1964, women also faced discrimination within the education system. The
discrimination they faced within the education system included women not receiving equal
funding for education, as well as women being discriminated against within sports programs.
This called for action and led to "The Higher Education Act of 1972 amended Title IX of the
1964 Civil Rights Act. Often simply called Title IX, the new law banned gender discrimination
in any educational program or activity that received federal funding."(Trowbridge, 2017, p.
12.13) One of the biggest leaders behind the success of Title IX was a Hawaii Congresswoman
named Patsy Takemoto Mink. She spearheaded this campaign because she experienced the
same type of educational discrimination, and was unable to attend medical school, as all her
applications were denied on the basis that she was a woman. Her persistence and success in
getting Title IX to pass, paved the way for the women after her to attend school without
educational discrimination and "the most significant outcome of the law is likely the vast
increase in the numbers of women in professional, medical, and graduate
programs."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13)Another major goal of the Women's Movement was to
obtain reproductive rights over their bodies. Prior to the Women's Movement of the 1960s and
1970s, women did not have free reign of their bodies. Women that fell pregnant and did not
want to be, had no options for safe termination, which led them to find unsafe ways to carry
out abortions. There were 33 states that prohibited abortions completely and another 13 that
only allowed abortions to take place under certain medical circumstances. Prior to 1972,
unmarried men and women were not granted access to birth control which led to many
accidental pregnancies. The culmination of these issuesled women to fight for the rights to their
own bodies and for their right to choose. In 1970 a woman, given the name Jane Roe by the
court, filled a lawsuit against Henry Wade who was the District Attorney of Dallas County in
Texas. She filled this lawsuit on the basis that state laws were unconstitutional and denied her
personal privacy that should be protected by the First, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth, and Fourteenth
Amendments. Her case was argued twice over the course of two years and ultimately the courts
came to a verdict in January of 1973. "The debate surrounding abortion entered American life
as never before when the Supreme Court’s ruling in Roe v. Wade legalized abortion in the first
trimester of pregnancy."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13) Roe won her case and with it came the
subsequent victory for all American women of the time, the right to choose.
Jaymi DavisDecember 2, 2022Milestone ThreeOne of the goals of the Women's Movement
was to obtain equality in the workplace through less work discrimination and equal pay for
women employees. Women faced workplace discrimination, simply for the fact that they had
been viewed as inferior to men. "Working women are becoming increasing-not less-
concentrated on the bottom of the job ladder. As a consequence full-time women workers today
earn on the average only 60% of what men earn."(National Organization for Women,
1966)Women were consistently paid less wages than their male co-workers, and African
American women of the time were paid even less. It is apparent that the struggle for women's
equality was not taken as seriously and their claims were often dismissed by the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission, and it took years of womenspeaking up for themselves
and pushing for justice before results began to yield. "There is no civil rights movement to
speak for women, as there has been for Negroes and other victims of discrimination. The
National Organization for Women must therefore begin to speak." (National Organization for
Women, 1966)NOW played a big part in speaking up for women as it was led by women, to
obtain the basic human rights that they deserved. The NOW organization's first President, a
woman named Betty Friedan was responsible for pointing out the major differences in pay
between men and women. "She and other women of the postwar period helped to create what
soon became known as Second Wave Feminism." (Trowbridge, 2017, p. 11.7)Prior to Title IX
being amended in 1964, women also faced discrimination within the education system. The
discrimination they faced within the education system included women not receiving equal
funding for education, as well as women being discriminated against within sports programs.
This called for action and led to "The Higher Education Act of 1972 amended Title IX of the
1964 Civil Rights Act. Often simply called Title IX, the new law banned gender discrimination
in any educational program or activity that received federal funding."(Trowbridge, 2017, p.
12.13) One of the biggest leaders behind the success of Title IX was a Hawaii Congresswoman
named Patsy Takemoto Mink. She spearheaded this campaign because she experienced the
same type of educational discrimination, and was unable to attend medical school, as all her
applications were denied on the basis that she was a woman. Her persistence and success in
getting Title IX to pass, paved the way for the women after her to attend school without
educational discrimination and "the most significant outcome of the law is likely the vast
increase in the numbers of women in professional, medical, and graduate
programs."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13)Another major goal of the Women's Movement was to
obtain reproductive rights over their bodies. Prior to the Women's Movement of the 1960s and
1970s, women did not have free reign of their bodies. Women that fell pregnant and did not
want to be, had no options for safe termination, which led them to find unsafe ways to carry
out abortions. There were 33 states that prohibited abortions completely and another 13 that
only allowed abortions to take place under certain medical circumstances. Prior to 1972,
unmarried men and women were not granted access to birth control which led to many
accidental pregnancies. The culmination of these issuesled women to fight for the rights to their
own bodies and for their right to choose. In 1970 a woman, given the name Jane Roe by the
court, filled a lawsuit against Henry Wade who was the District Attorney of Dallas County in
Texas. She filled this lawsuit on the basis that state laws were unconstitutional and denied her
personal privacy that should be protected by the First, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth, and Fourteenth
Amendments. Her case was argued twice over the course of two years and ultimately the courts
came to a verdict in January of 1973. "The debate surrounding abortion entered American life
as never before when the Supreme Court’s ruling in Roe v. Wade legalized abortion in the first
trimester of pregnancy."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13) Roe won her case and with it came the
subsequent victory for all American women of the time, the right to choose.
Jaymi DavisDecember 2, 2022Milestone ThreeOne of the goals of the Women's Movement
was to obtain equality in the workplace through less work discrimination and equal pay for
women employees. Women faced workplace discrimination, simply for the fact that they had
been viewed as inferior to men. "Working women are becoming increasing-not less-
concentrated on the bottom of the job ladder. As a consequence full-time women workers today
earn on the average only 60% of what men earn."(National Organization for Women,
1966)Women were consistently paid less wages than their male co-workers, and African
American women of the time were paid even less. It is apparent that the struggle for women's
equality was not taken as seriously and their claims were often dismissed by the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission, and it took years of womenspeaking up for themselves
and pushing for justice before results began to yield. "There is no civil rights movement to
speak for women, as there has been for Negroes and other victims of discrimination. The
National Organization for Women must therefore begin to speak." (National Organization for
Women, 1966)NOW played a big part in speaking up for women as it was led by women, to
obtain the basic human rights that they deserved. The NOW organization's first President, a
woman named Betty Friedan was responsible for pointing out the major differences in pay
between men and women. "She and other women of the postwar period helped to create what
soon became known as Second Wave Feminism." (Trowbridge, 2017, p. 11.7)Prior to Title IX
being amended in 1964, women also faced discrimination within the education system. The
discrimination they faced within the education system included women not receiving equal
funding for education, as well as women being discriminated against within sports programs.
This called for action and led to "The Higher Education Act of 1972 amended Title IX of the
1964 Civil Rights Act. Often simply called Title IX, the new law banned gender discrimination
in any educational program or activity that received federal funding."(Trowbridge, 2017, p.
12.13) One of the biggest leaders behind the success of Title IX was a Hawaii Congresswoman
named Patsy Takemoto Mink. She spearheaded this campaign because she experienced the
same type of educational discrimination, and was unable to attend medical school, as all her
applications were denied on the basis that she was a woman. Her persistence and success in
getting Title IX to pass, paved the way for the women after her to attend school without
educational discrimination and "the most significant outcome of the law is likely the vast
increase in the numbers of women in professional, medical, and graduate
programs."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13)Another major goal of the Women's Movement was to
obtain reproductive rights over their bodies. Prior to the Women's Movement of the 1960s and
1970s, women did not have free reign of their bodies. Women that fell pregnant and did not
want to be, had no options for safe termination, which led them to find unsafe ways to carry
out abortions. There were 33 states that prohibited abortions completely and another 13 that
only allowed abortions to take place under certain medical circumstances. Prior to 1972,
unmarried men and women were not granted access to birth control which led to many
accidental pregnancies. The culmination of these issuesled women to fight for the rights to their
own bodies and for their right to choose. In 1970 a woman, given the name Jane Roe by the
court, filled a lawsuit against Henry Wade who was the District Attorney of Dallas County in
Texas. She filled this lawsuit on the basis that state laws were unconstitutional and denied her
personal privacy that should be protected by the First, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth, and Fourteenth
Amendments. Her case was argued twice over the course of two years and ultimately the courts
came to a verdict in January of 1973. "The debate surrounding abortion entered American life
as never before when the Supreme Court’s ruling in Roe v. Wade legalized abortion in the first
trimester of pregnancy."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13) Roe won her case and with it came the
subsequent victory for all American women of the time, the right to choose.
Jaymi DavisDecember 2, 2022Milestone ThreeOne of the goals of the Women's Movement
was to obtain equality in the workplace through less work discrimination and equal pay for
women employees. Women faced workplace discrimination, simply for the fact that they had
been viewed as inferior to men. "Working women are becoming increasing-not less-
concentrated on the bottom of the job ladder. As a consequence full-time women workers today
earn on the average only 60% of what men earn."(National Organization for Women,
1966)Women were consistently paid less wages than their male co-workers, and African
American women of the time were paid even less. It is apparent that the struggle for women's
equality was not taken as seriously and their claims were often dismissed by the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission, and it took years of womenspeaking up for themselves
and pushing for justice before results began to yield. "There is no civil rights movement to
speak for women, as there has been for Negroes and other victims of discrimination. The
National Organization for Women must therefore begin to speak." (National Organization for
Women, 1966)NOW played a big part in speaking up for women as it was led by women, to
obtain the basic human rights that they deserved. The NOW organization's first President, a
woman named Betty Friedan was responsible for pointing out the major differences in pay
between men and women. "She and other women of the postwar period helped to create what
soon became known as Second Wave Feminism." (Trowbridge, 2017, p. 11.7)Prior to Title IX
being amended in 1964, women also faced discrimination within the education system. The
discrimination they faced within the education system included women not receiving equal
funding for education, as well as women being discriminated against within sports programs.
This called for action and led to "The Higher Education Act of 1972 amended Title IX of the
1964 Civil Rights Act. Often simply called Title IX, the new law banned gender discrimination
in any educational program or activity that received federal funding."(Trowbridge, 2017, p.
12.13) One of the biggest leaders behind the success of Title IX was a Hawaii Congresswoman
named Patsy Takemoto Mink. She spearheaded this campaign because she experienced the
same type of educational discrimination, and was unable to attend medical school, as all her
applications were denied on the basis that she was a woman. Her persistence and success in
getting Title IX to pass, paved the way for the women after her to attend school without
educational discrimination and "the most significant outcome of the law is likely the vast
increase in the numbers of women in professional, medical, and graduate
programs."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13)Another major goal of the Women's Movement was to
obtain reproductive rights over their bodies. Prior to the Women's Movement of the 1960s and
1970s, women did not have free reign of their bodies. Women that fell pregnant and did not
want to be, had no options for safe termination, which led them to find unsafe ways to carry
out abortions. There were 33 states that prohibited abortions completely and another 13 that
only allowed abortions to take place under certain medical circumstances. Prior to 1972,
unmarried men and women were not granted access to birth control which led to many
accidental pregnancies. The culmination of these issuesled women to fight for the rights to their
own bodies and for their right to choose. In 1970 a woman, given the name Jane Roe by the
court, filled a lawsuit against Henry Wade who was the District Attorney of Dallas County in
Texas. She filled this lawsuit on the basis that state laws were unconstitutional and denied her
personal privacy that should be protected by the First, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth, and Fourteenth
Amendments. Her case was argued twice over the course of two years and ultimately the courts
came to a verdict in January of 1973. "The debate surrounding abortion entered American life
as never before when the Supreme Court’s ruling in Roe v. Wade legalized abortion in the first
trimester of pregnancy."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13) Roe won her case and with it came the
subsequent victory for all American women of the time, the right to choose.
Jaymi DavisDecember 2, 2022Milestone ThreeOne of the goals of the Women's Movement
was to obtain equality in the workplace through less work discrimination and equal pay for
women employees. Women faced workplace discrimination, simply for the fact that they had
been viewed as inferior to men. "Working women are becoming increasing-not less-
concentrated on the bottom of the job ladder. As a consequence full-time women workers today
earn on the average only 60% of what men earn."(National Organization for Women,
1966)Women were consistently paid less wages than their male co-workers, and African
American women of the time were paid even less. It is apparent that the struggle for women's
equality was not taken as seriously and their claims were often dismissed by the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission, and it took years of womenspeaking up for themselves
and pushing for justice before results began to yield. "There is no civil rights movement to
speak for women, as there has been for Negroes and other victims of discrimination. The
National Organization for Women must therefore begin to speak." (National Organization for
Women, 1966)NOW played a big part in speaking up for women as it was led by women, to
obtain the basic human rights that they deserved. The NOW organization's first President, a
woman named Betty Friedan was responsible for pointing out the major differences in pay
between men and women. "She and other women of the postwar period helped to create what
soon became known as Second Wave Feminism." (Trowbridge, 2017, p. 11.7)Prior to Title IX
being amended in 1964, women also faced discrimination within the education system. The
discrimination they faced within the education system included women not receiving equal
funding for education, as well as women being discriminated against within sports programs.
This called for action and led to "The Higher Education Act of 1972 amended Title IX of the
1964 Civil Rights Act. Often simply called Title IX, the new law banned gender discrimination
in any educational program or activity that received federal funding."(Trowbridge, 2017, p.
12.13) One of the biggest leaders behind the success of Title IX was a Hawaii Congresswoman
named Patsy Takemoto Mink. She spearheaded this campaign because she experienced the
same type of educational discrimination, and was unable to attend medical school, as all her
applications were denied on the basis that she was a woman. Her persistence and success in
getting Title IX to pass, paved the way for the women after her to attend school without
educational discrimination and "the most significant outcome of the law is likely the vast
increase in the numbers of women in professional, medical, and graduate
programs."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13)Another major goal of the Women's Movement was to
obtain reproductive rights over their bodies. Prior to the Women's Movement of the 1960s and
1970s, women did not have free reign of their bodies. Women that fell pregnant and did not
want to be, had no options for safe termination, which led them to find unsafe ways to carry
out abortions. There were 33 states that prohibited abortions completely and another 13 that
only allowed abortions to take place under certain medical circumstances. Prior to 1972,
unmarried men and women were not granted access to birth control which led to many
accidental pregnancies. The culmination of these issuesled women to fight for the rights to their
own bodies and for their right to choose. In 1970 a woman, given the name Jane Roe by the
court, filled a lawsuit against Henry Wade who was the District Attorney of Dallas County in
Texas. She filled this lawsuit on the basis that state laws were unconstitutional and denied her
personal privacy that should be protected by the First, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth, and Fourteenth
Amendments. Her case was argued twice over the course of two years and ultimately the courts
came to a verdict in January of 1973. "The debate surrounding abortion entered American life
as never before when the Supreme Court’s ruling in Roe v. Wade legalized abortion in the first
trimester of pregnancy."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13) Roe won her case and with it came the
subsequent victory for all American women of the time, the right to choose.
Jaymi DavisDecember 2, 2022Milestone ThreeOne of the goals of the Women's Movement
was to obtain equality in the workplace through less work discrimination and equal pay for
women employees. Women faced workplace discrimination, simply for the fact that they had
been viewed as inferior to men. "Working women are becoming increasing-not less-
concentrated on the bottom of the job ladder. As a consequence full-time women workers today
earn on the average only 60% of what men earn."(National Organization for Women,
1966)Women were consistently paid less wages than their male co-workers, and African
American women of the time were paid even less. It is apparent that the struggle for women's
equality was not taken as seriously and their claims were often dismissed by the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission, and it took years of womenspeaking up for themselves
and pushing for justice before results began to yield. "There is no civil rights movement to
speak for women, as there has been for Negroes and other victims of discrimination. The
National Organization for Women must therefore begin to speak." (National Organization for
Women, 1966)NOW played a big part in speaking up for women as it was led by women, to
obtain the basic human rights that they deserved. The NOW organization's first President, a
woman named Betty Friedan was responsible for pointing out the major differences in pay
between men and women. "She and other women of the postwar period helped to create what
soon became known as Second Wave Feminism." (Trowbridge, 2017, p. 11.7)Prior to Title IX
being amended in 1964, women also faced discrimination within the education system. The
discrimination they faced within the education system included women not receiving equal
funding for education, as well as women being discriminated against within sports programs.
This called for action and led to "The Higher Education Act of 1972 amended Title IX of the
1964 Civil Rights Act. Often simply called Title IX, the new law banned gender discrimination
in any educational program or activity that received federal funding."(Trowbridge, 2017, p.
12.13) One of the biggest leaders behind the success of Title IX was a Hawaii Congresswoman
named Patsy Takemoto Mink. She spearheaded this campaign because she experienced the
same type of educational discrimination, and was unable to attend medical school, as all her
applications were denied on the basis that she was a woman. Her persistence and success in
getting Title IX to pass, paved the way for the women after her to attend school without
educational discrimination and "the most significant outcome of the law is likely the vast
increase in the numbers of women in professional, medical, and graduate
programs."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13)Another major goal of the Women's Movement was to
obtain reproductive rights over their bodies. Prior to the Women's Movement of the 1960s and
1970s, women did not have free reign of their bodies. Women that fell pregnant and did not
want to be, had no options for safe termination, which led them to find unsafe ways to carry
out abortions. There were 33 states that prohibited abortions completely and another 13 that
only allowed abortions to take place under certain medical circumstances. Prior to 1972,
unmarried men and women were not granted access to birth control which led to many
accidental pregnancies. The culmination of these issuesled women to fight for the rights to their
own bodies and for their right to choose. In 1970 a woman, given the name Jane Roe by the
court, filled a lawsuit against Henry Wade who was the District Attorney of Dallas County in
Texas. She filled this lawsuit on the basis that state laws were unconstitutional and denied her
personal privacy that should be protected by the First, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth, and Fourteenth
Amendments. Her case was argued twice over the course of two years and ultimately the courts
came to a verdict in January of 1973. "The debate surrounding abortion entered American life
as never before when the Supreme Court’s ruling in Roe v. Wade legalized abortion in the first
trimester of pregnancy."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13) Roe won her case and with it came the
subsequent victory for all American women of the time, the right to choose.
Jaymi DavisDecember 2, 2022Milestone ThreeOne of the goals of the Women's Movement
was to obtain equality in the workplace through less work discrimination and equal pay for
women employees. Women faced workplace discrimination, simply for the fact that they had
been viewed as inferior to men. "Working women are becoming increasing-not less-
concentrated on the bottom of the job ladder. As a consequence full-time women workers today
earn on the average only 60% of what men earn."(National Organization for Women,
1966)Women were consistently paid less wages than their male co-workers, and African
American women of the time were paid even less. It is apparent that the struggle for women's
equality was not taken as seriously and their claims were often dismissed by the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission, and it took years of womenspeaking up for themselves
and pushing for justice before results began to yield. "There is no civil rights movement to
speak for women, as there has been for Negroes and other victims of discrimination. The
National Organization for Women must therefore begin to speak." (National Organization for
Women, 1966)NOW played a big part in speaking up for women as it was led by women, to
obtain the basic human rights that they deserved. The NOW organization's first President, a
woman named Betty Friedan was responsible for pointing out the major differences in pay
between men and women. "She and other women of the postwar period helped to create what
soon became known as Second Wave Feminism." (Trowbridge, 2017, p. 11.7)Prior to Title IX
being amended in 1964, women also faced discrimination within the education system. The
discrimination they faced within the education system included women not receiving equal
funding for education, as well as women being discriminated against within sports programs.
This called for action and led to "The Higher Education Act of 1972 amended Title IX of the
1964 Civil Rights Act. Often simply called Title IX, the new law banned gender discrimination
in any educational program or activity that received federal funding."(Trowbridge, 2017, p.
12.13) One of the biggest leaders behind the success of Title IX was a Hawaii Congresswoman
named Patsy Takemoto Mink. She spearheaded this campaign because she experienced the
same type of educational discrimination, and was unable to attend medical school, as all her
applications were denied on the basis that she was a woman. Her persistence and success in
getting Title IX to pass, paved the way for the women after her to attend school without
educational discrimination and "the most significant outcome of the law is likely the vast
increase in the numbers of women in professional, medical, and graduate
programs."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13)Another major goal of the Women's Movement was to
obtain reproductive rights over their bodies. Prior to the Women's Movement of the 1960s and
1970s, women did not have free reign of their bodies. Women that fell pregnant and did not
want to be, had no options for safe termination, which led them to find unsafe ways to carry
out abortions. There were 33 states that prohibited abortions completely and another 13 that
only allowed abortions to take place under certain medical circumstances. Prior to 1972,
unmarried men and women were not granted access to birth control which led to many
accidental pregnancies. The culmination of these issuesled women to fight for the rights to their
own bodies and for their right to choose. In 1970 a woman, given the name Jane Roe by the
court, filled a lawsuit against Henry Wade who was the District Attorney of Dallas County in
Texas. She filled this lawsuit on the basis that state laws were unconstitutional and denied her
personal privacy that should be protected by the First, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth, and Fourteenth
Amendments. Her case was argued twice over the course of two years and ultimately the courts
came to a verdict in January of 1973. "The debate surrounding abortion entered American life
as never before when the Supreme Court’s ruling in Roe v. Wade legalized abortion in the first
trimester of pregnancy."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13) Roe won her case and with it came the
subsequent victory for all American women of the time, the right to choose.
Jaymi DavisDecember 2, 2022Milestone ThreeOne of the goals of the Women's Movement
was to obtain equality in the workplace through less work discrimination and equal pay for
women employees. Women faced workplace discrimination, simply for the fact that they had
been viewed as inferior to men. "Working women are becoming increasing-not less-
concentrated on the bottom of the job ladder. As a consequence full-time women workers today
earn on the average only 60% of what men earn."(National Organization for Women,
1966)Women were consistently paid less wages than their male co-workers, and African
American women of the time were paid even less. It is apparent that the struggle for women's
equality was not taken as seriously and their claims were often dismissed by the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission, and it took years of womenspeaking up for themselves
and pushing for justice before results began to yield. "There is no civil rights movement to
speak for women, as there has been for Negroes and other victims of discrimination. The
National Organization for Women must therefore begin to speak." (National Organization for
Women, 1966)NOW played a big part in speaking up for women as it was led by women, to
obtain the basic human rights that they deserved. The NOW organization's first President, a
woman named Betty Friedan was responsible for pointing out the major differences in pay
between men and women. "She and other women of the postwar period helped to create what
soon became known as Second Wave Feminism." (Trowbridge, 2017, p. 11.7)Prior to Title IX
being amended in 1964, women also faced discrimination within the education system. The
discrimination they faced within the education system included women not receiving equal
funding for education, as well as women being discriminated against within sports programs.
This called for action and led to "The Higher Education Act of 1972 amended Title IX of the
1964 Civil Rights Act. Often simply called Title IX, the new law banned gender discrimination
in any educational program or activity that received federal funding."(Trowbridge, 2017, p.
12.13) One of the biggest leaders behind the success of Title IX was a Hawaii Congresswoman
named Patsy Takemoto Mink. She spearheaded this campaign because she experienced the
same type of educational discrimination, and was unable to attend medical school, as all her
applications were denied on the basis that she was a woman. Her persistence and success in
getting Title IX to pass, paved the way for the women after her to attend school without
educational discrimination and "the most significant outcome of the law is likely the vast
increase in the numbers of women in professional, medical, and graduate
programs."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13)Another major goal of the Women's Movement was to
obtain reproductive rights over their bodies. Prior to the Women's Movement of the 1960s and
1970s, women did not have free reign of their bodies. Women that fell pregnant and did not
want to be, had no options for safe termination, which led them to find unsafe ways to carry
out abortions. There were 33 states that prohibited abortions completely and another 13 that
only allowed abortions to take place under certain medical circumstances. Prior to 1972,
unmarried men and women were not granted access to birth control which led to many
accidental pregnancies. The culmination of these issuesled women to fight for the rights to their
own bodies and for their right to choose. In 1970 a woman, given the name Jane Roe by the
court, filled a lawsuit against Henry Wade who was the District Attorney of Dallas County in
Texas. She filled this lawsuit on the basis that state laws were unconstitutional and denied her
personal privacy that should be protected by the First, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth, and Fourteenth
Amendments. Her case was argued twice over the course of two years and ultimately the courts
came to a verdict in January of 1973. "The debate surrounding abortion entered American life
as never before when the Supreme Court’s ruling in Roe v. Wade legalized abortion in the first
trimester of pregnancy."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13) Roe won her case and with it came the
subsequent victory for all American women of the time, the right to choose.
Jaymi DavisDecember 2, 2022Milestone ThreeOne of the goals of the Women's Movement
was to obtain equality in the workplace through less work discrimination and equal pay for
women employees. Women faced workplace discrimination, simply for the fact that they had
been viewed as inferior to men. "Working women are becoming increasing-not less-
concentrated on the bottom of the job ladder. As a consequence full-time women workers today
earn on the average only 60% of what men earn."(National Organization for Women,
1966)Women were consistently paid less wages than their male co-workers, and African
American women of the time were paid even less. It is apparent that the struggle for women's
equality was not taken as seriously and their claims were often dismissed by the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission, and it took years of womenspeaking up for themselves
and pushing for justice before results began to yield. "There is no civil rights movement to
speak for women, as there has been for Negroes and other victims of discrimination. The
National Organization for Women must therefore begin to speak." (National Organization for
Women, 1966)NOW played a big part in speaking up for women as it was led by women, to
obtain the basic human rights that they deserved. The NOW organization's first President, a
woman named Betty Friedan was responsible for pointing out the major differences in pay
between men and women. "She and other women of the postwar period helped to create what
soon became known as Second Wave Feminism." (Trowbridge, 2017, p. 11.7)Prior to Title IX
being amended in 1964, women also faced discrimination within the education system. The
discrimination they faced within the education system included women not receiving equal
funding for education, as well as women being discriminated against within sports programs.
This called for action and led to "The Higher Education Act of 1972 amended Title IX of the
1964 Civil Rights Act. Often simply called Title IX, the new law banned gender discrimination
in any educational program or activity that received federal funding."(Trowbridge, 2017, p.
12.13) One of the biggest leaders behind the success of Title IX was a Hawaii Congresswoman
named Patsy Takemoto Mink. She spearheaded this campaign because she experienced the
same type of educational discrimination, and was unable to attend medical school, as all her
applications were denied on the basis that she was a woman. Her persistence and success in
getting Title IX to pass, paved the way for the women after her to attend school without
educational discrimination and "the most significant outcome of the law is likely the vast
increase in the numbers of women in professional, medical, and graduate
programs."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13)Another major goal of the Women's Movement was to
obtain reproductive rights over their bodies. Prior to the Women's Movement of the 1960s and
1970s, women did not have free reign of their bodies. Women that fell pregnant and did not
want to be, had no options for safe termination, which led them to find unsafe ways to carry
out abortions. There were 33 states that prohibited abortions completely and another 13 that
only allowed abortions to take place under certain medical circumstances. Prior to 1972,
unmarried men and women were not granted access to birth control which led to many
accidental pregnancies. The culmination of these issuesled women to fight for the rights to their
own bodies and for their right to choose. In 1970 a woman, given the name Jane Roe by the
court, filled a lawsuit against Henry Wade who was the District Attorney of Dallas County in
Texas. She filled this lawsuit on the basis that state laws were unconstitutional and denied her
personal privacy that should be protected by the First, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth, and Fourteenth
Amendments. Her case was argued twice over the course of two years and ultimately the courts
came to a verdict in January of 1973. "The debate surrounding abortion entered American life
as never before when the Supreme Court’s ruling in Roe v. Wade legalized abortion in the first
trimester of pregnancy."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13) Roe won her case and with it came the
subsequent victory for all American women of the time, the right to choose.
Jaymi DavisDecember 2, 2022Milestone ThreeOne of the goals of the Women's Movement
was to obtain equality in the workplace through less work discrimination and equal pay for
women employees. Women faced workplace discrimination, simply for the fact that they had
been viewed as inferior to men. "Working women are becoming increasing-not less-
concentrated on the bottom of the job ladder. As a consequence full-time women workers today
earn on the average only 60% of what men earn."(National Organization for Women,
1966)Women were consistently paid less wages than their male co-workers, and African
American women of the time were paid even less. It is apparent that the struggle for women's
equality was not taken as seriously and their claims were often dismissed by the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission, and it took years of womenspeaking up for themselves
and pushing for justice before results began to yield. "There is no civil rights movement to
speak for women, as there has been for Negroes and other victims of discrimination. The
National Organization for Women must therefore begin to speak." (National Organization for
Women, 1966)NOW played a big part in speaking up for women as it was led by women, to
obtain the basic human rights that they deserved. The NOW organization's first President, a
woman named Betty Friedan was responsible for pointing out the major differences in pay
between men and women. "She and other women of the postwar period helped to create what
soon became known as Second Wave Feminism." (Trowbridge, 2017, p. 11.7)Prior to Title IX
being amended in 1964, women also faced discrimination within the education system. The
discrimination they faced within the education system included women not receiving equal
funding for education, as well as women being discriminated against within sports programs.
This called for action and led to "The Higher Education Act of 1972 amended Title IX of the
1964 Civil Rights Act. Often simply called Title IX, the new law banned gender discrimination
in any educational program or activity that received federal funding."(Trowbridge, 2017, p.
12.13) One of the biggest leaders behind the success of Title IX was a Hawaii Congresswoman
named Patsy Takemoto Mink. She spearheaded this campaign because she experienced the
same type of educational discrimination, and was unable to attend medical school, as all her
applications were denied on the basis that she was a woman. Her persistence and success in
getting Title IX to pass, paved the way for the women after her to attend school without
educational discrimination and "the most significant outcome of the law is likely the vast
increase in the numbers of women in professional, medical, and graduate
programs."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13)Another major goal of the Women's Movement was to
obtain reproductive rights over their bodies. Prior to the Women's Movement of the 1960s and
1970s, women did not have free reign of their bodies. Women that fell pregnant and did not
want to be, had no options for safe termination, which led them to find unsafe ways to carry
out abortions. There were 33 states that prohibited abortions completely and another 13 that
only allowed abortions to take place under certain medical circumstances. Prior to 1972,
unmarried men and women were not granted access to birth control which led to many
accidental pregnancies. The culmination of these issuesled women to fight for the rights to their
own bodies and for their right to choose. In 1970 a woman, given the name Jane Roe by the
court, filled a lawsuit against Henry Wade who was the District Attorney of Dallas County in
Texas. She filled this lawsuit on the basis that state laws were unconstitutional and denied her
personal privacy that should be protected by the First, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth, and Fourteenth
Amendments. Her case was argued twice over the course of two years and ultimately the courts
came to a verdict in January of 1973. "The debate surrounding abortion entered American life
as never before when the Supreme Court’s ruling in Roe v. Wade legalized abortion in the first
trimester of pregnancy."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13) Roe won her case and with it came the
subsequent victory for all American women of the time, the right to choose.
Jaymi DavisDecember 2, 2022Milestone ThreeOne of the goals of the Women's Movement
was to obtain equality in the workplace through less work discrimination and equal pay for
women employees. Women faced workplace discrimination, simply for the fact that they had
been viewed as inferior to men. "Working women are becoming increasing-not less-
concentrated on the bottom of the job ladder. As a consequence full-time women workers today
earn on the average only 60% of what men earn."(National Organization for Women,
1966)Women were consistently paid less wages than their male co-workers, and African
American women of the time were paid even less. It is apparent that the struggle for women's
equality was not taken as seriously and their claims were often dismissed by the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission, and it took years of womenspeaking up for themselves
and pushing for justice before results began to yield. "There is no civil rights movement to
speak for women, as there has been for Negroes and other victims of discrimination. The
National Organization for Women must therefore begin to speak." (National Organization for
Women, 1966)NOW played a big part in speaking up for women as it was led by women, to
obtain the basic human rights that they deserved. The NOW organization's first President, a
woman named Betty Friedan was responsible for pointing out the major differences in pay
between men and women. "She and other women of the postwar period helped to create what
soon became known as Second Wave Feminism." (Trowbridge, 2017, p. 11.7)Prior to Title IX
being amended in 1964, women also faced discrimination within the education system. The
discrimination they faced within the education system included women not receiving equal
funding for education, as well as women being discriminated against within sports programs.
This called for action and led to "The Higher Education Act of 1972 amended Title IX of the
1964 Civil Rights Act. Often simply called Title IX, the new law banned gender discrimination
in any educational program or activity that received federal funding."(Trowbridge, 2017, p.
12.13) One of the biggest leaders behind the success of Title IX was a Hawaii Congresswoman
named Patsy Takemoto Mink. She spearheaded this campaign because she experienced the
same type of educational discrimination, and was unable to attend medical school, as all her
applications were denied on the basis that she was a woman. Her persistence and success in
getting Title IX to pass, paved the way for the women after her to attend school without
educational discrimination and "the most significant outcome of the law is likely the vast
increase in the numbers of women in professional, medical, and graduate
programs."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13)Another major goal of the Women's Movement was to
obtain reproductive rights over their bodies. Prior to the Women's Movement of the 1960s and
1970s, women did not have free reign of their bodies. Women that fell pregnant and did not
want to be, had no options for safe termination, which led them to find unsafe ways to carry
out abortions. There were 33 states that prohibited abortions completely and another 13 that
only allowed abortions to take place under certain medical circumstances. Prior to 1972,
unmarried men and women were not granted access to birth control which led to many
accidental pregnancies. The culmination of these issuesled women to fight for the rights to their
own bodies and for their right to choose. In 1970 a woman, given the name Jane Roe by the
court, filled a lawsuit against Henry Wade who was the District Attorney of Dallas County in
Texas. She filled this lawsuit on the basis that state laws were unconstitutional and denied her
personal privacy that should be protected by the First, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth, and Fourteenth
Amendments. Her case was argued twice over the course of two years and ultimately the courts
came to a verdict in January of 1973. "The debate surrounding abortion entered American life
as never before when the Supreme Court’s ruling in Roe v. Wade legalized abortion in the first
trimester of pregnancy."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13) Roe won her case and with it came the
subsequent victory for all American women of the time, the right to choose.
Jaymi DavisDecember 2, 2022Milestone ThreeOne of the goals of the Women's Movement
was to obtain equality in the workplace through less work discrimination and equal pay for
women employees. Women faced workplace discrimination, simply for the fact that they had
been viewed as inferior to men. "Working women are becoming increasing-not less-
concentrated on the bottom of the job ladder. As a consequence full-time women workers today
earn on the average only 60% of what men earn."(National Organization for Women,
1966)Women were consistently paid less wages than their male co-workers, and African
American women of the time were paid even less. It is apparent that the struggle for women's
equality was not taken as seriously and their claims were often dismissed by the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission, and it took years of womenspeaking up for themselves
and pushing for justice before results began to yield. "There is no civil rights movement to
speak for women, as there has been for Negroes and other victims of discrimination. The
National Organization for Women must therefore begin to speak." (National Organization for
Women, 1966)NOW played a big part in speaking up for women as it was led by women, to
obtain the basic human rights that they deserved. The NOW organization's first President, a
woman named Betty Friedan was responsible for pointing out the major differences in pay
between men and women. "She and other women of the postwar period helped to create what
soon became known as Second Wave Feminism." (Trowbridge, 2017, p. 11.7)Prior to Title IX
being amended in 1964, women also faced discrimination within the education system. The
discrimination they faced within the education system included women not receiving equal
funding for education, as well as women being discriminated against within sports programs.
This called for action and led to "The Higher Education Act of 1972 amended Title IX of the
1964 Civil Rights Act. Often simply called Title IX, the new law banned gender discrimination
in any educational program or activity that received federal funding."(Trowbridge, 2017, p.
12.13) One of the biggest leaders behind the success of Title IX was a Hawaii Congresswoman
named Patsy Takemoto Mink. She spearheaded this campaign because she experienced the
same type of educational discrimination, and was unable to attend medical school, as all her
applications were denied on the basis that she was a woman. Her persistence and success in
getting Title IX to pass, paved the way for the women after her to attend school without
educational discrimination and "the most significant outcome of the law is likely the vast
increase in the numbers of women in professional, medical, and graduate
programs."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13)Another major goal of the Women's Movement was to
obtain reproductive rights over their bodies. Prior to the Women's Movement of the 1960s and
1970s, women did not have free reign of their bodies. Women that fell pregnant and did not
want to be, had no options for safe termination, which led them to find unsafe ways to carry
out abortions. There were 33 states that prohibited abortions completely and another 13 that
only allowed abortions to take place under certain medical circumstances. Prior to 1972,
unmarried men and women were not granted access to birth control which led to many
accidental pregnancies. The culmination of these issuesled women to fight for the rights to their
own bodies and for their right to choose. In 1970 a woman, given the name Jane Roe by the
court, filled a lawsuit against Henry Wade who was the District Attorney of Dallas County in
Texas. She filled this lawsuit on the basis that state laws were unconstitutional and denied her
personal privacy that should be protected by the First, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth, and Fourteenth
Amendments. Her case was argued twice over the course of two years and ultimately the courts
came to a verdict in January of 1973. "The debate surrounding abortion entered American life
as never before when the Supreme Court’s ruling in Roe v. Wade legalized abortion in the first
trimester of pregnancy."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13) Roe won her case and with it came the
subsequent victory for all American women of the time, the right to choose.
Jaymi DavisDecember 2, 2022Milestone ThreeOne of the goals of the Women's Movement
was to obtain equality in the workplace through less work discrimination and equal pay for
women employees. Women faced workplace discrimination, simply for the fact that they had
been viewed as inferior to men. "Working women are becoming increasing-not less-
concentrated on the bottom of the job ladder. As a consequence full-time women workers today
earn on the average only 60% of what men earn."(National Organization for Women,
1966)Women were consistently paid less wages than their male co-workers, and African
American women of the time were paid even less. It is apparent that the struggle for women's
equality was not taken as seriously and their claims were often dismissed by the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission, and it took years of womenspeaking up for themselves
and pushing for justice before results began to yield. "There is no civil rights movement to
speak for women, as there has been for Negroes and other victims of discrimination. The
National Organization for Women must therefore begin to speak." (National Organization for
Women, 1966)NOW played a big part in speaking up for women as it was led by women, to
obtain the basic human rights that they deserved. The NOW organization's first President, a
woman named Betty Friedan was responsible for pointing out the major differences in pay
between men and women. "She and other women of the postwar period helped to create what
soon became known as Second Wave Feminism." (Trowbridge, 2017, p. 11.7)Prior to Title IX
being amended in 1964, women also faced discrimination within the education system. The
discrimination they faced within the education system included women not receiving equal
funding for education, as well as women being discriminated against within sports programs.
This called for action and led to "The Higher Education Act of 1972 amended Title IX of the
1964 Civil Rights Act. Often simply called Title IX, the new law banned gender discrimination
in any educational program or activity that received federal funding."(Trowbridge, 2017, p.
12.13) One of the biggest leaders behind the success of Title IX was a Hawaii Congresswoman
named Patsy Takemoto Mink. She spearheaded this campaign because she experienced the
same type of educational discrimination, and was unable to attend medical school, as all her
applications were denied on the basis that she was a woman. Her persistence and success in
getting Title IX to pass, paved the way for the women after her to attend school without
educational discrimination and "the most significant outcome of the law is likely the vast
increase in the numbers of women in professional, medical, and graduate
programs."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13)Another major goal of the Women's Movement was to
obtain reproductive rights over their bodies. Prior to the Women's Movement of the 1960s and
1970s, women did not have free reign of their bodies. Women that fell pregnant and did not
want to be, had no options for safe termination, which led them to find unsafe ways to carry
out abortions. There were 33 states that prohibited abortions completely and another 13 that
only allowed abortions to take place under certain medical circumstances. Prior to 1972,
unmarried men and women were not granted access to birth control which led to many
accidental pregnancies. The culmination of these issuesled women to fight for the rights to their
own bodies and for their right to choose. In 1970 a woman, given the name Jane Roe by the
court, filled a lawsuit against Henry Wade who was the District Attorney of Dallas County in
Texas. She filled this lawsuit on the basis that state laws were unconstitutional and denied her
personal privacy that should be protected by the First, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth, and Fourteenth
Amendments. Her case was argued twice over the course of two years and ultimately the courts
came to a verdict in January of 1973. "The debate surrounding abortion entered American life
as never before when the Supreme Court’s ruling in Roe v. Wade legalized abortion in the first
trimester of pregnancy."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13) Roe won her case and with it came the
subsequent victory for all American women of the time, the right to choose.
Jaymi DavisDecember 2, 2022Milestone ThreeOne of the goals of the Women's Movement
was to obtain equality in the workplace through less work discrimination and equal pay for
women employees. Women faced workplace discrimination, simply for the fact that they had
been viewed as inferior to men. "Working women are becoming increasing-not less-
concentrated on the bottom of the job ladder. As a consequence full-time women workers today
earn on the average only 60% of what men earn."(National Organization for Women,
1966)Women were consistently paid less wages than their male co-workers, and African
American women of the time were paid even less. It is apparent that the struggle for women's
equality was not taken as seriously and their claims were often dismissed by the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission, and it took years of womenspeaking up for themselves
and pushing for justice before results began to yield. "There is no civil rights movement to
speak for women, as there has been for Negroes and other victims of discrimination. The
National Organization for Women must therefore begin to speak." (National Organization for
Women, 1966)NOW played a big part in speaking up for women as it was led by women, to
obtain the basic human rights that they deserved. The NOW organization's first President, a
woman named Betty Friedan was responsible for pointing out the major differences in pay
between men and women. "She and other women of the postwar period helped to create what
soon became known as Second Wave Feminism." (Trowbridge, 2017, p. 11.7)Prior to Title IX
being amended in 1964, women also faced discrimination within the education system. The
discrimination they faced within the education system included women not receiving equal
funding for education, as well as women being discriminated against within sports programs.
This called for action and led to "The Higher Education Act of 1972 amended Title IX of the
1964 Civil Rights Act. Often simply called Title IX, the new law banned gender discrimination
in any educational program or activity that received federal funding."(Trowbridge, 2017, p.
12.13) One of the biggest leaders behind the success of Title IX was a Hawaii Congresswoman
named Patsy Takemoto Mink. She spearheaded this campaign because she experienced the
same type of educational discrimination, and was unable to attend medical school, as all her
applications were denied on the basis that she was a woman. Her persistence and success in
getting Title IX to pass, paved the way for the women after her to attend school without
educational discrimination and "the most significant outcome of the law is likely the vast
increase in the numbers of women in professional, medical, and graduate
programs."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13)Another major goal of the Women's Movement was to
obtain reproductive rights over their bodies. Prior to the Women's Movement of the 1960s and
1970s, women did not have free reign of their bodies. Women that fell pregnant and did not
want to be, had no options for safe termination, which led them to find unsafe ways to carry
out abortions. There were 33 states that prohibited abortions completely and another 13 that
only allowed abortions to take place under certain medical circumstances. Prior to 1972,
unmarried men and women were not granted access to birth control which led to many
accidental pregnancies. The culmination of these issuesled women to fight for the rights to their
own bodies and for their right to choose. In 1970 a woman, given the name Jane Roe by the
court, filled a lawsuit against Henry Wade who was the District Attorney of Dallas County in
Texas. She filled this lawsuit on the basis that state laws were unconstitutional and denied her
personal privacy that should be protected by the First, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth, and Fourteenth
Amendments. Her case was argued twice over the course of two years and ultimately the courts
came to a verdict in January of 1973. "The debate surrounding abortion entered American life
as never before when the Supreme Court’s ruling in Roe v. Wade legalized abortion in the first
trimester of pregnancy."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13) Roe won her case and with it came the
subsequent victory for all American women of the time, the right to choose.
Jaymi DavisDecember 2, 2022Milestone ThreeOne of the goals of the Women's Movement
was to obtain equality in the workplace through less work discrimination and equal pay for
women employees. Women faced workplace discrimination, simply for the fact that they had
been viewed as inferior to men. "Working women are becoming increasing-not less-
concentrated on the bottom of the job ladder. As a consequence full-time women workers today
earn on the average only 60% of what men earn."(National Organization for Women,
1966)Women were consistently paid less wages than their male co-workers, and African
American women of the time were paid even less. It is apparent that the struggle for women's
equality was not taken as seriously and their claims were often dismissed by the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission, and it took years of womenspeaking up for themselves
and pushing for justice before results began to yield. "There is no civil rights movement to
speak for women, as there has been for Negroes and other victims of discrimination. The
National Organization for Women must therefore begin to speak." (National Organization for
Women, 1966)NOW played a big part in speaking up for women as it was led by women, to
obtain the basic human rights that they deserved. The NOW organization's first President, a
woman named Betty Friedan was responsible for pointing out the major differences in pay
between men and women. "She and other women of the postwar period helped to create what
soon became known as Second Wave Feminism." (Trowbridge, 2017, p. 11.7)Prior to Title IX
being amended in 1964, women also faced discrimination within the education system. The
discrimination they faced within the education system included women not receiving equal
funding for education, as well as women being discriminated against within sports programs.
This called for action and led to "The Higher Education Act of 1972 amended Title IX of the
1964 Civil Rights Act. Often simply called Title IX, the new law banned gender discrimination
in any educational program or activity that received federal funding."(Trowbridge, 2017, p.
12.13) One of the biggest leaders behind the success of Title IX was a Hawaii Congresswoman
named Patsy Takemoto Mink. She spearheaded this campaign because she experienced the
same type of educational discrimination, and was unable to attend medical school, as all her
applications were denied on the basis that she was a woman. Her persistence and success in
getting Title IX to pass, paved the way for the women after her to attend school without
educational discrimination and "the most significant outcome of the law is likely the vast
increase in the numbers of women in professional, medical, and graduate
programs."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13)Another major goal of the Women's Movement was to
obtain reproductive rights over their bodies. Prior to the Women's Movement of the 1960s and
1970s, women did not have free reign of their bodies. Women that fell pregnant and did not
want to be, had no options for safe termination, which led them to find unsafe ways to carry
out abortions. There were 33 states that prohibited abortions completely and another 13 that
only allowed abortions to take place under certain medical circumstances. Prior to 1972,
unmarried men and women were not granted access to birth control which led to many
accidental pregnancies. The culmination of these issuesled women to fight for the rights to their
own bodies and for their right to choose. In 1970 a woman, given the name Jane Roe by the
court, filled a lawsuit against Henry Wade who was the District Attorney of Dallas County in
Texas. She filled this lawsuit on the basis that state laws were unconstitutional and denied her
personal privacy that should be protected by the First, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth, and Fourteenth
Amendments. Her case was argued twice over the course of two years and ultimately the courts
came to a verdict in January of 1973. "The debate surrounding abortion entered American life
as never before when the Supreme Court’s ruling in Roe v. Wade legalized abortion in the first
trimester of pregnancy."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13) Roe won her case and with it came the
subsequent victory for all American women of the time, the right to choose.
Jaymi DavisDecember 2, 2022Milestone ThreeOne of the goals of the Women's Movement
was to obtain equality in the workplace through less work discrimination and equal pay for
women employees. Women faced workplace discrimination, simply for the fact that they had
been viewed as inferior to men. "Working women are becoming increasing-not less-
concentrated on the bottom of the job ladder. As a consequence full-time women workers today
earn on the average only 60% of what men earn."(National Organization for Women,
1966)Women were consistently paid less wages than their male co-workers, and African
American women of the time were paid even less. It is apparent that the struggle for women's
equality was not taken as seriously and their claims were often dismissed by the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission, and it took years of womenspeaking up for themselves
and pushing for justice before results began to yield. "There is no civil rights movement to
speak for women, as there has been for Negroes and other victims of discrimination. The
National Organization for Women must therefore begin to speak." (National Organization for
Women, 1966)NOW played a big part in speaking up for women as it was led by women, to
obtain the basic human rights that they deserved. The NOW organization's first President, a
woman named Betty Friedan was responsible for pointing out the major differences in pay
between men and women. "She and other women of the postwar period helped to create what
soon became known as Second Wave Feminism." (Trowbridge, 2017, p. 11.7)Prior to Title IX
being amended in 1964, women also faced discrimination within the education system. The
discrimination they faced within the education system included women not receiving equal
funding for education, as well as women being discriminated against within sports programs.
This called for action and led to "The Higher Education Act of 1972 amended Title IX of the
1964 Civil Rights Act. Often simply called Title IX, the new law banned gender discrimination
in any educational program or activity that received federal funding."(Trowbridge, 2017, p.
12.13) One of the biggest leaders behind the success of Title IX was a Hawaii Congresswoman
named Patsy Takemoto Mink. She spearheaded this campaign because she experienced the
same type of educational discrimination, and was unable to attend medical school, as all her
applications were denied on the basis that she was a woman. Her persistence and success in
getting Title IX to pass, paved the way for the women after her to attend school without
educational discrimination and "the most significant outcome of the law is likely the vast
increase in the numbers of women in professional, medical, and graduate
programs."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13)Another major goal of the Women's Movement was to
obtain reproductive rights over their bodies. Prior to the Women's Movement of the 1960s and
1970s, women did not have free reign of their bodies. Women that fell pregnant and did not
want to be, had no options for safe termination, which led them to find unsafe ways to carry
out abortions. There were 33 states that prohibited abortions completely and another 13 that
only allowed abortions to take place under certain medical circumstances. Prior to 1972,
unmarried men and women were not granted access to birth control which led to many
accidental pregnancies. The culmination of these issuesled women to fight for the rights to their
own bodies and for their right to choose. In 1970 a woman, given the name Jane Roe by the
court, filled a lawsuit against Henry Wade who was the District Attorney of Dallas County in
Texas. She filled this lawsuit on the basis that state laws were unconstitutional and denied her
personal privacy that should be protected by the First, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth, and Fourteenth
Amendments. Her case was argued twice over the course of two years and ultimately the courts
came to a verdict in January of 1973. "The debate surrounding abortion entered American life
as never before when the Supreme Court’s ruling in Roe v. Wade legalized abortion in the first
trimester of pregnancy."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13) Roe won her case and with it came the
subsequent victory for all American women of the time, the right to choose.
Jaymi DavisDecember 2, 2022Milestone ThreeOne of the goals of the Women's Movement
was to obtain equality in the workplace through less work discrimination and equal pay for
women employees. Women faced workplace discrimination, simply for the fact that they had
been viewed as inferior to men. "Working women are becoming increasing-not less-
concentrated on the bottom of the job ladder. As a consequence full-time women workers today
earn on the average only 60% of what men earn."(National Organization for Women,
1966)Women were consistently paid less wages than their male co-workers, and African
American women of the time were paid even less. It is apparent that the struggle for women's
equality was not taken as seriously and their claims were often dismissed by the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission, and it took years of womenspeaking up for themselves
and pushing for justice before results began to yield. "There is no civil rights movement to
speak for women, as there has been for Negroes and other victims of discrimination. The
National Organization for Women must therefore begin to speak." (National Organization for
Women, 1966)NOW played a big part in speaking up for women as it was led by women, to
obtain the basic human rights that they deserved. The NOW organization's first President, a
woman named Betty Friedan was responsible for pointing out the major differences in pay
between men and women. "She and other women of the postwar period helped to create what
soon became known as Second Wave Feminism." (Trowbridge, 2017, p. 11.7)Prior to Title IX
being amended in 1964, women also faced discrimination within the education system. The
discrimination they faced within the education system included women not receiving equal
funding for education, as well as women being discriminated against within sports programs.
This called for action and led to "The Higher Education Act of 1972 amended Title IX of the
1964 Civil Rights Act. Often simply called Title IX, the new law banned gender discrimination
in any educational program or activity that received federal funding."(Trowbridge, 2017, p.
12.13) One of the biggest leaders behind the success of Title IX was a Hawaii Congresswoman
named Patsy Takemoto Mink. She spearheaded this campaign because she experienced the
same type of educational discrimination, and was unable to attend medical school, as all her
applications were denied on the basis that she was a woman. Her persistence and success in
getting Title IX to pass, paved the way for the women after her to attend school without
educational discrimination and "the most significant outcome of the law is likely the vast
increase in the numbers of women in professional, medical, and graduate
programs."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13)Another major goal of the Women's Movement was to
obtain reproductive rights over their bodies. Prior to the Women's Movement of the 1960s and
1970s, women did not have free reign of their bodies. Women that fell pregnant and did not
want to be, had no options for safe termination, which led them to find unsafe ways to carry
out abortions. There were 33 states that prohibited abortions completely and another 13 that
only allowed abortions to take place under certain medical circumstances. Prior to 1972,
unmarried men and women were not granted access to birth control which led to many
accidental pregnancies. The culmination of these issuesled women to fight for the rights to their
own bodies and for their right to choose. In 1970 a woman, given the name Jane Roe by the
court, filled a lawsuit against Henry Wade who was the District Attorney of Dallas County in
Texas. She filled this lawsuit on the basis that state laws were unconstitutional and denied her
personal privacy that should be protected by the First, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth, and Fourteenth
Amendments. Her case was argued twice over the course of two years and ultimately the courts
came to a verdict in January of 1973. "The debate surrounding abortion entered American life
as never before when the Supreme Court’s ruling in Roe v. Wade legalized abortion in the first
trimester of pregnancy."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13) Roe won her case and with it came the
subsequent victory for all American women of the time, the right to choose.
Jaymi DavisDecember 2, 2022Milestone ThreeOne of the goals of the Women's Movement
was to obtain equality in the workplace through less work discrimination and equal pay for
women employees. Women faced workplace discrimination, simply for the fact that they had
been viewed as inferior to men. "Working women are becoming increasing-not less-
concentrated on the bottom of the job ladder. As a consequence full-time women workers today
earn on the average only 60% of what men earn."(National Organization for Women,
1966)Women were consistently paid less wages than their male co-workers, and African
American women of the time were paid even less. It is apparent that the struggle for women's
equality was not taken as seriously and their claims were often dismissed by the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission, and it took years of womenspeaking up for themselves
and pushing for justice before results began to yield. "There is no civil rights movement to
speak for women, as there has been for Negroes and other victims of discrimination. The
National Organization for Women must therefore begin to speak." (National Organization for
Women, 1966)NOW played a big part in speaking up for women as it was led by women, to
obtain the basic human rights that they deserved. The NOW organization's first President, a
woman named Betty Friedan was responsible for pointing out the major differences in pay
between men and women. "She and other women of the postwar period helped to create what
soon became known as Second Wave Feminism." (Trowbridge, 2017, p. 11.7)Prior to Title IX
being amended in 1964, women also faced discrimination within the education system. The
discrimination they faced within the education system included women not receiving equal
funding for education, as well as women being discriminated against within sports programs.
This called for action and led to "The Higher Education Act of 1972 amended Title IX of the
1964 Civil Rights Act. Often simply called Title IX, the new law banned gender discrimination
in any educational program or activity that received federal funding."(Trowbridge, 2017, p.
12.13) One of the biggest leaders behind the success of Title IX was a Hawaii Congresswoman
named Patsy Takemoto Mink. She spearheaded this campaign because she experienced the
same type of educational discrimination, and was unable to attend medical school, as all her
applications were denied on the basis that she was a woman. Her persistence and success in
getting Title IX to pass, paved the way for the women after her to attend school without
educational discrimination and "the most significant outcome of the law is likely the vast
increase in the numbers of women in professional, medical, and graduate
programs."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13)Another major goal of the Women's Movement was to
obtain reproductive rights over their bodies. Prior to the Women's Movement of the 1960s and
1970s, women did not have free reign of their bodies. Women that fell pregnant and did not
want to be, had no options for safe termination, which led them to find unsafe ways to carry
out abortions. There were 33 states that prohibited abortions completely and another 13 that
only allowed abortions to take place under certain medical circumstances. Prior to 1972,
unmarried men and women were not granted access to birth control which led to many
accidental pregnancies. The culmination of these issuesled women to fight for the rights to their
own bodies and for their right to choose. In 1970 a woman, given the name Jane Roe by the
court, filled a lawsuit against Henry Wade who was the District Attorney of Dallas County in
Texas. She filled this lawsuit on the basis that state laws were unconstitutional and denied her
personal privacy that should be protected by the First, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth, and Fourteenth
Amendments. Her case was argued twice over the course of two years and ultimately the courts
came to a verdict in January of 1973. "The debate surrounding abortion entered American life
as never before when the Supreme Court’s ruling in Roe v. Wade legalized abortion in the first
trimester of pregnancy."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13) Roe won her case and with it came the
subsequent victory for all American women of the time, the right to choose.
Jaymi DavisDecember 2, 2022Milestone ThreeOne of the goals of the Women's Movement
was to obtain equality in the workplace through less work discrimination and equal pay for
women employees. Women faced workplace discrimination, simply for the fact that they had
been viewed as inferior to men. "Working women are becoming increasing-not less-
concentrated on the bottom of the job ladder. As a consequence full-time women workers today
earn on the average only 60% of what men earn."(National Organization for Women,
1966)Women were consistently paid less wages than their male co-workers, and African
American women of the time were paid even less. It is apparent that the struggle for women's
equality was not taken as seriously and their claims were often dismissed by the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission, and it took years of womenspeaking up for themselves
and pushing for justice before results began to yield. "There is no civil rights movement to
speak for women, as there has been for Negroes and other victims of discrimination. The
National Organization for Women must therefore begin to speak." (National Organization for
Women, 1966)NOW played a big part in speaking up for women as it was led by women, to
obtain the basic human rights that they deserved. The NOW organization's first President, a
woman named Betty Friedan was responsible for pointing out the major differences in pay
between men and women. "She and other women of the postwar period helped to create what
soon became known as Second Wave Feminism." (Trowbridge, 2017, p. 11.7)Prior to Title IX
being amended in 1964, women also faced discrimination within the education system. The
discrimination they faced within the education system included women not receiving equal
funding for education, as well as women being discriminated against within sports programs.
This called for action and led to "The Higher Education Act of 1972 amended Title IX of the
1964 Civil Rights Act. Often simply called Title IX, the new law banned gender discrimination
in any educational program or activity that received federal funding."(Trowbridge, 2017, p.
12.13) One of the biggest leaders behind the success of Title IX was a Hawaii Congresswoman
named Patsy Takemoto Mink. She spearheaded this campaign because she experienced the
same type of educational discrimination, and was unable to attend medical school, as all her
applications were denied on the basis that she was a woman. Her persistence and success in
getting Title IX to pass, paved the way for the women after her to attend school without
educational discrimination and "the most significant outcome of the law is likely the vast
increase in the numbers of women in professional, medical, and graduate
programs."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13)Another major goal of the Women's Movement was to
obtain reproductive rights over their bodies. Prior to the Women's Movement of the 1960s and
1970s, women did not have free reign of their bodies. Women that fell pregnant and did not
want to be, had no options for safe termination, which led them to find unsafe ways to carry
out abortions. There were 33 states that prohibited abortions completely and another 13 that
only allowed abortions to take place under certain medical circumstances. Prior to 1972,
unmarried men and women were not granted access to birth control which led to many
accidental pregnancies. The culmination of these issuesled women to fight for the rights to their
own bodies and for their right to choose. In 1970 a woman, given the name Jane Roe by the
court, filled a lawsuit against Henry Wade who was the District Attorney of Dallas County in
Texas. She filled this lawsuit on the basis that state laws were unconstitutional and denied her
personal privacy that should be protected by the First, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth, and Fourteenth
Amendments. Her case was argued twice over the course of two years and ultimately the courts
came to a verdict in January of 1973. "The debate surrounding abortion entered American life
as never before when the Supreme Court’s ruling in Roe v. Wade legalized abortion in the first
trimester of pregnancy."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13) Roe won her case and with it came the
subsequent victory for all American women of the time, the right to choose.
Jaymi DavisDecember 2, 2022Milestone ThreeOne of the goals of the Women's Movement
was to obtain equality in the workplace through less work discrimination and equal pay for
women employees. Women faced workplace discrimination, simply for the fact that they had
been viewed as inferior to men. "Working women are becoming increasing-not less-
concentrated on the bottom of the job ladder. As a consequence full-time women workers today
earn on the average only 60% of what men earn."(National Organization for Women,
1966)Women were consistently paid less wages than their male co-workers, and African
American women of the time were paid even less. It is apparent that the struggle for women's
equality was not taken as seriously and their claims were often dismissed by the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission, and it took years of womenspeaking up for themselves
and pushing for justice before results began to yield. "There is no civil rights movement to
speak for women, as there has been for Negroes and other victims of discrimination. The
National Organization for Women must therefore begin to speak." (National Organization for
Women, 1966)NOW played a big part in speaking up for women as it was led by women, to
obtain the basic human rights that they deserved. The NOW organization's first President, a
woman named Betty Friedan was responsible for pointing out the major differences in pay
between men and women. "She and other women of the postwar period helped to create what
soon became known as Second Wave Feminism." (Trowbridge, 2017, p. 11.7)Prior to Title IX
being amended in 1964, women also faced discrimination within the education system. The
discrimination they faced within the education system included women not receiving equal
funding for education, as well as women being discriminated against within sports programs.
This called for action and led to "The Higher Education Act of 1972 amended Title IX of the
1964 Civil Rights Act. Often simply called Title IX, the new law banned gender discrimination
in any educational program or activity that received federal funding."(Trowbridge, 2017, p.
12.13) One of the biggest leaders behind the success of Title IX was a Hawaii Congresswoman
named Patsy Takemoto Mink. She spearheaded this campaign because she experienced the
same type of educational discrimination, and was unable to attend medical school, as all her
applications were denied on the basis that she was a woman. Her persistence and success in
getting Title IX to pass, paved the way for the women after her to attend school without
educational discrimination and "the most significant outcome of the law is likely the vast
increase in the numbers of women in professional, medical, and graduate
programs."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13)Another major goal of the Women's Movement was to
obtain reproductive rights over their bodies. Prior to the Women's Movement of the 1960s and
1970s, women did not have free reign of their bodies. Women that fell pregnant and did not
want to be, had no options for safe termination, which led them to find unsafe ways to carry
out abortions. There were 33 states that prohibited abortions completely and another 13 that
only allowed abortions to take place under certain medical circumstances. Prior to 1972,
unmarried men and women were not granted access to birth control which led to many
accidental pregnancies. The culmination of these issuesled women to fight for the rights to their
own bodies and for their right to choose. In 1970 a woman, given the name Jane Roe by the
court, filled a lawsuit against Henry Wade who was the District Attorney of Dallas County in
Texas. She filled this lawsuit on the basis that state laws were unconstitutional and denied her
personal privacy that should be protected by the First, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth, and Fourteenth
Amendments. Her case was argued twice over the course of two years and ultimately the courts
came to a verdict in January of 1973. "The debate surrounding abortion entered American life
as never before when the Supreme Court’s ruling in Roe v. Wade legalized abortion in the first
trimester of pregnancy."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13) Roe won her case and with it came the
subsequent victory for all American women of the time, the right to choose.
Jaymi DavisDecember 2, 2022Milestone ThreeOne of the goals of the Women's Movement
was to obtain equality in the workplace through less work discrimination and equal pay for
women employees. Women faced workplace discrimination, simply for the fact that they had
been viewed as inferior to men. "Working women are becoming increasing-not less-
concentrated on the bottom of the job ladder. As a consequence full-time women workers today
earn on the average only 60% of what men earn."(National Organization for Women,
1966)Women were consistently paid less wages than their male co-workers, and African
American women of the time were paid even less. It is apparent that the struggle for women's
equality was not taken as seriously and their claims were often dismissed by the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission, and it took years of womenspeaking up for themselves
and pushing for justice before results began to yield. "There is no civil rights movement to
speak for women, as there has been for Negroes and other victims of discrimination. The
National Organization for Women must therefore begin to speak." (National Organization for
Women, 1966)NOW played a big part in speaking up for women as it was led by women, to
obtain the basic human rights that they deserved. The NOW organization's first President, a
woman named Betty Friedan was responsible for pointing out the major differences in pay
between men and women. "She and other women of the postwar period helped to create what
soon became known as Second Wave Feminism." (Trowbridge, 2017, p. 11.7)Prior to Title IX
being amended in 1964, women also faced discrimination within the education system. The
discrimination they faced within the education system included women not receiving equal
funding for education, as well as women being discriminated against within sports programs.
This called for action and led to "The Higher Education Act of 1972 amended Title IX of the
1964 Civil Rights Act. Often simply called Title IX, the new law banned gender discrimination
in any educational program or activity that received federal funding."(Trowbridge, 2017, p.
12.13) One of the biggest leaders behind the success of Title IX was a Hawaii Congresswoman
named Patsy Takemoto Mink. She spearheaded this campaign because she experienced the
same type of educational discrimination, and was unable to attend medical school, as all her
applications were denied on the basis that she was a woman. Her persistence and success in
getting Title IX to pass, paved the way for the women after her to attend school without
educational discrimination and "the most significant outcome of the law is likely the vast
increase in the numbers of women in professional, medical, and graduate
programs."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13)Another major goal of the Women's Movement was to
obtain reproductive rights over their bodies. Prior to the Women's Movement of the 1960s and
1970s, women did not have free reign of their bodies. Women that fell pregnant and did not
want to be, had no options for safe termination, which led them to find unsafe ways to carry
out abortions. There were 33 states that prohibited abortions completely and another 13 that
only allowed abortions to take place under certain medical circumstances. Prior to 1972,
unmarried men and women were not granted access to birth control which led to many
accidental pregnancies. The culmination of these issuesled women to fight for the rights to their
own bodies and for their right to choose. In 1970 a woman, given the name Jane Roe by the
court, filled a lawsuit against Henry Wade who was the District Attorney of Dallas County in
Texas. She filled this lawsuit on the basis that state laws were unconstitutional and denied her
personal privacy that should be protected by the First, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth, and Fourteenth
Amendments. Her case was argued twice over the course of two years and ultimately the courts
came to a verdict in January of 1973. "The debate surrounding abortion entered American life
as never before when the Supreme Court’s ruling in Roe v. Wade legalized abortion in the first
trimester of pregnancy."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13) Roe won her case and with it came the
subsequent victory for all American women of the time, the right to choose.
Jaymi DavisDecember 2, 2022Milestone ThreeOne of the goals of the Women's Movement
was to obtain equality in the workplace through less work discrimination and equal pay for
women employees. Women faced workplace discrimination, simply for the fact that they had
been viewed as inferior to men. "Working women are becoming increasing-not less-
concentrated on the bottom of the job ladder. As a consequence full-time women workers today
earn on the average only 60% of what men earn."(National Organization for Women,
1966)Women were consistently paid less wages than their male co-workers, and African
American women of the time were paid even less. It is apparent that the struggle for women's
equality was not taken as seriously and their claims were often dismissed by the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission, and it took years of womenspeaking up for themselves
and pushing for justice before results began to yield. "There is no civil rights movement to
speak for women, as there has been for Negroes and other victims of discrimination. The
National Organization for Women must therefore begin to speak." (National Organization for
Women, 1966)NOW played a big part in speaking up for women as it was led by women, to
obtain the basic human rights that they deserved. The NOW organization's first President, a
woman named Betty Friedan was responsible for pointing out the major differences in pay
between men and women. "She and other women of the postwar period helped to create what
soon became known as Second Wave Feminism." (Trowbridge, 2017, p. 11.7)Prior to Title IX
being amended in 1964, women also faced discrimination within the education system. The
discrimination they faced within the education system included women not receiving equal
funding for education, as well as women being discriminated against within sports programs.
This called for action and led to "The Higher Education Act of 1972 amended Title IX of the
1964 Civil Rights Act. Often simply called Title IX, the new law banned gender discrimination
in any educational program or activity that received federal funding."(Trowbridge, 2017, p.
12.13) One of the biggest leaders behind the success of Title IX was a Hawaii Congresswoman
named Patsy Takemoto Mink. She spearheaded this campaign because she experienced the
same type of educational discrimination, and was unable to attend medical school, as all her
applications were denied on the basis that she was a woman. Her persistence and success in
getting Title IX to pass, paved the way for the women after her to attend school without
educational discrimination and "the most significant outcome of the law is likely the vast
increase in the numbers of women in professional, medical, and graduate
programs."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13)Another major goal of the Women's Movement was to
obtain reproductive rights over their bodies. Prior to the Women's Movement of the 1960s and
1970s, women did not have free reign of their bodies. Women that fell pregnant and did not
want to be, had no options for safe termination, which led them to find unsafe ways to carry
out abortions. There were 33 states that prohibited abortions completely and another 13 that
only allowed abortions to take place under certain medical circumstances. Prior to 1972,
unmarried men and women were not granted access to birth control which led to many
accidental pregnancies. The culmination of these issuesled women to fight for the rights to their
own bodies and for their right to choose. In 1970 a woman, given the name Jane Roe by the
court, filled a lawsuit against Henry Wade who was the District Attorney of Dallas County in
Texas. She filled this lawsuit on the basis that state laws were unconstitutional and denied her
personal privacy that should be protected by the First, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth, and Fourteenth
Amendments. Her case was argued twice over the course of two years and ultimately the courts
came to a verdict in January of 1973. "The debate surrounding abortion entered American life
as never before when the Supreme Court’s ruling in Roe v. Wade legalized abortion in the first
trimester of pregnancy."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13) Roe won her case and with it came the
subsequent victory for all American women of the time, the right to choose.
Jaymi DavisDecember 2, 2022Milestone ThreeOne of the goals of the Women's Movement
was to obtain equality in the workplace through less work discrimination and equal pay for
women employees. Women faced workplace discrimination, simply for the fact that they had
been viewed as inferior to men. "Working women are becoming increasing-not less-
concentrated on the bottom of the job ladder. As a consequence full-time women workers today
earn on the average only 60% of what men earn."(National Organization for Women,
1966)Women were consistently paid less wages than their male co-workers, and African
American women of the time were paid even less. It is apparent that the struggle for women's
equality was not taken as seriously and their claims were often dismissed by the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission, and it took years of womenspeaking up for themselves
and pushing for justice before results began to yield. "There is no civil rights movement to
speak for women, as there has been for Negroes and other victims of discrimination. The
National Organization for Women must therefore begin to speak." (National Organization for
Women, 1966)NOW played a big part in speaking up for women as it was led by women, to
obtain the basic human rights that they deserved. The NOW organization's first President, a
woman named Betty Friedan was responsible for pointing out the major differences in pay
between men and women. "She and other women of the postwar period helped to create what
soon became known as Second Wave Feminism." (Trowbridge, 2017, p. 11.7)Prior to Title IX
being amended in 1964, women also faced discrimination within the education system. The
discrimination they faced within the education system included women not receiving equal
funding for education, as well as women being discriminated against within sports programs.
This called for action and led to "The Higher Education Act of 1972 amended Title IX of the
1964 Civil Rights Act. Often simply called Title IX, the new law banned gender discrimination
in any educational program or activity that received federal funding."(Trowbridge, 2017, p.
12.13) One of the biggest leaders behind the success of Title IX was a Hawaii Congresswoman
named Patsy Takemoto Mink. She spearheaded this campaign because she experienced the
same type of educational discrimination, and was unable to attend medical school, as all her
applications were denied on the basis that she was a woman. Her persistence and success in
getting Title IX to pass, paved the way for the women after her to attend school without
educational discrimination and "the most significant outcome of the law is likely the vast
increase in the numbers of women in professional, medical, and graduate
programs."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13)Another major goal of the Women's Movement was to
obtain reproductive rights over their bodies. Prior to the Women's Movement of the 1960s and
1970s, women did not have free reign of their bodies. Women that fell pregnant and did not
want to be, had no options for safe termination, which led them to find unsafe ways to carry
out abortions. There were 33 states that prohibited abortions completely and another 13 that
only allowed abortions to take place under certain medical circumstances. Prior to 1972,
unmarried men and women were not granted access to birth control which led to many
accidental pregnancies. The culmination of these issuesled women to fight for the rights to their
own bodies and for their right to choose. In 1970 a woman, given the name Jane Roe by the
court, filled a lawsuit against Henry Wade who was the District Attorney of Dallas County in
Texas. She filled this lawsuit on the basis that state laws were unconstitutional and denied her
personal privacy that should be protected by the First, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth, and Fourteenth
Amendments. Her case was argued twice over the course of two years and ultimately the courts
came to a verdict in January of 1973. "The debate surrounding abortion entered American life
as never before when the Supreme Court’s ruling in Roe v. Wade legalized abortion in the first
trimester of pregnancy."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13) Roe won her case and with it came the
subsequent victory for all American women of the time, the right to choose.
Jaymi DavisDecember 2, 2022Milestone ThreeOne of the goals of the Women's Movement
was to obtain equality in the workplace through less work discrimination and equal pay for
women employees. Women faced workplace discrimination, simply for the fact that they had
been viewed as inferior to men. "Working women are becoming increasing-not less-
concentrated on the bottom of the job ladder. As a consequence full-time women workers today
earn on the average only 60% of what men earn."(National Organization for Women,
1966)Women were consistently paid less wages than their male co-workers, and African
American women of the time were paid even less. It is apparent that the struggle for women's
equality was not taken as seriously and their claims were often dismissed by the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission, and it took years of womenspeaking up for themselves
and pushing for justice before results began to yield. "There is no civil rights movement to
speak for women, as there has been for Negroes and other victims of discrimination. The
National Organization for Women must therefore begin to speak." (National Organization for
Women, 1966)NOW played a big part in speaking up for women as it was led by women, to
obtain the basic human rights that they deserved. The NOW organization's first President, a
woman named Betty Friedan was responsible for pointing out the major differences in pay
between men and women. "She and other women of the postwar period helped to create what
soon became known as Second Wave Feminism." (Trowbridge, 2017, p. 11.7)Prior to Title IX
being amended in 1964, women also faced discrimination within the education system. The
discrimination they faced within the education system included women not receiving equal
funding for education, as well as women being discriminated against within sports programs.
This called for action and led to "The Higher Education Act of 1972 amended Title IX of the
1964 Civil Rights Act. Often simply called Title IX, the new law banned gender discrimination
in any educational program or activity that received federal funding."(Trowbridge, 2017, p.
12.13) One of the biggest leaders behind the success of Title IX was a Hawaii Congresswoman
named Patsy Takemoto Mink. She spearheaded this campaign because she experienced the
same type of educational discrimination, and was unable to attend medical school, as all her
applications were denied on the basis that she was a woman. Her persistence and success in
getting Title IX to pass, paved the way for the women after her to attend school without
educational discrimination and "the most significant outcome of the law is likely the vast
increase in the numbers of women in professional, medical, and graduate
programs."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13)Another major goal of the Women's Movement was to
obtain reproductive rights over their bodies. Prior to the Women's Movement of the 1960s and
1970s, women did not have free reign of their bodies. Women that fell pregnant and did not
want to be, had no options for safe termination, which led them to find unsafe ways to carry
out abortions. There were 33 states that prohibited abortions completely and another 13 that
only allowed abortions to take place under certain medical circumstances. Prior to 1972,
unmarried men and women were not granted access to birth control which led to many
accidental pregnancies. The culmination of these issuesled women to fight for the rights to their
own bodies and for their right to choose. In 1970 a woman, given the name Jane Roe by the
court, filled a lawsuit against Henry Wade who was the District Attorney of Dallas County in
Texas. She filled this lawsuit on the basis that state laws were unconstitutional and denied her
personal privacy that should be protected by the First, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth, and Fourteenth
Amendments. Her case was argued twice over the course of two years and ultimately the courts
came to a verdict in January of 1973. "The debate surrounding abortion entered American life
as never before when the Supreme Court’s ruling in Roe v. Wade legalized abortion in the first
trimester of pregnancy."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13) Roe won her case and with it came the
subsequent victory for all American women of the time, the right to choose.
Jaymi DavisDecember 2, 2022Milestone ThreeOne of the goals of the Women's Movement
was to obtain equality in the workplace through less work discrimination and equal pay for
women employees. Women faced workplace discrimination, simply for the fact that they had
been viewed as inferior to men. "Working women are becoming increasing-not less-
concentrated on the bottom of the job ladder. As a consequence full-time women workers today
earn on the average only 60% of what men earn."(National Organization for Women,
1966)Women were consistently paid less wages than their male co-workers, and African
American women of the time were paid even less. It is apparent that the struggle for women's
equality was not taken as seriously and their claims were often dismissed by the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission, and it took years of womenspeaking up for themselves
and pushing for justice before results began to yield. "There is no civil rights movement to
speak for women, as there has been for Negroes and other victims of discrimination. The
National Organization for Women must therefore begin to speak." (National Organization for
Women, 1966)NOW played a big part in speaking up for women as it was led by women, to
obtain the basic human rights that they deserved. The NOW organization's first President, a
woman named Betty Friedan was responsible for pointing out the major differences in pay
between men and women. "She and other women of the postwar period helped to create what
soon became known as Second Wave Feminism." (Trowbridge, 2017, p. 11.7)Prior to Title IX
being amended in 1964, women also faced discrimination within the education system. The
discrimination they faced within the education system included women not receiving equal
funding for education, as well as women being discriminated against within sports programs.
This called for action and led to "The Higher Education Act of 1972 amended Title IX of the
1964 Civil Rights Act. Often simply called Title IX, the new law banned gender discrimination
in any educational program or activity that received federal funding."(Trowbridge, 2017, p.
12.13) One of the biggest leaders behind the success of Title IX was a Hawaii Congresswoman
named Patsy Takemoto Mink. She spearheaded this campaign because she experienced the
same type of educational discrimination, and was unable to attend medical school, as all her
applications were denied on the basis that she was a woman. Her persistence and success in
getting Title IX to pass, paved the way for the women after her to attend school without
educational discrimination and "the most significant outcome of the law is likely the vast
increase in the numbers of women in professional, medical, and graduate
programs."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13)Another major goal of the Women's Movement was to
obtain reproductive rights over their bodies. Prior to the Women's Movement of the 1960s and
1970s, women did not have free reign of their bodies. Women that fell pregnant and did not
want to be, had no options for safe termination, which led them to find unsafe ways to carry
out abortions. There were 33 states that prohibited abortions completely and another 13 that
only allowed abortions to take place under certain medical circumstances. Prior to 1972,
unmarried men and women were not granted access to birth control which led to many
accidental pregnancies. The culmination of these issuesled women to fight for the rights to their
own bodies and for their right to choose. In 1970 a woman, given the name Jane Roe by the
court, filled a lawsuit against Henry Wade who was the District Attorney of Dallas County in
Texas. She filled this lawsuit on the basis that state laws were unconstitutional and denied her
personal privacy that should be protected by the First, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth, and Fourteenth
Amendments. Her case was argued twice over the course of two years and ultimately the courts
came to a verdict in January of 1973. "The debate surrounding abortion entered American life
as never before when the Supreme Court’s ruling in Roe v. Wade legalized abortion in the first
trimester of pregnancy."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13) Roe won her case and with it came the
subsequent victory for all American women of the time, the right to choose.
Jaymi DavisDecember 2, 2022Milestone ThreeOne of the goals of the Women's Movement
was to obtain equality in the workplace through less work discrimination and equal pay for
women employees. Women faced workplace discrimination, simply for the fact that they had
been viewed as inferior to men. "Working women are becoming increasing-not less-
concentrated on the bottom of the job ladder. As a consequence full-time women workers today
earn on the average only 60% of what men earn."(National Organization for Women,
1966)Women were consistently paid less wages than their male co-workers, and African
American women of the time were paid even less. It is apparent that the struggle for women's
equality was not taken as seriously and their claims were often dismissed by the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission, and it took years of womenspeaking up for themselves
and pushing for justice before results began to yield. "There is no civil rights movement to
speak for women, as there has been for Negroes and other victims of discrimination. The
National Organization for Women must therefore begin to speak." (National Organization for
Women, 1966)NOW played a big part in speaking up for women as it was led by women, to
obtain the basic human rights that they deserved. The NOW organization's first President, a
woman named Betty Friedan was responsible for pointing out the major differences in pay
between men and women. "She and other women of the postwar period helped to create what
soon became known as Second Wave Feminism." (Trowbridge, 2017, p. 11.7)Prior to Title IX
being amended in 1964, women also faced discrimination within the education system. The
discrimination they faced within the education system included women not receiving equal
funding for education, as well as women being discriminated against within sports programs.
This called for action and led to "The Higher Education Act of 1972 amended Title IX of the
1964 Civil Rights Act. Often simply called Title IX, the new law banned gender discrimination
in any educational program or activity that received federal funding."(Trowbridge, 2017, p.
12.13) One of the biggest leaders behind the success of Title IX was a Hawaii Congresswoman
named Patsy Takemoto Mink. She spearheaded this campaign because she experienced the
same type of educational discrimination, and was unable to attend medical school, as all her
applications were denied on the basis that she was a woman. Her persistence and success in
getting Title IX to pass, paved the way for the women after her to attend school without
educational discrimination and "the most significant outcome of the law is likely the vast
increase in the numbers of women in professional, medical, and graduate
programs."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13)Another major goal of the Women's Movement was to
obtain reproductive rights over their bodies. Prior to the Women's Movement of the 1960s and
1970s, women did not have free reign of their bodies. Women that fell pregnant and did not
want to be, had no options for safe termination, which led them to find unsafe ways to carry
out abortions. There were 33 states that prohibited abortions completely and another 13 that
only allowed abortions to take place under certain medical circumstances. Prior to 1972,
unmarried men and women were not granted access to birth control which led to many
accidental pregnancies. The culmination of these issuesled women to fight for the rights to their
own bodies and for their right to choose. In 1970 a woman, given the name Jane Roe by the
court, filled a lawsuit against Henry Wade who was the District Attorney of Dallas County in
Texas. She filled this lawsuit on the basis that state laws were unconstitutional and denied her
personal privacy that should be protected by the First, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth, and Fourteenth
Amendments. Her case was argued twice over the course of two years and ultimately the courts
came to a verdict in January of 1973. "The debate surrounding abortion entered American life
as never before when the Supreme Court’s ruling in Roe v. Wade legalized abortion in the first
trimester of pregnancy."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13) Roe won her case and with it came the
subsequent victory for all American women of the time, the right to choose.
Jaymi DavisDecember 2, 2022Milestone ThreeOne of the goals of the Women's Movement
was to obtain equality in the workplace through less work discrimination and equal pay for
women employees. Women faced workplace discrimination, simply for the fact that they had
been viewed as inferior to men. "Working women are becoming increasing-not less-
concentrated on the bottom of the job ladder. As a consequence full-time women workers today
earn on the average only 60% of what men earn."(National Organization for Women,
1966)Women were consistently paid less wages than their male co-workers, and African
American women of the time were paid even less. It is apparent that the struggle for women's
equality was not taken as seriously and their claims were often dismissed by the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission, and it took years of womenspeaking up for themselves
and pushing for justice before results began to yield. "There is no civil rights movement to
speak for women, as there has been for Negroes and other victims of discrimination. The
National Organization for Women must therefore begin to speak." (National Organization for
Women, 1966)NOW played a big part in speaking up for women as it was led by women, to
obtain the basic human rights that they deserved. The NOW organization's first President, a
woman named Betty Friedan was responsible for pointing out the major differences in pay
between men and women. "She and other women of the postwar period helped to create what
soon became known as Second Wave Feminism." (Trowbridge, 2017, p. 11.7)Prior to Title IX
being amended in 1964, women also faced discrimination within the education system. The
discrimination they faced within the education system included women not receiving equal
funding for education, as well as women being discriminated against within sports programs.
This called for action and led to "The Higher Education Act of 1972 amended Title IX of the
1964 Civil Rights Act. Often simply called Title IX, the new law banned gender discrimination
in any educational program or activity that received federal funding."(Trowbridge, 2017, p.
12.13) One of the biggest leaders behind the success of Title IX was a Hawaii Congresswoman
named Patsy Takemoto Mink. She spearheaded this campaign because she experienced the
same type of educational discrimination, and was unable to attend medical school, as all her
applications were denied on the basis that she was a woman. Her persistence and success in
getting Title IX to pass, paved the way for the women after her to attend school without
educational discrimination and "the most significant outcome of the law is likely the vast
increase in the numbers of women in professional, medical, and graduate
programs."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13)Another major goal of the Women's Movement was to
obtain reproductive rights over their bodies. Prior to the Women's Movement of the 1960s and
1970s, women did not have free reign of their bodies. Women that fell pregnant and did not
want to be, had no options for safe termination, which led them to find unsafe ways to carry
out abortions. There were 33 states that prohibited abortions completely and another 13 that
only allowed abortions to take place under certain medical circumstances. Prior to 1972,
unmarried men and women were not granted access to birth control which led to many
accidental pregnancies. The culmination of these issuesled women to fight for the rights to their
own bodies and for their right to choose. In 1970 a woman, given the name Jane Roe by the
court, filled a lawsuit against Henry Wade who was the District Attorney of Dallas County in
Texas. She filled this lawsuit on the basis that state laws were unconstitutional and denied her
personal privacy that should be protected by the First, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth, and Fourteenth
Amendments. Her case was argued twice over the course of two years and ultimately the courts
came to a verdict in January of 1973. "The debate surrounding abortion entered American life
as never before when the Supreme Court’s ruling in Roe v. Wade legalized abortion in the first
trimester of pregnancy."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13) Roe won her case and with it came the
subsequent victory for all American women of the time, the right to choose.
Jaymi DavisDecember 2, 2022Milestone ThreeOne of the goals of the Women's Movement
was to obtain equality in the workplace through less work discrimination and equal pay for
women employees. Women faced workplace discrimination, simply for the fact that they had
been viewed as inferior to men. "Working women are becoming increasing-not less-
concentrated on the bottom of the job ladder. As a consequence full-time women workers today
earn on the average only 60% of what men earn."(National Organization for Women,
1966)Women were consistently paid less wages than their male co-workers, and African
American women of the time were paid even less. It is apparent that the struggle for women's
equality was not taken as seriously and their claims were often dismissed by the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission, and it took years of womenspeaking up for themselves
and pushing for justice before results began to yield. "There is no civil rights movement to
speak for women, as there has been for Negroes and other victims of discrimination. The
National Organization for Women must therefore begin to speak." (National Organization for
Women, 1966)NOW played a big part in speaking up for women as it was led by women, to
obtain the basic human rights that they deserved. The NOW organization's first President, a
woman named Betty Friedan was responsible for pointing out the major differences in pay
between men and women. "She and other women of the postwar period helped to create what
soon became known as Second Wave Feminism." (Trowbridge, 2017, p. 11.7)Prior to Title IX
being amended in 1964, women also faced discrimination within the education system. The
discrimination they faced within the education system included women not receiving equal
funding for education, as well as women being discriminated against within sports programs.
This called for action and led to "The Higher Education Act of 1972 amended Title IX of the
1964 Civil Rights Act. Often simply called Title IX, the new law banned gender discrimination
in any educational program or activity that received federal funding."(Trowbridge, 2017, p.
12.13) One of the biggest leaders behind the success of Title IX was a Hawaii Congresswoman
named Patsy Takemoto Mink. She spearheaded this campaign because she experienced the
same type of educational discrimination, and was unable to attend medical school, as all her
applications were denied on the basis that she was a woman. Her persistence and success in
getting Title IX to pass, paved the way for the women after her to attend school without
educational discrimination and "the most significant outcome of the law is likely the vast
increase in the numbers of women in professional, medical, and graduate
programs."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13)Another major goal of the Women's Movement was to
obtain reproductive rights over their bodies. Prior to the Women's Movement of the 1960s and
1970s, women did not have free reign of their bodies. Women that fell pregnant and did not
want to be, had no options for safe termination, which led them to find unsafe ways to carry
out abortions. There were 33 states that prohibited abortions completely and another 13 that
only allowed abortions to take place under certain medical circumstances. Prior to 1972,
unmarried men and women were not granted access to birth control which led to many
accidental pregnancies. The culmination of these issuesled women to fight for the rights to their
own bodies and for their right to choose. In 1970 a woman, given the name Jane Roe by the
court, filled a lawsuit against Henry Wade who was the District Attorney of Dallas County in
Texas. She filled this lawsuit on the basis that state laws were unconstitutional and denied her
personal privacy that should be protected by the First, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth, and Fourteenth
Amendments. Her case was argued twice over the course of two years and ultimately the courts
came to a verdict in January of 1973. "The debate surrounding abortion entered American life
as never before when the Supreme Court’s ruling in Roe v. Wade legalized abortion in the first
trimester of pregnancy."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13) Roe won her case and with it came the
subsequent victory for all American women of the time, the right to choose.
Jaymi DavisDecember 2, 2022Milestone ThreeOne of the goals of the Women's Movement
was to obtain equality in the workplace through less work discrimination and equal pay for
women employees. Women faced workplace discrimination, simply for the fact that they had
been viewed as inferior to men. "Working women are becoming increasing-not less-
concentrated on the bottom of the job ladder. As a consequence full-time women workers today
earn on the average only 60% of what men earn."(National Organization for Women,
1966)Women were consistently paid less wages than their male co-workers, and African
American women of the time were paid even less. It is apparent that the struggle for women's
equality was not taken as seriously and their claims were often dismissed by the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission, and it took years of womenspeaking up for themselves
and pushing for justice before results began to yield. "There is no civil rights movement to
speak for women, as there has been for Negroes and other victims of discrimination. The
National Organization for Women must therefore begin to speak." (National Organization for
Women, 1966)NOW played a big part in speaking up for women as it was led by women, to
obtain the basic human rights that they deserved. The NOW organization's first President, a
woman named Betty Friedan was responsible for pointing out the major differences in pay
between men and women. "She and other women of the postwar period helped to create what
soon became known as Second Wave Feminism." (Trowbridge, 2017, p. 11.7)Prior to Title IX
being amended in 1964, women also faced discrimination within the education system. The
discrimination they faced within the education system included women not receiving equal
funding for education, as well as women being discriminated against within sports programs.
This called for action and led to "The Higher Education Act of 1972 amended Title IX of the
1964 Civil Rights Act. Often simply called Title IX, the new law banned gender discrimination
in any educational program or activity that received federal funding."(Trowbridge, 2017, p.
12.13) One of the biggest leaders behind the success of Title IX was a Hawaii Congresswoman
named Patsy Takemoto Mink. She spearheaded this campaign because she experienced the
same type of educational discrimination, and was unable to attend medical school, as all her
applications were denied on the basis that she was a woman. Her persistence and success in
getting Title IX to pass, paved the way for the women after her to attend school without
educational discrimination and "the most significant outcome of the law is likely the vast
increase in the numbers of women in professional, medical, and graduate
programs."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13)Another major goal of the Women's Movement was to
obtain reproductive rights over their bodies. Prior to the Women's Movement of the 1960s and
1970s, women did not have free reign of their bodies. Women that fell pregnant and did not
want to be, had no options for safe termination, which led them to find unsafe ways to carry
out abortions. There were 33 states that prohibited abortions completely and another 13 that
only allowed abortions to take place under certain medical circumstances. Prior to 1972,
unmarried men and women were not granted access to birth control which led to many
accidental pregnancies. The culmination of these issuesled women to fight for the rights to their
own bodies and for their right to choose. In 1970 a woman, given the name Jane Roe by the
court, filled a lawsuit against Henry Wade who was the District Attorney of Dallas County in
Texas. She filled this lawsuit on the basis that state laws were unconstitutional and denied her
personal privacy that should be protected by the First, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth, and Fourteenth
Amendments. Her case was argued twice over the course of two years and ultimately the courts
came to a verdict in January of 1973. "The debate surrounding abortion entered American life
as never before when the Supreme Court’s ruling in Roe v. Wade legalized abortion in the first
trimester of pregnancy."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13) Roe won her case and with it came the
subsequent victory for all American women of the time, the right to choose.
Jaymi DavisDecember 2, 2022Milestone ThreeOne of the goals of the Women's Movement
was to obtain equality in the workplace through less work discrimination and equal pay for
women employees. Women faced workplace discrimination, simply for the fact that they had
been viewed as inferior to men. "Working women are becoming increasing-not less-
concentrated on the bottom of the job ladder. As a consequence full-time women workers today
earn on the average only 60% of what men earn."(National Organization for Women,
1966)Women were consistently paid less wages than their male co-workers, and African
American women of the time were paid even less. It is apparent that the struggle for women's
equality was not taken as seriously and their claims were often dismissed by the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission, and it took years of womenspeaking up for themselves
and pushing for justice before results began to yield. "There is no civil rights movement to
speak for women, as there has been for Negroes and other victims of discrimination. The
National Organization for Women must therefore begin to speak." (National Organization for
Women, 1966)NOW played a big part in speaking up for women as it was led by women, to
obtain the basic human rights that they deserved. The NOW organization's first President, a
woman named Betty Friedan was responsible for pointing out the major differences in pay
between men and women. "She and other women of the postwar period helped to create what
soon became known as Second Wave Feminism." (Trowbridge, 2017, p. 11.7)Prior to Title IX
being amended in 1964, women also faced discrimination within the education system. The
discrimination they faced within the education system included women not receiving equal
funding for education, as well as women being discriminated against within sports programs.
This called for action and led to "The Higher Education Act of 1972 amended Title IX of the
1964 Civil Rights Act. Often simply called Title IX, the new law banned gender discrimination
in any educational program or activity that received federal funding."(Trowbridge, 2017, p.
12.13) One of the biggest leaders behind the success of Title IX was a Hawaii Congresswoman
named Patsy Takemoto Mink. She spearheaded this campaign because she experienced the
same type of educational discrimination, and was unable to attend medical school, as all her
applications were denied on the basis that she was a woman. Her persistence and success in
getting Title IX to pass, paved the way for the women after her to attend school without
educational discrimination and "the most significant outcome of the law is likely the vast
increase in the numbers of women in professional, medical, and graduate
programs."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13)Another major goal of the Women's Movement was to
obtain reproductive rights over their bodies. Prior to the Women's Movement of the 1960s and
1970s, women did not have free reign of their bodies. Women that fell pregnant and did not
want to be, had no options for safe termination, which led them to find unsafe ways to carry
out abortions. There were 33 states that prohibited abortions completely and another 13 that
only allowed abortions to take place under certain medical circumstances. Prior to 1972,
unmarried men and women were not granted access to birth control which led to many
accidental pregnancies. The culmination of these issuesled women to fight for the rights to their
own bodies and for their right to choose. In 1970 a woman, given the name Jane Roe by the
court, filled a lawsuit against Henry Wade who was the District Attorney of Dallas County in
Texas. She filled this lawsuit on the basis that state laws were unconstitutional and denied her
personal privacy that should be protected by the First, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth, and Fourteenth
Amendments. Her case was argued twice over the course of two years and ultimately the courts
came to a verdict in January of 1973. "The debate surrounding abortion entered American life
as never before when the Supreme Court’s ruling in Roe v. Wade legalized abortion in the first
trimester of pregnancy."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13) Roe won her case and with it came the
subsequent victory for all American women of the time, the right to choose.
Jaymi DavisDecember 2, 2022Milestone ThreeOne of the goals of the Women's Movement
was to obtain equality in the workplace through less work discrimination and equal pay for
women employees. Women faced workplace discrimination, simply for the fact that they had
been viewed as inferior to men. "Working women are becoming increasing-not less-
concentrated on the bottom of the job ladder. As a consequence full-time women workers today
earn on the average only 60% of what men earn."(National Organization for Women,
1966)Women were consistently paid less wages than their male co-workers, and African
American women of the time were paid even less. It is apparent that the struggle for women's
equality was not taken as seriously and their claims were often dismissed by the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission, and it took years of womenspeaking up for themselves
and pushing for justice before results began to yield. "There is no civil rights movement to
speak for women, as there has been for Negroes and other victims of discrimination. The
National Organization for Women must therefore begin to speak." (National Organization for
Women, 1966)NOW played a big part in speaking up for women as it was led by women, to
obtain the basic human rights that they deserved. The NOW organization's first President, a
woman named Betty Friedan was responsible for pointing out the major differences in pay
between men and women. "She and other women of the postwar period helped to create what
soon became known as Second Wave Feminism." (Trowbridge, 2017, p. 11.7)Prior to Title IX
being amended in 1964, women also faced discrimination within the education system. The
discrimination they faced within the education system included women not receiving equal
funding for education, as well as women being discriminated against within sports programs.
This called for action and led to "The Higher Education Act of 1972 amended Title IX of the
1964 Civil Rights Act. Often simply called Title IX, the new law banned gender discrimination
in any educational program or activity that received federal funding."(Trowbridge, 2017, p.
12.13) One of the biggest leaders behind the success of Title IX was a Hawaii Congresswoman
named Patsy Takemoto Mink. She spearheaded this campaign because she experienced the
same type of educational discrimination, and was unable to attend medical school, as all her
applications were denied on the basis that she was a woman. Her persistence and success in
getting Title IX to pass, paved the way for the women after her to attend school without
educational discrimination and "the most significant outcome of the law is likely the vast
increase in the numbers of women in professional, medical, and graduate
programs."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13)Another major goal of the Women's Movement was to
obtain reproductive rights over their bodies. Prior to the Women's Movement of the 1960s and
1970s, women did not have free reign of their bodies. Women that fell pregnant and did not
want to be, had no options for safe termination, which led them to find unsafe ways to carry
out abortions. There were 33 states that prohibited abortions completely and another 13 that
only allowed abortions to take place under certain medical circumstances. Prior to 1972,
unmarried men and women were not granted access to birth control which led to many
accidental pregnancies. The culmination of these issuesled women to fight for the rights to their
own bodies and for their right to choose. In 1970 a woman, given the name Jane Roe by the
court, filled a lawsuit against Henry Wade who was the District Attorney of Dallas County in
Texas. She filled this lawsuit on the basis that state laws were unconstitutional and denied her
personal privacy that should be protected by the First, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth, and Fourteenth
Amendments. Her case was argued twice over the course of two years and ultimately the courts
came to a verdict in January of 1973. "The debate surrounding abortion entered American life
as never before when the Supreme Court’s ruling in Roe v. Wade legalized abortion in the first
trimester of pregnancy."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13) Roe won her case and with it came the
subsequent victory for all American women of the time, the right to choose.
Jaymi DavisDecember 2, 2022Milestone ThreeOne of the goals of the Women's Movement
was to obtain equality in the workplace through less work discrimination and equal pay for
women employees. Women faced workplace discrimination, simply for the fact that they had
been viewed as inferior to men. "Working women are becoming increasing-not less-
concentrated on the bottom of the job ladder. As a consequence full-time women workers today
earn on the average only 60% of what men earn."(National Organization for Women,
1966)Women were consistently paid less wages than their male co-workers, and African
American women of the time were paid even less. It is apparent that the struggle for women's
equality was not taken as seriously and their claims were often dismissed by the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission, and it took years of womenspeaking up for themselves
and pushing for justice before results began to yield. "There is no civil rights movement to
speak for women, as there has been for Negroes and other victims of discrimination. The
National Organization for Women must therefore begin to speak." (National Organization for
Women, 1966)NOW played a big part in speaking up for women as it was led by women, to
obtain the basic human rights that they deserved. The NOW organization's first President, a
woman named Betty Friedan was responsible for pointing out the major differences in pay
between men and women. "She and other women of the postwar period helped to create what
soon became known as Second Wave Feminism." (Trowbridge, 2017, p. 11.7)Prior to Title IX
being amended in 1964, women also faced discrimination within the education system. The
discrimination they faced within the education system included women not receiving equal
funding for education, as well as women being discriminated against within sports programs.
This called for action and led to "The Higher Education Act of 1972 amended Title IX of the
1964 Civil Rights Act. Often simply called Title IX, the new law banned gender discrimination
in any educational program or activity that received federal funding."(Trowbridge, 2017, p.
12.13) One of the biggest leaders behind the success of Title IX was a Hawaii Congresswoman
named Patsy Takemoto Mink. She spearheaded this campaign because she experienced the
same type of educational discrimination, and was unable to attend medical school, as all her
applications were denied on the basis that she was a woman. Her persistence and success in
getting Title IX to pass, paved the way for the women after her to attend school without
educational discrimination and "the most significant outcome of the law is likely the vast
increase in the numbers of women in professional, medical, and graduate
programs."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13)Another major goal of the Women's Movement was to
obtain reproductive rights over their bodies. Prior to the Women's Movement of the 1960s and
1970s, women did not have free reign of their bodies. Women that fell pregnant and did not
want to be, had no options for safe termination, which led them to find unsafe ways to carry
out abortions. There were 33 states that prohibited abortions completely and another 13 that
only allowed abortions to take place under certain medical circumstances. Prior to 1972,
unmarried men and women were not granted access to birth control which led to many
accidental pregnancies. The culmination of these issuesled women to fight for the rights to their
own bodies and for their right to choose. In 1970 a woman, given the name Jane Roe by the
court, filled a lawsuit against Henry Wade who was the District Attorney of Dallas County in
Texas. She filled this lawsuit on the basis that state laws were unconstitutional and denied her
personal privacy that should be protected by the First, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth, and Fourteenth
Amendments. Her case was argued twice over the course of two years and ultimately the courts
came to a verdict in January of 1973. "The debate surrounding abortion entered American life
as never before when the Supreme Court’s ruling in Roe v. Wade legalized abortion in the first
trimester of pregnancy."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13) Roe won her case and with it came the
subsequent victory for all American women of the time, the right to choose.
Jaymi DavisDecember 2, 2022Milestone ThreeOne of the goals of the Women's Movement
was to obtain equality in the workplace through less work discrimination and equal pay for
women employees. Women faced workplace discrimination, simply for the fact that they had
been viewed as inferior to men. "Working women are becoming increasing-not less-
concentrated on the bottom of the job ladder. As a consequence full-time women workers today
earn on the average only 60% of what men earn."(National Organization for Women,
1966)Women were consistently paid less wages than their male co-workers, and African
American women of the time were paid even less. It is apparent that the struggle for women's
equality was not taken as seriously and their claims were often dismissed by the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission, and it took years of womenspeaking up for themselves
and pushing for justice before results began to yield. "There is no civil rights movement to
speak for women, as there has been for Negroes and other victims of discrimination. The
National Organization for Women must therefore begin to speak." (National Organization for
Women, 1966)NOW played a big part in speaking up for women as it was led by women, to
obtain the basic human rights that they deserved. The NOW organization's first President, a
woman named Betty Friedan was responsible for pointing out the major differences in pay
between men and women. "She and other women of the postwar period helped to create what
soon became known as Second Wave Feminism." (Trowbridge, 2017, p. 11.7)Prior to Title IX
being amended in 1964, women also faced discrimination within the education system. The
discrimination they faced within the education system included women not receiving equal
funding for education, as well as women being discriminated against within sports programs.
This called for action and led to "The Higher Education Act of 1972 amended Title IX of the
1964 Civil Rights Act. Often simply called Title IX, the new law banned gender discrimination
in any educational program or activity that received federal funding."(Trowbridge, 2017, p.
12.13) One of the biggest leaders behind the success of Title IX was a Hawaii Congresswoman
named Patsy Takemoto Mink. She spearheaded this campaign because she experienced the
same type of educational discrimination, and was unable to attend medical school, as all her
applications were denied on the basis that she was a woman. Her persistence and success in
getting Title IX to pass, paved the way for the women after her to attend school without
educational discrimination and "the most significant outcome of the law is likely the vast
increase in the numbers of women in professional, medical, and graduate
programs."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13)Another major goal of the Women's Movement was to
obtain reproductive rights over their bodies. Prior to the Women's Movement of the 1960s and
1970s, women did not have free reign of their bodies. Women that fell pregnant and did not
want to be, had no options for safe termination, which led them to find unsafe ways to carry
out abortions. There were 33 states that prohibited abortions completely and another 13 that
only allowed abortions to take place under certain medical circumstances. Prior to 1972,
unmarried men and women were not granted access to birth control which led to many
accidental pregnancies. The culmination of these issuesled women to fight for the rights to their
own bodies and for their right to choose. In 1970 a woman, given the name Jane Roe by the
court, filled a lawsuit against Henry Wade who was the District Attorney of Dallas County in
Texas. She filled this lawsuit on the basis that state laws were unconstitutional and denied her
personal privacy that should be protected by the First, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth, and Fourteenth
Amendments. Her case was argued twice over the course of two years and ultimately the courts
came to a verdict in January of 1973. "The debate surrounding abortion entered American life
as never before when the Supreme Court’s ruling in Roe v. Wade legalized abortion in the first
trimester of pregnancy."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13) Roe won her case and with it came the
subsequent victory for all American women of the time, the right to choose.
Jaymi DavisDecember 2, 2022Milestone ThreeOne of the goals of the Women's Movement
was to obtain equality in the workplace through less work discrimination and equal pay for
women employees. Women faced workplace discrimination, simply for the fact that they had
been viewed as inferior to men. "Working women are becoming increasing-not less-
concentrated on the bottom of the job ladder. As a consequence full-time women workers today
earn on the average only 60% of what men earn."(National Organization for Women,
1966)Women were consistently paid less wages than their male co-workers, and African
American women of the time were paid even less. It is apparent that the struggle for women's
equality was not taken as seriously and their claims were often dismissed by the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission, and it took years of womenspeaking up for themselves
and pushing for justice before results began to yield. "There is no civil rights movement to
speak for women, as there has been for Negroes and other victims of discrimination. The
National Organization for Women must therefore begin to speak." (National Organization for
Women, 1966)NOW played a big part in speaking up for women as it was led by women, to
obtain the basic human rights that they deserved. The NOW organization's first President, a
woman named Betty Friedan was responsible for pointing out the major differences in pay
between men and women. "She and other women of the postwar period helped to create what
soon became known as Second Wave Feminism." (Trowbridge, 2017, p. 11.7)Prior to Title IX
being amended in 1964, women also faced discrimination within the education system. The
discrimination they faced within the education system included women not receiving equal
funding for education, as well as women being discriminated against within sports programs.
This called for action and led to "The Higher Education Act of 1972 amended Title IX of the
1964 Civil Rights Act. Often simply called Title IX, the new law banned gender discrimination
in any educational program or activity that received federal funding."(Trowbridge, 2017, p.
12.13) One of the biggest leaders behind the success of Title IX was a Hawaii Congresswoman
named Patsy Takemoto Mink. She spearheaded this campaign because she experienced the
same type of educational discrimination, and was unable to attend medical school, as all her
applications were denied on the basis that she was a woman. Her persistence and success in
getting Title IX to pass, paved the way for the women after her to attend school without
educational discrimination and "the most significant outcome of the law is likely the vast
increase in the numbers of women in professional, medical, and graduate
programs."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13)Another major goal of the Women's Movement was to
obtain reproductive rights over their bodies. Prior to the Women's Movement of the 1960s and
1970s, women did not have free reign of their bodies. Women that fell pregnant and did not
want to be, had no options for safe termination, which led them to find unsafe ways to carry
out abortions. There were 33 states that prohibited abortions completely and another 13 that
only allowed abortions to take place under certain medical circumstances. Prior to 1972,
unmarried men and women were not granted access to birth control which led to many
accidental pregnancies. The culmination of these issuesled women to fight for the rights to their
own bodies and for their right to choose. In 1970 a woman, given the name Jane Roe by the
court, filled a lawsuit against Henry Wade who was the District Attorney of Dallas County in
Texas. She filled this lawsuit on the basis that state laws were unconstitutional and denied her
personal privacy that should be protected by the First, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth, and Fourteenth
Amendments. Her case was argued twice over the course of two years and ultimately the courts
came to a verdict in January of 1973. "The debate surrounding abortion entered American life
as never before when the Supreme Court’s ruling in Roe v. Wade legalized abortion in the first
trimester of pregnancy."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13) Roe won her case and with it came the
subsequent victory for all American women of the time, the right to choose.
Jaymi DavisDecember 2, 2022Milestone ThreeOne of the goals of the Women's Movement
was to obtain equality in the workplace through less work discrimination and equal pay for
women employees. Women faced workplace discrimination, simply for the fact that they had
been viewed as inferior to men. "Working women are becoming increasing-not less-
concentrated on the bottom of the job ladder. As a consequence full-time women workers today
earn on the average only 60% of what men earn."(National Organization for Women,
1966)Women were consistently paid less wages than their male co-workers, and African
American women of the time were paid even less. It is apparent that the struggle for women's
equality was not taken as seriously and their claims were often dismissed by the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission, and it took years of womenspeaking up for themselves
and pushing for justice before results began to yield. "There is no civil rights movement to
speak for women, as there has been for Negroes and other victims of discrimination. The
National Organization for Women must therefore begin to speak." (National Organization for
Women, 1966)NOW played a big part in speaking up for women as it was led by women, to
obtain the basic human rights that they deserved. The NOW organization's first President, a
woman named Betty Friedan was responsible for pointing out the major differences in pay
between men and women. "She and other women of the postwar period helped to create what
soon became known as Second Wave Feminism." (Trowbridge, 2017, p. 11.7)Prior to Title IX
being amended in 1964, women also faced discrimination within the education system. The
discrimination they faced within the education system included women not receiving equal
funding for education, as well as women being discriminated against within sports programs.
This called for action and led to "The Higher Education Act of 1972 amended Title IX of the
1964 Civil Rights Act. Often simply called Title IX, the new law banned gender discrimination
in any educational program or activity that received federal funding."(Trowbridge, 2017, p.
12.13) One of the biggest leaders behind the success of Title IX was a Hawaii Congresswoman
named Patsy Takemoto Mink. She spearheaded this campaign because she experienced the
same type of educational discrimination, and was unable to attend medical school, as all her
applications were denied on the basis that she was a woman. Her persistence and success in
getting Title IX to pass, paved the way for the women after her to attend school without
educational discrimination and "the most significant outcome of the law is likely the vast
increase in the numbers of women in professional, medical, and graduate
programs."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13)Another major goal of the Women's Movement was to
obtain reproductive rights over their bodies. Prior to the Women's Movement of the 1960s and
1970s, women did not have free reign of their bodies. Women that fell pregnant and did not
want to be, had no options for safe termination, which led them to find unsafe ways to carry
out abortions. There were 33 states that prohibited abortions completely and another 13 that
only allowed abortions to take place under certain medical circumstances. Prior to 1972,
unmarried men and women were not granted access to birth control which led to many
accidental pregnancies. The culmination of these issuesled women to fight for the rights to their
own bodies and for their right to choose. In 1970 a woman, given the name Jane Roe by the
court, filled a lawsuit against Henry Wade who was the District Attorney of Dallas County in
Texas. She filled this lawsuit on the basis that state laws were unconstitutional and denied her
personal privacy that should be protected by the First, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth, and Fourteenth
Amendments. Her case was argued twice over the course of two years and ultimately the courts
came to a verdict in January of 1973. "The debate surrounding abortion entered American life
as never before when the Supreme Court’s ruling in Roe v. Wade legalized abortion in the first
trimester of pregnancy."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13) Roe won her case and with it came the
subsequent victory for all American women of the time, the right to choose.
Jaymi DavisDecember 2, 2022Milestone ThreeOne of the goals of the Women's Movement
was to obtain equality in the workplace through less work discrimination and equal pay for
women employees. Women faced workplace discrimination, simply for the fact that they had
been viewed as inferior to men. "Working women are becoming increasing-not less-
concentrated on the bottom of the job ladder. As a consequence full-time women workers today
earn on the average only 60% of what men earn."(National Organization for Women,
1966)Women were consistently paid less wages than their male co-workers, and African
American women of the time were paid even less. It is apparent that the struggle for women's
equality was not taken as seriously and their claims were often dismissed by the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission, and it took years of womenspeaking up for themselves
and pushing for justice before results began to yield. "There is no civil rights movement to
speak for women, as there has been for Negroes and other victims of discrimination. The
National Organization for Women must therefore begin to speak." (National Organization for
Women, 1966)NOW played a big part in speaking up for women as it was led by women, to
obtain the basic human rights that they deserved. The NOW organization's first President, a
woman named Betty Friedan was responsible for pointing out the major differences in pay
between men and women. "She and other women of the postwar period helped to create what
soon became known as Second Wave Feminism." (Trowbridge, 2017, p. 11.7)Prior to Title IX
being amended in 1964, women also faced discrimination within the education system. The
discrimination they faced within the education system included women not receiving equal
funding for education, as well as women being discriminated against within sports programs.
This called for action and led to "The Higher Education Act of 1972 amended Title IX of the
1964 Civil Rights Act. Often simply called Title IX, the new law banned gender discrimination
in any educational program or activity that received federal funding."(Trowbridge, 2017, p.
12.13) One of the biggest leaders behind the success of Title IX was a Hawaii Congresswoman
named Patsy Takemoto Mink. She spearheaded this campaign because she experienced the
same type of educational discrimination, and was unable to attend medical school, as all her
applications were denied on the basis that she was a woman. Her persistence and success in
getting Title IX to pass, paved the way for the women after her to attend school without
educational discrimination and "the most significant outcome of the law is likely the vast
increase in the numbers of women in professional, medical, and graduate
programs."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13)Another major goal of the Women's Movement was to
obtain reproductive rights over their bodies. Prior to the Women's Movement of the 1960s and
1970s, women did not have free reign of their bodies. Women that fell pregnant and did not
want to be, had no options for safe termination, which led them to find unsafe ways to carry
out abortions. There were 33 states that prohibited abortions completely and another 13 that
only allowed abortions to take place under certain medical circumstances. Prior to 1972,
unmarried men and women were not granted access to birth control which led to many
accidental pregnancies. The culmination of these issuesled women to fight for the rights to their
own bodies and for their right to choose. In 1970 a woman, given the name Jane Roe by the
court, filled a lawsuit against Henry Wade who was the District Attorney of Dallas County in
Texas. She filled this lawsuit on the basis that state laws were unconstitutional and denied her
personal privacy that should be protected by the First, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth, and Fourteenth
Amendments. Her case was argued twice over the course of two years and ultimately the courts
came to a verdict in January of 1973. "The debate surrounding abortion entered American life
as never before when the Supreme Court’s ruling in Roe v. Wade legalized abortion in the first
trimester of pregnancy."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13) Roe won her case and with it came the
subsequent victory for all American women of the time, the right to choose.
Jaymi DavisDecember 2, 2022Milestone ThreeOne of the goals of the Women's Movement
was to obtain equality in the workplace through less work discrimination and equal pay for
women employees. Women faced workplace discrimination, simply for the fact that they had
been viewed as inferior to men. "Working women are becoming increasing-not less-
concentrated on the bottom of the job ladder. As a consequence full-time women workers today
earn on the average only 60% of what men earn."(National Organization for Women,
1966)Women were consistently paid less wages than their male co-workers, and African
American women of the time were paid even less. It is apparent that the struggle for women's
equality was not taken as seriously and their claims were often dismissed by the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission, and it took years of womenspeaking up for themselves
and pushing for justice before results began to yield. "There is no civil rights movement to
speak for women, as there has been for Negroes and other victims of discrimination. The
National Organization for Women must therefore begin to speak." (National Organization for
Women, 1966)NOW played a big part in speaking up for women as it was led by women, to
obtain the basic human rights that they deserved. The NOW organization's first President, a
woman named Betty Friedan was responsible for pointing out the major differences in pay
between men and women. "She and other women of the postwar period helped to create what
soon became known as Second Wave Feminism." (Trowbridge, 2017, p. 11.7)Prior to Title IX
being amended in 1964, women also faced discrimination within the education system. The
discrimination they faced within the education system included women not receiving equal
funding for education, as well as women being discriminated against within sports programs.
This called for action and led to "The Higher Education Act of 1972 amended Title IX of the
1964 Civil Rights Act. Often simply called Title IX, the new law banned gender discrimination
in any educational program or activity that received federal funding."(Trowbridge, 2017, p.
12.13) One of the biggest leaders behind the success of Title IX was a Hawaii Congresswoman
named Patsy Takemoto Mink. She spearheaded this campaign because she experienced the
same type of educational discrimination, and was unable to attend medical school, as all her
applications were denied on the basis that she was a woman. Her persistence and success in
getting Title IX to pass, paved the way for the women after her to attend school without
educational discrimination and "the most significant outcome of the law is likely the vast
increase in the numbers of women in professional, medical, and graduate
programs."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13)Another major goal of the Women's Movement was to
obtain reproductive rights over their bodies. Prior to the Women's Movement of the 1960s and
1970s, women did not have free reign of their bodies. Women that fell pregnant and did not
want to be, had no options for safe termination, which led them to find unsafe ways to carry
out abortions. There were 33 states that prohibited abortions completely and another 13 that
only allowed abortions to take place under certain medical circumstances. Prior to 1972,
unmarried men and women were not granted access to birth control which led to many
accidental pregnancies. The culmination of these issuesled women to fight for the rights to their
own bodies and for their right to choose. In 1970 a woman, given the name Jane Roe by the
court, filled a lawsuit against Henry Wade who was the District Attorney of Dallas County in
Texas. She filled this lawsuit on the basis that state laws were unconstitutional and denied her
personal privacy that should be protected by the First, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth, and Fourteenth
Amendments. Her case was argued twice over the course of two years and ultimately the courts
came to a verdict in January of 1973. "The debate surrounding abortion entered American life
as never before when the Supreme Court’s ruling in Roe v. Wade legalized abortion in the first
trimester of pregnancy."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13) Roe won her case and with it came the
subsequent victory for all American women of the time, the right to choose.
Jaymi DavisDecember 2, 2022Milestone ThreeOne of the goals of the Women's Movement
was to obtain equality in the workplace through less work discrimination and equal pay for
women employees. Women faced workplace discrimination, simply for the fact that they had
been viewed as inferior to men. "Working women are becoming increasing-not less-
concentrated on the bottom of the job ladder. As a consequence full-time women workers today
earn on the average only 60% of what men earn."(National Organization for Women,
1966)Women were consistently paid less wages than their male co-workers, and African
American women of the time were paid even less. It is apparent that the struggle for women's
equality was not taken as seriously and their claims were often dismissed by the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission, and it took years of womenspeaking up for themselves
and pushing for justice before results began to yield. "There is no civil rights movement to
speak for women, as there has been for Negroes and other victims of discrimination. The
National Organization for Women must therefore begin to speak." (National Organization for
Women, 1966)NOW played a big part in speaking up for women as it was led by women, to
obtain the basic human rights that they deserved. The NOW organization's first President, a
woman named Betty Friedan was responsible for pointing out the major differences in pay
between men and women. "She and other women of the postwar period helped to create what
soon became known as Second Wave Feminism." (Trowbridge, 2017, p. 11.7)Prior to Title IX
being amended in 1964, women also faced discrimination within the education system. The
discrimination they faced within the education system included women not receiving equal
funding for education, as well as women being discriminated against within sports programs.
This called for action and led to "The Higher Education Act of 1972 amended Title IX of the
1964 Civil Rights Act. Often simply called Title IX, the new law banned gender discrimination
in any educational program or activity that received federal funding."(Trowbridge, 2017, p.
12.13) One of the biggest leaders behind the success of Title IX was a Hawaii Congresswoman
named Patsy Takemoto Mink. She spearheaded this campaign because she experienced the
same type of educational discrimination, and was unable to attend medical school, as all her
applications were denied on the basis that she was a woman. Her persistence and success in
getting Title IX to pass, paved the way for the women after her to attend school without
educational discrimination and "the most significant outcome of the law is likely the vast
increase in the numbers of women in professional, medical, and graduate
programs."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13)Another major goal of the Women's Movement was to
obtain reproductive rights over their bodies. Prior to the Women's Movement of the 1960s and
1970s, women did not have free reign of their bodies. Women that fell pregnant and did not
want to be, had no options for safe termination, which led them to find unsafe ways to carry
out abortions. There were 33 states that prohibited abortions completely and another 13 that
only allowed abortions to take place under certain medical circumstances. Prior to 1972,
unmarried men and women were not granted access to birth control which led to many
accidental pregnancies. The culmination of these issuesled women to fight for the rights to their
own bodies and for their right to choose. In 1970 a woman, given the name Jane Roe by the
court, filled a lawsuit against Henry Wade who was the District Attorney of Dallas County in
Texas. She filled this lawsuit on the basis that state laws were unconstitutional and denied her
personal privacy that should be protected by the First, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth, and Fourteenth
Amendments. Her case was argued twice over the course of two years and ultimately the courts
came to a verdict in January of 1973. "The debate surrounding abortion entered American life
as never before when the Supreme Court’s ruling in Roe v. Wade legalized abortion in the first
trimester of pregnancy."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13) Roe won her case and with it came the
subsequent victory for all American women of the time, the right to choose.
Jaymi DavisDecember 2, 2022Milestone ThreeOne of the goals of the Women's Movement
was to obtain equality in the workplace through less work discrimination and equal pay for
women employees. Women faced workplace discrimination, simply for the fact that they had
been viewed as inferior to men. "Working women are becoming increasing-not less-
concentrated on the bottom of the job ladder. As a consequence full-time women workers today
earn on the average only 60% of what men earn."(National Organization for Women,
1966)Women were consistently paid less wages than their male co-workers, and African
American women of the time were paid even less. It is apparent that the struggle for women's
equality was not taken as seriously and their claims were often dismissed by the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission, and it took years of womenspeaking up for themselves
and pushing for justice before results began to yield. "There is no civil rights movement to
speak for women, as there has been for Negroes and other victims of discrimination. The
National Organization for Women must therefore begin to speak." (National Organization for
Women, 1966)NOW played a big part in speaking up for women as it was led by women, to
obtain the basic human rights that they deserved. The NOW organization's first President, a
woman named Betty Friedan was responsible for pointing out the major differences in pay
between men and women. "She and other women of the postwar period helped to create what
soon became known as Second Wave Feminism." (Trowbridge, 2017, p. 11.7)Prior to Title IX
being amended in 1964, women also faced discrimination within the education system. The
discrimination they faced within the education system included women not receiving equal
funding for education, as well as women being discriminated against within sports programs.
This called for action and led to "The Higher Education Act of 1972 amended Title IX of the
1964 Civil Rights Act. Often simply called Title IX, the new law banned gender discrimination
in any educational program or activity that received federal funding."(Trowbridge, 2017, p.
12.13) One of the biggest leaders behind the success of Title IX was a Hawaii Congresswoman
named Patsy Takemoto Mink. She spearheaded this campaign because she experienced the
same type of educational discrimination, and was unable to attend medical school, as all her
applications were denied on the basis that she was a woman. Her persistence and success in
getting Title IX to pass, paved the way for the women after her to attend school without
educational discrimination and "the most significant outcome of the law is likely the vast
increase in the numbers of women in professional, medical, and graduate
programs."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13)Another major goal of the Women's Movement was to
obtain reproductive rights over their bodies. Prior to the Women's Movement of the 1960s and
1970s, women did not have free reign of their bodies. Women that fell pregnant and did not
want to be, had no options for safe termination, which led them to find unsafe ways to carry
out abortions. There were 33 states that prohibited abortions completely and another 13 that
only allowed abortions to take place under certain medical circumstances. Prior to 1972,
unmarried men and women were not granted access to birth control which led to many
accidental pregnancies. The culmination of these issuesled women to fight for the rights to their
own bodies and for their right to choose. In 1970 a woman, given the name Jane Roe by the
court, filled a lawsuit against Henry Wade who was the District Attorney of Dallas County in
Texas. She filled this lawsuit on the basis that state laws were unconstitutional and denied her
personal privacy that should be protected by the First, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth, and Fourteenth
Amendments. Her case was argued twice over the course of two years and ultimately the courts
came to a verdict in January of 1973. "The debate surrounding abortion entered American life
as never before when the Supreme Court’s ruling in Roe v. Wade legalized abortion in the first
trimester of pregnancy."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13) Roe won her case and with it came the
subsequent victory for all American women of the time, the right to choose.
Jaymi DavisDecember 2, 2022Milestone ThreeOne of the goals of the Women's Movement
was to obtain equality in the workplace through less work discrimination and equal pay for
women employees. Women faced workplace discrimination, simply for the fact that they had
been viewed as inferior to men. "Working women are becoming increasing-not less-
concentrated on the bottom of the job ladder. As a consequence full-time women workers today
earn on the average only 60% of what men earn."(National Organization for Women,
1966)Women were consistently paid less wages than their male co-workers, and African
American women of the time were paid even less. It is apparent that the struggle for women's
equality was not taken as seriously and their claims were often dismissed by the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission, and it took years of womenspeaking up for themselves
and pushing for justice before results began to yield. "There is no civil rights movement to
speak for women, as there has been for Negroes and other victims of discrimination. The
National Organization for Women must therefore begin to speak." (National Organization for
Women, 1966)NOW played a big part in speaking up for women as it was led by women, to
obtain the basic human rights that they deserved. The NOW organization's first President, a
woman named Betty Friedan was responsible for pointing out the major differences in pay
between men and women. "She and other women of the postwar period helped to create what
soon became known as Second Wave Feminism." (Trowbridge, 2017, p. 11.7)Prior to Title IX
being amended in 1964, women also faced discrimination within the education system. The
discrimination they faced within the education system included women not receiving equal
funding for education, as well as women being discriminated against within sports programs.
This called for action and led to "The Higher Education Act of 1972 amended Title IX of the
1964 Civil Rights Act. Often simply called Title IX, the new law banned gender discrimination
in any educational program or activity that received federal funding."(Trowbridge, 2017, p.
12.13) One of the biggest leaders behind the success of Title IX was a Hawaii Congresswoman
named Patsy Takemoto Mink. She spearheaded this campaign because she experienced the
same type of educational discrimination, and was unable to attend medical school, as all her
applications were denied on the basis that she was a woman. Her persistence and success in
getting Title IX to pass, paved the way for the women after her to attend school without
educational discrimination and "the most significant outcome of the law is likely the vast
increase in the numbers of women in professional, medical, and graduate
programs."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13)Another major goal of the Women's Movement was to
obtain reproductive rights over their bodies. Prior to the Women's Movement of the 1960s and
1970s, women did not have free reign of their bodies. Women that fell pregnant and did not
want to be, had no options for safe termination, which led them to find unsafe ways to carry
out abortions. There were 33 states that prohibited abortions completely and another 13 that
only allowed abortions to take place under certain medical circumstances. Prior to 1972,
unmarried men and women were not granted access to birth control which led to many
accidental pregnancies. The culmination of these issuesled women to fight for the rights to their
own bodies and for their right to choose. In 1970 a woman, given the name Jane Roe by the
court, filled a lawsuit against Henry Wade who was the District Attorney of Dallas County in
Texas. She filled this lawsuit on the basis that state laws were unconstitutional and denied her
personal privacy that should be protected by the First, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth, and Fourteenth
Amendments. Her case was argued twice over the course of two years and ultimately the courts
came to a verdict in January of 1973. "The debate surrounding abortion entered American life
as never before when the Supreme Court’s ruling in Roe v. Wade legalized abortion in the first
trimester of pregnancy."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13) Roe won her case and with it came the
subsequent victory for all American women of the time, the right to choose.
Jaymi DavisDecember 2, 2022Milestone ThreeOne of the goals of the Women's Movement
was to obtain equality in the workplace through less work discrimination and equal pay for
women employees. Women faced workplace discrimination, simply for the fact that they had
been viewed as inferior to men. "Working women are becoming increasing-not less-
concentrated on the bottom of the job ladder. As a consequence full-time women workers today
earn on the average only 60% of what men earn."(National Organization for Women,
1966)Women were consistently paid less wages than their male co-workers, and African
American women of the time were paid even less. It is apparent that the struggle for women's
equality was not taken as seriously and their claims were often dismissed by the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission, and it took years of womenspeaking up for themselves
and pushing for justice before results began to yield. "There is no civil rights movement to
speak for women, as there has been for Negroes and other victims of discrimination. The
National Organization for Women must therefore begin to speak." (National Organization for
Women, 1966)NOW played a big part in speaking up for women as it was led by women, to
obtain the basic human rights that they deserved. The NOW organization's first President, a
woman named Betty Friedan was responsible for pointing out the major differences in pay
between men and women. "She and other women of the postwar period helped to create what
soon became known as Second Wave Feminism." (Trowbridge, 2017, p. 11.7)Prior to Title IX
being amended in 1964, women also faced discrimination within the education system. The
discrimination they faced within the education system included women not receiving equal
funding for education, as well as women being discriminated against within sports programs.
This called for action and led to "The Higher Education Act of 1972 amended Title IX of the
1964 Civil Rights Act. Often simply called Title IX, the new law banned gender discrimination
in any educational program or activity that received federal funding."(Trowbridge, 2017, p.
12.13) One of the biggest leaders behind the success of Title IX was a Hawaii Congresswoman
named Patsy Takemoto Mink. She spearheaded this campaign because she experienced the
same type of educational discrimination, and was unable to attend medical school, as all her
applications were denied on the basis that she was a woman. Her persistence and success in
getting Title IX to pass, paved the way for the women after her to attend school without
educational discrimination and "the most significant outcome of the law is likely the vast
increase in the numbers of women in professional, medical, and graduate
programs."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13)Another major goal of the Women's Movement was to
obtain reproductive rights over their bodies. Prior to the Women's Movement of the 1960s and
1970s, women did not have free reign of their bodies. Women that fell pregnant and did not
want to be, had no options for safe termination, which led them to find unsafe ways to carry
out abortions. There were 33 states that prohibited abortions completely and another 13 that
only allowed abortions to take place under certain medical circumstances. Prior to 1972,
unmarried men and women were not granted access to birth control which led to many
accidental pregnancies. The culmination of these issuesled women to fight for the rights to their
own bodies and for their right to choose. In 1970 a woman, given the name Jane Roe by the
court, filled a lawsuit against Henry Wade who was the District Attorney of Dallas County in
Texas. She filled this lawsuit on the basis that state laws were unconstitutional and denied her
personal privacy that should be protected by the First, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth, and Fourteenth
Amendments. Her case was argued twice over the course of two years and ultimately the courts
came to a verdict in January of 1973. "The debate surrounding abortion entered American life
as never before when the Supreme Court’s ruling in Roe v. Wade legalized abortion in the first
trimester of pregnancy."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13) Roe won her case and with it came the
subsequent victory for all American women of the time, the right to choose.
Jaymi DavisDecember 2, 2022Milestone ThreeOne of the goals of the Women's Movement
was to obtain equality in the workplace through less work discrimination and equal pay for
women employees. Women faced workplace discrimination, simply for the fact that they had
been viewed as inferior to men. "Working women are becoming increasing-not less-
concentrated on the bottom of the job ladder. As a consequence full-time women workers today
earn on the average only 60% of what men earn."(National Organization for Women,
1966)Women were consistently paid less wages than their male co-workers, and African
American women of the time were paid even less. It is apparent that the struggle for women's
equality was not taken as seriously and their claims were often dismissed by the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission, and it took years of womenspeaking up for themselves
and pushing for justice before results began to yield. "There is no civil rights movement to
speak for women, as there has been for Negroes and other victims of discrimination. The
National Organization for Women must therefore begin to speak." (National Organization for
Women, 1966)NOW played a big part in speaking up for women as it was led by women, to
obtain the basic human rights that they deserved. The NOW organization's first President, a
woman named Betty Friedan was responsible for pointing out the major differences in pay
between men and women. "She and other women of the postwar period helped to create what
soon became known as Second Wave Feminism." (Trowbridge, 2017, p. 11.7)Prior to Title IX
being amended in 1964, women also faced discrimination within the education system. The
discrimination they faced within the education system included women not receiving equal
funding for education, as well as women being discriminated against within sports programs.
This called for action and led to "The Higher Education Act of 1972 amended Title IX of the
1964 Civil Rights Act. Often simply called Title IX, the new law banned gender discrimination
in any educational program or activity that received federal funding."(Trowbridge, 2017, p.
12.13) One of the biggest leaders behind the success of Title IX was a Hawaii Congresswoman
named Patsy Takemoto Mink. She spearheaded this campaign because she experienced the
same type of educational discrimination, and was unable to attend medical school, as all her
applications were denied on the basis that she was a woman. Her persistence and success in
getting Title IX to pass, paved the way for the women after her to attend school without
educational discrimination and "the most significant outcome of the law is likely the vast
increase in the numbers of women in professional, medical, and graduate
programs."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13)Another major goal of the Women's Movement was to
obtain reproductive rights over their bodies. Prior to the Women's Movement of the 1960s and
1970s, women did not have free reign of their bodies. Women that fell pregnant and did not
want to be, had no options for safe termination, which led them to find unsafe ways to carry
out abortions. There were 33 states that prohibited abortions completely and another 13 that
only allowed abortions to take place under certain medical circumstances. Prior to 1972,
unmarried men and women were not granted access to birth control which led to many
accidental pregnancies. The culmination of these issuesled women to fight for the rights to their
own bodies and for their right to choose. In 1970 a woman, given the name Jane Roe by the
court, filled a lawsuit against Henry Wade who was the District Attorney of Dallas County in
Texas. She filled this lawsuit on the basis that state laws were unconstitutional and denied her
personal privacy that should be protected by the First, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth, and Fourteenth
Amendments. Her case was argued twice over the course of two years and ultimately the courts
came to a verdict in January of 1973. "The debate surrounding abortion entered American life
as never before when the Supreme Court’s ruling in Roe v. Wade legalized abortion in the first
trimester of pregnancy."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13) Roe won her case and with it came the
subsequent victory for all American women of the time, the right to choose.
Jaymi DavisDecember 2, 2022Milestone ThreeOne of the goals of the Women's Movement
was to obtain equality in the workplace through less work discrimination and equal pay for
women employees. Women faced workplace discrimination, simply for the fact that they had
been viewed as inferior to men. "Working women are becoming increasing-not less-
concentrated on the bottom of the job ladder. As a consequence full-time women workers today
earn on the average only 60% of what men earn."(National Organization for Women,
1966)Women were consistently paid less wages than their male co-workers, and African
American women of the time were paid even less. It is apparent that the struggle for women's
equality was not taken as seriously and their claims were often dismissed by the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission, and it took years of womenspeaking up for themselves
and pushing for justice before results began to yield. "There is no civil rights movement to
speak for women, as there has been for Negroes and other victims of discrimination. The
National Organization for Women must therefore begin to speak." (National Organization for
Women, 1966)NOW played a big part in speaking up for women as it was led by women, to
obtain the basic human rights that they deserved. The NOW organization's first President, a
woman named Betty Friedan was responsible for pointing out the major differences in pay
between men and women. "She and other women of the postwar period helped to create what
soon became known as Second Wave Feminism." (Trowbridge, 2017, p. 11.7)Prior to Title IX
being amended in 1964, women also faced discrimination within the education system. The
discrimination they faced within the education system included women not receiving equal
funding for education, as well as women being discriminated against within sports programs.
This called for action and led to "The Higher Education Act of 1972 amended Title IX of the
1964 Civil Rights Act. Often simply called Title IX, the new law banned gender discrimination
in any educational program or activity that received federal funding."(Trowbridge, 2017, p.
12.13) One of the biggest leaders behind the success of Title IX was a Hawaii Congresswoman
named Patsy Takemoto Mink. She spearheaded this campaign because she experienced the
same type of educational discrimination, and was unable to attend medical school, as all her
applications were denied on the basis that she was a woman. Her persistence and success in
getting Title IX to pass, paved the way for the women after her to attend school without
educational discrimination and "the most significant outcome of the law is likely the vast
increase in the numbers of women in professional, medical, and graduate
programs."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13)Another major goal of the Women's Movement was to
obtain reproductive rights over their bodies. Prior to the Women's Movement of the 1960s and
1970s, women did not have free reign of their bodies. Women that fell pregnant and did not
want to be, had no options for safe termination, which led them to find unsafe ways to carry
out abortions. There were 33 states that prohibited abortions completely and another 13 that
only allowed abortions to take place under certain medical circumstances. Prior to 1972,
unmarried men and women were not granted access to birth control which led to many
accidental pregnancies. The culmination of these issuesled women to fight for the rights to their
own bodies and for their right to choose. In 1970 a woman, given the name Jane Roe by the
court, filled a lawsuit against Henry Wade who was the District Attorney of Dallas County in
Texas. She filled this lawsuit on the basis that state laws were unconstitutional and denied her
personal privacy that should be protected by the First, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth, and Fourteenth
Amendments. Her case was argued twice over the course of two years and ultimately the courts
came to a verdict in January of 1973. "The debate surrounding abortion entered American life
as never before when the Supreme Court’s ruling in Roe v. Wade legalized abortion in the first
trimester of pregnancy."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13) Roe won her case and with it came the
subsequent victory for all American women of the time, the right to choose.
Jaymi DavisDecember 2, 2022Milestone ThreeOne of the goals of the Women's Movement
was to obtain equality in the workplace through less work discrimination and equal pay for
women employees. Women faced workplace discrimination, simply for the fact that they had
been viewed as inferior to men. "Working women are becoming increasing-not less-
concentrated on the bottom of the job ladder. As a consequence full-time women workers today
earn on the average only 60% of what men earn."(National Organization for Women,
1966)Women were consistently paid less wages than their male co-workers, and African
American women of the time were paid even less. It is apparent that the struggle for women's
equality was not taken as seriously and their claims were often dismissed by the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission, and it took years of womenspeaking up for themselves
and pushing for justice before results began to yield. "There is no civil rights movement to
speak for women, as there has been for Negroes and other victims of discrimination. The
National Organization for Women must therefore begin to speak." (National Organization for
Women, 1966)NOW played a big part in speaking up for women as it was led by women, to
obtain the basic human rights that they deserved. The NOW organization's first President, a
woman named Betty Friedan was responsible for pointing out the major differences in pay
between men and women. "She and other women of the postwar period helped to create what
soon became known as Second Wave Feminism." (Trowbridge, 2017, p. 11.7)Prior to Title IX
being amended in 1964, women also faced discrimination within the education system. The
discrimination they faced within the education system included women not receiving equal
funding for education, as well as women being discriminated against within sports programs.
This called for action and led to "The Higher Education Act of 1972 amended Title IX of the
1964 Civil Rights Act. Often simply called Title IX, the new law banned gender discrimination
in any educational program or activity that received federal funding."(Trowbridge, 2017, p.
12.13) One of the biggest leaders behind the success of Title IX was a Hawaii Congresswoman
named Patsy Takemoto Mink. She spearheaded this campaign because she experienced the
same type of educational discrimination, and was unable to attend medical school, as all her
applications were denied on the basis that she was a woman. Her persistence and success in
getting Title IX to pass, paved the way for the women after her to attend school without
educational discrimination and "the most significant outcome of the law is likely the vast
increase in the numbers of women in professional, medical, and graduate
programs."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13)Another major goal of the Women's Movement was to
obtain reproductive rights over their bodies. Prior to the Women's Movement of the 1960s and
1970s, women did not have free reign of their bodies. Women that fell pregnant and did not
want to be, had no options for safe termination, which led them to find unsafe ways to carry
out abortions. There were 33 states that prohibited abortions completely and another 13 that
only allowed abortions to take place under certain medical circumstances. Prior to 1972,
unmarried men and women were not granted access to birth control which led to many
accidental pregnancies. The culmination of these issuesled women to fight for the rights to their
own bodies and for their right to choose. In 1970 a woman, given the name Jane Roe by the
court, filled a lawsuit against Henry Wade who was the District Attorney of Dallas County in
Texas. She filled this lawsuit on the basis that state laws were unconstitutional and denied her
personal privacy that should be protected by the First, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth, and Fourteenth
Amendments. Her case was argued twice over the course of two years and ultimately the courts
came to a verdict in January of 1973. "The debate surrounding abortion entered American life
as never before when the Supreme Court’s ruling in Roe v. Wade legalized abortion in the first
trimester of pregnancy."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13) Roe won her case and with it came the
subsequent victory for all American women of the time, the right to choose.
Jaymi DavisDecember 2, 2022Milestone ThreeOne of the goals of the Women's Movement
was to obtain equality in the workplace through less work discrimination and equal pay for
women employees. Women faced workplace discrimination, simply for the fact that they had
been viewed as inferior to men. "Working women are becoming increasing-not less-
concentrated on the bottom of the job ladder. As a consequence full-time women workers today
earn on the average only 60% of what men earn."(National Organization for Women,
1966)Women were consistently paid less wages than their male co-workers, and African
American women of the time were paid even less. It is apparent that the struggle for women's
equality was not taken as seriously and their claims were often dismissed by the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission, and it took years of womenspeaking up for themselves
and pushing for justice before results began to yield. "There is no civil rights movement to
speak for women, as there has been for Negroes and other victims of discrimination. The
National Organization for Women must therefore begin to speak." (National Organization for
Women, 1966)NOW played a big part in speaking up for women as it was led by women, to
obtain the basic human rights that they deserved. The NOW organization's first President, a
woman named Betty Friedan was responsible for pointing out the major differences in pay
between men and women. "She and other women of the postwar period helped to create what
soon became known as Second Wave Feminism." (Trowbridge, 2017, p. 11.7)Prior to Title IX
being amended in 1964, women also faced discrimination within the education system. The
discrimination they faced within the education system included women not receiving equal
funding for education, as well as women being discriminated against within sports programs.
This called for action and led to "The Higher Education Act of 1972 amended Title IX of the
1964 Civil Rights Act. Often simply called Title IX, the new law banned gender discrimination
in any educational program or activity that received federal funding."(Trowbridge, 2017, p.
12.13) One of the biggest leaders behind the success of Title IX was a Hawaii Congresswoman
named Patsy Takemoto Mink. She spearheaded this campaign because she experienced the
same type of educational discrimination, and was unable to attend medical school, as all her
applications were denied on the basis that she was a woman. Her persistence and success in
getting Title IX to pass, paved the way for the women after her to attend school without
educational discrimination and "the most significant outcome of the law is likely the vast
increase in the numbers of women in professional, medical, and graduate
programs."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13)Another major goal of the Women's Movement was to
obtain reproductive rights over their bodies. Prior to the Women's Movement of the 1960s and
1970s, women did not have free reign of their bodies. Women that fell pregnant and did not
want to be, had no options for safe termination, which led them to find unsafe ways to carry
out abortions. There were 33 states that prohibited abortions completely and another 13 that
only allowed abortions to take place under certain medical circumstances. Prior to 1972,
unmarried men and women were not granted access to birth control which led to many
accidental pregnancies. The culmination of these issuesled women to fight for the rights to their
own bodies and for their right to choose. In 1970 a woman, given the name Jane Roe by the
court, filled a lawsuit against Henry Wade who was the District Attorney of Dallas County in
Texas. She filled this lawsuit on the basis that state laws were unconstitutional and denied her
personal privacy that should be protected by the First, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth, and Fourteenth
Amendments. Her case was argued twice over the course of two years and ultimately the courts
came to a verdict in January of 1973. "The debate surrounding abortion entered American life
as never before when the Supreme Court’s ruling in Roe v. Wade legalized abortion in the first
trimester of pregnancy."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13) Roe won her case and with it came the
subsequent victory for all American women of the time, the right to choose.
Jaymi DavisDecember 2, 2022Milestone ThreeOne of the goals of the Women's Movement
was to obtain equality in the workplace through less work discrimination and equal pay for
women employees. Women faced workplace discrimination, simply for the fact that they had
been viewed as inferior to men. "Working women are becoming increasing-not less-
concentrated on the bottom of the job ladder. As a consequence full-time women workers today
earn on the average only 60% of what men earn."(National Organization for Women,
1966)Women were consistently paid less wages than their male co-workers, and African
American women of the time were paid even less. It is apparent that the struggle for women's
equality was not taken as seriously and their claims were often dismissed by the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission, and it took years of womenspeaking up for themselves
and pushing for justice before results began to yield. "There is no civil rights movement to
speak for women, as there has been for Negroes and other victims of discrimination. The
National Organization for Women must therefore begin to speak." (National Organization for
Women, 1966)NOW played a big part in speaking up for women as it was led by women, to
obtain the basic human rights that they deserved. The NOW organization's first President, a
woman named Betty Friedan was responsible for pointing out the major differences in pay
between men and women. "She and other women of the postwar period helped to create what
soon became known as Second Wave Feminism." (Trowbridge, 2017, p. 11.7)Prior to Title IX
being amended in 1964, women also faced discrimination within the education system. The
discrimination they faced within the education system included women not receiving equal
funding for education, as well as women being discriminated against within sports programs.
This called for action and led to "The Higher Education Act of 1972 amended Title IX of the
1964 Civil Rights Act. Often simply called Title IX, the new law banned gender discrimination
in any educational program or activity that received federal funding."(Trowbridge, 2017, p.
12.13) One of the biggest leaders behind the success of Title IX was a Hawaii Congresswoman
named Patsy Takemoto Mink. She spearheaded this campaign because she experienced the
same type of educational discrimination, and was unable to attend medical school, as all her
applications were denied on the basis that she was a woman. Her persistence and success in
getting Title IX to pass, paved the way for the women after her to attend school without
educational discrimination and "the most significant outcome of the law is likely the vast
increase in the numbers of women in professional, medical, and graduate
programs."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13)Another major goal of the Women's Movement was to
obtain reproductive rights over their bodies. Prior to the Women's Movement of the 1960s and
1970s, women did not have free reign of their bodies. Women that fell pregnant and did not
want to be, had no options for safe termination, which led them to find unsafe ways to carry
out abortions. There were 33 states that prohibited abortions completely and another 13 that
only allowed abortions to take place under certain medical circumstances. Prior to 1972,
unmarried men and women were not granted access to birth control which led to many
accidental pregnancies. The culmination of these issuesled women to fight for the rights to their
own bodies and for their right to choose. In 1970 a woman, given the name Jane Roe by the
court, filled a lawsuit against Henry Wade who was the District Attorney of Dallas County in
Texas. She filled this lawsuit on the basis that state laws were unconstitutional and denied her
personal privacy that should be protected by the First, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth, and Fourteenth
Amendments. Her case was argued twice over the course of two years and ultimately the courts
came to a verdict in January of 1973. "The debate surrounding abortion entered American life
as never before when the Supreme Court’s ruling in Roe v. Wade legalized abortion in the first
trimester of pregnancy."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13) Roe won her case and with it came the
subsequent victory for all American women of the time, the right to choose.
Jaymi DavisDecember 2, 2022Milestone ThreeOne of the goals of the Women's Movement
was to obtain equality in the workplace through less work discrimination and equal pay for
women employees. Women faced workplace discrimination, simply for the fact that they had
been viewed as inferior to men. "Working women are becoming increasing-not less-
concentrated on the bottom of the job ladder. As a consequence full-time women workers today
earn on the average only 60% of what men earn."(National Organization for Women,
1966)Women were consistently paid less wages than their male co-workers, and African
American women of the time were paid even less. It is apparent that the struggle for women's
equality was not taken as seriously and their claims were often dismissed by the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission, and it took years of womenspeaking up for themselves
and pushing for justice before results began to yield. "There is no civil rights movement to
speak for women, as there has been for Negroes and other victims of discrimination. The
National Organization for Women must therefore begin to speak." (National Organization for
Women, 1966)NOW played a big part in speaking up for women as it was led by women, to
obtain the basic human rights that they deserved. The NOW organization's first President, a
woman named Betty Friedan was responsible for pointing out the major differences in pay
between men and women. "She and other women of the postwar period helped to create what
soon became known as Second Wave Feminism." (Trowbridge, 2017, p. 11.7)Prior to Title IX
being amended in 1964, women also faced discrimination within the education system. The
discrimination they faced within the education system included women not receiving equal
funding for education, as well as women being discriminated against within sports programs.
This called for action and led to "The Higher Education Act of 1972 amended Title IX of the
1964 Civil Rights Act. Often simply called Title IX, the new law banned gender discrimination
in any educational program or activity that received federal funding."(Trowbridge, 2017, p.
12.13) One of the biggest leaders behind the success of Title IX was a Hawaii Congresswoman
named Patsy Takemoto Mink. She spearheaded this campaign because she experienced the
same type of educational discrimination, and was unable to attend medical school, as all her
applications were denied on the basis that she was a woman. Her persistence and success in
getting Title IX to pass, paved the way for the women after her to attend school without
educational discrimination and "the most significant outcome of the law is likely the vast
increase in the numbers of women in professional, medical, and graduate
programs."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13)Another major goal of the Women's Movement was to
obtain reproductive rights over their bodies. Prior to the Women's Movement of the 1960s and
1970s, women did not have free reign of their bodies. Women that fell pregnant and did not
want to be, had no options for safe termination, which led them to find unsafe ways to carry
out abortions. There were 33 states that prohibited abortions completely and another 13 that
only allowed abortions to take place under certain medical circumstances. Prior to 1972,
unmarried men and women were not granted access to birth control which led to many
accidental pregnancies. The culmination of these issuesled women to fight for the rights to their
own bodies and for their right to choose. In 1970 a woman, given the name Jane Roe by the
court, filled a lawsuit against Henry Wade who was the District Attorney of Dallas County in
Texas. She filled this lawsuit on the basis that state laws were unconstitutional and denied her
personal privacy that should be protected by the First, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth, and Fourteenth
Amendments. Her case was argued twice over the course of two years and ultimately the courts
came to a verdict in January of 1973. "The debate surrounding abortion entered American life
as never before when the Supreme Court’s ruling in Roe v. Wade legalized abortion in the first
trimester of pregnancy."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13) Roe won her case and with it came the
subsequent victory for all American women of the time, the right to choose.
Jaymi DavisDecember 2, 2022Milestone ThreeOne of the goals of the Women's Movement
was to obtain equality in the workplace through less work discrimination and equal pay for
women employees. Women faced workplace discrimination, simply for the fact that they had
been viewed as inferior to men. "Working women are becoming increasing-not less-
concentrated on the bottom of the job ladder. As a consequence full-time women workers today
earn on the average only 60% of what men earn."(National Organization for Women,
1966)Women were consistently paid less wages than their male co-workers, and African
American women of the time were paid even less. It is apparent that the struggle for women's
equality was not taken as seriously and their claims were often dismissed by the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission, and it took years of womenspeaking up for themselves
and pushing for justice before results began to yield. "There is no civil rights movement to
speak for women, as there has been for Negroes and other victims of discrimination. The
National Organization for Women must therefore begin to speak." (National Organization for
Women, 1966)NOW played a big part in speaking up for women as it was led by women, to
obtain the basic human rights that they deserved. The NOW organization's first President, a
woman named Betty Friedan was responsible for pointing out the major differences in pay
between men and women. "She and other women of the postwar period helped to create what
soon became known as Second Wave Feminism." (Trowbridge, 2017, p. 11.7)Prior to Title IX
being amended in 1964, women also faced discrimination within the education system. The
discrimination they faced within the education system included women not receiving equal
funding for education, as well as women being discriminated against within sports programs.
This called for action and led to "The Higher Education Act of 1972 amended Title IX of the
1964 Civil Rights Act. Often simply called Title IX, the new law banned gender discrimination
in any educational program or activity that received federal funding."(Trowbridge, 2017, p.
12.13) One of the biggest leaders behind the success of Title IX was a Hawaii Congresswoman
named Patsy Takemoto Mink. She spearheaded this campaign because she experienced the
same type of educational discrimination, and was unable to attend medical school, as all her
applications were denied on the basis that she was a woman. Her persistence and success in
getting Title IX to pass, paved the way for the women after her to attend school without
educational discrimination and "the most significant outcome of the law is likely the vast
increase in the numbers of women in professional, medical, and graduate
programs."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13)Another major goal of the Women's Movement was to
obtain reproductive rights over their bodies. Prior to the Women's Movement of the 1960s and
1970s, women did not have free reign of their bodies. Women that fell pregnant and did not
want to be, had no options for safe termination, which led them to find unsafe ways to carry
out abortions. There were 33 states that prohibited abortions completely and another 13 that
only allowed abortions to take place under certain medical circumstances. Prior to 1972,
unmarried men and women were not granted access to birth control which led to many
accidental pregnancies. The culmination of these issuesled women to fight for the rights to their
own bodies and for their right to choose. In 1970 a woman, given the name Jane Roe by the
court, filled a lawsuit against Henry Wade who was the District Attorney of Dallas County in
Texas. She filled this lawsuit on the basis that state laws were unconstitutional and denied her
personal privacy that should be protected by the First, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth, and Fourteenth
Amendments. Her case was argued twice over the course of two years and ultimately the courts
came to a verdict in January of 1973. "The debate surrounding abortion entered American life
as never before when the Supreme Court’s ruling in Roe v. Wade legalized abortion in the first
trimester of pregnancy."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13) Roe won her case and with it came the
subsequent victory for all American women of the time, the right to choose.
Jaymi DavisDecember 2, 2022Milestone ThreeOne of the goals of the Women's Movement
was to obtain equality in the workplace through less work discrimination and equal pay for
women employees. Women faced workplace discrimination, simply for the fact that they had
been viewed as inferior to men. "Working women are becoming increasing-not less-
concentrated on the bottom of the job ladder. As a consequence full-time women workers today
earn on the average only 60% of what men earn."(National Organization for Women,
1966)Women were consistently paid less wages than their male co-workers, and African
American women of the time were paid even less. It is apparent that the struggle for women's
equality was not taken as seriously and their claims were often dismissed by the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission, and it took years of womenspeaking up for themselves
and pushing for justice before results began to yield. "There is no civil rights movement to
speak for women, as there has been for Negroes and other victims of discrimination. The
National Organization for Women must therefore begin to speak." (National Organization for
Women, 1966)NOW played a big part in speaking up for women as it was led by women, to
obtain the basic human rights that they deserved. The NOW organization's first President, a
woman named Betty Friedan was responsible for pointing out the major differences in pay
between men and women. "She and other women of the postwar period helped to create what
soon became known as Second Wave Feminism." (Trowbridge, 2017, p. 11.7)Prior to Title IX
being amended in 1964, women also faced discrimination within the education system. The
discrimination they faced within the education system included women not receiving equal
funding for education, as well as women being discriminated against within sports programs.
This called for action and led to "The Higher Education Act of 1972 amended Title IX of the
1964 Civil Rights Act. Often simply called Title IX, the new law banned gender discrimination
in any educational program or activity that received federal funding."(Trowbridge, 2017, p.
12.13) One of the biggest leaders behind the success of Title IX was a Hawaii Congresswoman
named Patsy Takemoto Mink. She spearheaded this campaign because she experienced the
same type of educational discrimination, and was unable to attend medical school, as all her
applications were denied on the basis that she was a woman. Her persistence and success in
getting Title IX to pass, paved the way for the women after her to attend school without
educational discrimination and "the most significant outcome of the law is likely the vast
increase in the numbers of women in professional, medical, and graduate
programs."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13)Another major goal of the Women's Movement was to
obtain reproductive rights over their bodies. Prior to the Women's Movement of the 1960s and
1970s, women did not have free reign of their bodies. Women that fell pregnant and did not
want to be, had no options for safe termination, which led them to find unsafe ways to carry
out abortions. There were 33 states that prohibited abortions completely and another 13 that
only allowed abortions to take place under certain medical circumstances. Prior to 1972,
unmarried men and women were not granted access to birth control which led to many
accidental pregnancies. The culmination of these issuesled women to fight for the rights to their
own bodies and for their right to choose. In 1970 a woman, given the name Jane Roe by the
court, filled a lawsuit against Henry Wade who was the District Attorney of Dallas County in
Texas. She filled this lawsuit on the basis that state laws were unconstitutional and denied her
personal privacy that should be protected by the First, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth, and Fourteenth
Amendments. Her case was argued twice over the course of two years and ultimately the courts
came to a verdict in January of 1973. "The debate surrounding abortion entered American life
as never before when the Supreme Court’s ruling in Roe v. Wade legalized abortion in the first
trimester of pregnancy."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13) Roe won her case and with it came the
subsequent victory for all American women of the time, the right to choose.
Jaymi DavisDecember 2, 2022Milestone ThreeOne of the goals of the Women's Movement
was to obtain equality in the workplace through less work discrimination and equal pay for
women employees. Women faced workplace discrimination, simply for the fact that they had
been viewed as inferior to men. "Working women are becoming increasing-not less-
concentrated on the bottom of the job ladder. As a consequence full-time women workers today
earn on the average only 60% of what men earn."(National Organization for Women,
1966)Women were consistently paid less wages than their male co-workers, and African
American women of the time were paid even less. It is apparent that the struggle for women's
equality was not taken as seriously and their claims were often dismissed by the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission, and it took years of womenspeaking up for themselves
and pushing for justice before results began to yield. "There is no civil rights movement to
speak for women, as there has been for Negroes and other victims of discrimination. The
National Organization for Women must therefore begin to speak." (National Organization for
Women, 1966)NOW played a big part in speaking up for women as it was led by women, to
obtain the basic human rights that they deserved. The NOW organization's first President, a
woman named Betty Friedan was responsible for pointing out the major differences in pay
between men and women. "She and other women of the postwar period helped to create what
soon became known as Second Wave Feminism." (Trowbridge, 2017, p. 11.7)Prior to Title IX
being amended in 1964, women also faced discrimination within the education system. The
discrimination they faced within the education system included women not receiving equal
funding for education, as well as women being discriminated against within sports programs.
This called for action and led to "The Higher Education Act of 1972 amended Title IX of the
1964 Civil Rights Act. Often simply called Title IX, the new law banned gender discrimination
in any educational program or activity that received federal funding."(Trowbridge, 2017, p.
12.13) One of the biggest leaders behind the success of Title IX was a Hawaii Congresswoman
named Patsy Takemoto Mink. She spearheaded this campaign because she experienced the
same type of educational discrimination, and was unable to attend medical school, as all her
applications were denied on the basis that she was a woman. Her persistence and success in
getting Title IX to pass, paved the way for the women after her to attend school without
educational discrimination and "the most significant outcome of the law is likely the vast
increase in the numbers of women in professional, medical, and graduate
programs."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13)Another major goal of the Women's Movement was to
obtain reproductive rights over their bodies. Prior to the Women's Movement of the 1960s and
1970s, women did not have free reign of their bodies. Women that fell pregnant and did not
want to be, had no options for safe termination, which led them to find unsafe ways to carry
out abortions. There were 33 states that prohibited abortions completely and another 13 that
only allowed abortions to take place under certain medical circumstances. Prior to 1972,
unmarried men and women were not granted access to birth control which led to many
accidental pregnancies. The culmination of these issuesled women to fight for the rights to their
own bodies and for their right to choose. In 1970 a woman, given the name Jane Roe by the
court, filled a lawsuit against Henry Wade who was the District Attorney of Dallas County in
Texas. She filled this lawsuit on the basis that state laws were unconstitutional and denied her
personal privacy that should be protected by the First, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth, and Fourteenth
Amendments. Her case was argued twice over the course of two years and ultimately the courts
came to a verdict in January of 1973. "The debate surrounding abortion entered American life
as never before when the Supreme Court’s ruling in Roe v. Wade legalized abortion in the first
trimester of pregnancy."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13) Roe won her case and with it came the
subsequent victory for all American women of the time, the right to choose.
Jaymi DavisDecember 2, 2022Milestone ThreeOne of the goals of the Women's Movement
was to obtain equality in the workplace through less work discrimination and equal pay for
women employees. Women faced workplace discrimination, simply for the fact that they had
been viewed as inferior to men. "Working women are becoming increasing-not less-
concentrated on the bottom of the job ladder. As a consequence full-time women workers today
earn on the average only 60% of what men earn."(National Organization for Women,
1966)Women were consistently paid less wages than their male co-workers, and African
American women of the time were paid even less. It is apparent that the struggle for women's
equality was not taken as seriously and their claims were often dismissed by the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission, and it took years of womenspeaking up for themselves
and pushing for justice before results began to yield. "There is no civil rights movement to
speak for women, as there has been for Negroes and other victims of discrimination. The
National Organization for Women must therefore begin to speak." (National Organization for
Women, 1966)NOW played a big part in speaking up for women as it was led by women, to
obtain the basic human rights that they deserved. The NOW organization's first President, a
woman named Betty Friedan was responsible for pointing out the major differences in pay
between men and women. "She and other women of the postwar period helped to create what
soon became known as Second Wave Feminism." (Trowbridge, 2017, p. 11.7)Prior to Title IX
being amended in 1964, women also faced discrimination within the education system. The
discrimination they faced within the education system included women not receiving equal
funding for education, as well as women being discriminated against within sports programs.
This called for action and led to "The Higher Education Act of 1972 amended Title IX of the
1964 Civil Rights Act. Often simply called Title IX, the new law banned gender discrimination
in any educational program or activity that received federal funding."(Trowbridge, 2017, p.
12.13) One of the biggest leaders behind the success of Title IX was a Hawaii Congresswoman
named Patsy Takemoto Mink. She spearheaded this campaign because she experienced the
same type of educational discrimination, and was unable to attend medical school, as all her
applications were denied on the basis that she was a woman. Her persistence and success in
getting Title IX to pass, paved the way for the women after her to attend school without
educational discrimination and "the most significant outcome of the law is likely the vast
increase in the numbers of women in professional, medical, and graduate
programs."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13)Another major goal of the Women's Movement was to
obtain reproductive rights over their bodies. Prior to the Women's Movement of the 1960s and
1970s, women did not have free reign of their bodies. Women that fell pregnant and did not
want to be, had no options for safe termination, which led them to find unsafe ways to carry
out abortions. There were 33 states that prohibited abortions completely and another 13 that
only allowed abortions to take place under certain medical circumstances. Prior to 1972,
unmarried men and women were not granted access to birth control which led to many
accidental pregnancies. The culmination of these issuesled women to fight for the rights to their
own bodies and for their right to choose. In 1970 a woman, given the name Jane Roe by the
court, filled a lawsuit against Henry Wade who was the District Attorney of Dallas County in
Texas. She filled this lawsuit on the basis that state laws were unconstitutional and denied her
personal privacy that should be protected by the First, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth, and Fourteenth
Amendments. Her case was argued twice over the course of two years and ultimately the courts
came to a verdict in January of 1973. "The debate surrounding abortion entered American life
as never before when the Supreme Court’s ruling in Roe v. Wade legalized abortion in the first
trimester of pregnancy."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13) Roe won her case and with it came the
subsequent victory for all American women of the time, the right to choose.
Jaymi DavisDecember 2, 2022Milestone ThreeOne of the goals of the Women's Movement
was to obtain equality in the workplace through less work discrimination and equal pay for
women employees. Women faced workplace discrimination, simply for the fact that they had
been viewed as inferior to men. "Working women are becoming increasing-not less-
concentrated on the bottom of the job ladder. As a consequence full-time women workers today
earn on the average only 60% of what men earn."(National Organization for Women,
1966)Women were consistently paid less wages than their male co-workers, and African
American women of the time were paid even less. It is apparent that the struggle for women's
equality was not taken as seriously and their claims were often dismissed by the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission, and it took years of womenspeaking up for themselves
and pushing for justice before results began to yield. "There is no civil rights movement to
speak for women, as there has been for Negroes and other victims of discrimination. The
National Organization for Women must therefore begin to speak." (National Organization for
Women, 1966)NOW played a big part in speaking up for women as it was led by women, to
obtain the basic human rights that they deserved. The NOW organization's first President, a
woman named Betty Friedan was responsible for pointing out the major differences in pay
between men and women. "She and other women of the postwar period helped to create what
soon became known as Second Wave Feminism." (Trowbridge, 2017, p. 11.7)Prior to Title IX
being amended in 1964, women also faced discrimination within the education system. The
discrimination they faced within the education system included women not receiving equal
funding for education, as well as women being discriminated against within sports programs.
This called for action and led to "The Higher Education Act of 1972 amended Title IX of the
1964 Civil Rights Act. Often simply called Title IX, the new law banned gender discrimination
in any educational program or activity that received federal funding."(Trowbridge, 2017, p.
12.13) One of the biggest leaders behind the success of Title IX was a Hawaii Congresswoman
named Patsy Takemoto Mink. She spearheaded this campaign because she experienced the
same type of educational discrimination, and was unable to attend medical school, as all her
applications were denied on the basis that she was a woman. Her persistence and success in
getting Title IX to pass, paved the way for the women after her to attend school without
educational discrimination and "the most significant outcome of the law is likely the vast
increase in the numbers of women in professional, medical, and graduate
programs."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13)Another major goal of the Women's Movement was to
obtain reproductive rights over their bodies. Prior to the Women's Movement of the 1960s and
1970s, women did not have free reign of their bodies. Women that fell pregnant and did not
want to be, had no options for safe termination, which led them to find unsafe ways to carry
out abortions. There were 33 states that prohibited abortions completely and another 13 that
only allowed abortions to take place under certain medical circumstances. Prior to 1972,
unmarried men and women were not granted access to birth control which led to many
accidental pregnancies. The culmination of these issuesled women to fight for the rights to their
own bodies and for their right to choose. In 1970 a woman, given the name Jane Roe by the
court, filled a lawsuit against Henry Wade who was the District Attorney of Dallas County in
Texas. She filled this lawsuit on the basis that state laws were unconstitutional and denied her
personal privacy that should be protected by the First, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth, and Fourteenth
Amendments. Her case was argued twice over the course of two years and ultimately the courts
came to a verdict in January of 1973. "The debate surrounding abortion entered American life
as never before when the Supreme Court’s ruling in Roe v. Wade legalized abortion in the first
trimester of pregnancy."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13) Roe won her case and with it came the
subsequent victory for all American women of the time, the right to choose.
Jaymi DavisDecember 2, 2022Milestone ThreeOne of the goals of the Women's Movement
was to obtain equality in the workplace through less work discrimination and equal pay for
women employees. Women faced workplace discrimination, simply for the fact that they had
been viewed as inferior to men. "Working women are becoming increasing-not less-
concentrated on the bottom of the job ladder. As a consequence full-time women workers today
earn on the average only 60% of what men earn."(National Organization for Women,
1966)Women were consistently paid less wages than their male co-workers, and African
American women of the time were paid even less. It is apparent that the struggle for women's
equality was not taken as seriously and their claims were often dismissed by the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission, and it took years of womenspeaking up for themselves
and pushing for justice before results began to yield. "There is no civil rights movement to
speak for women, as there has been for Negroes and other victims of discrimination. The
National Organization for Women must therefore begin to speak." (National Organization for
Women, 1966)NOW played a big part in speaking up for women as it was led by women, to
obtain the basic human rights that they deserved. The NOW organization's first President, a
woman named Betty Friedan was responsible for pointing out the major differences in pay
between men and women. "She and other women of the postwar period helped to create what
soon became known as Second Wave Feminism." (Trowbridge, 2017, p. 11.7)Prior to Title IX
being amended in 1964, women also faced discrimination within the education system. The
discrimination they faced within the education system included women not receiving equal
funding for education, as well as women being discriminated against within sports programs.
This called for action and led to "The Higher Education Act of 1972 amended Title IX of the
1964 Civil Rights Act. Often simply called Title IX, the new law banned gender discrimination
in any educational program or activity that received federal funding."(Trowbridge, 2017, p.
12.13) One of the biggest leaders behind the success of Title IX was a Hawaii Congresswoman
named Patsy Takemoto Mink. She spearheaded this campaign because she experienced the
same type of educational discrimination, and was unable to attend medical school, as all her
applications were denied on the basis that she was a woman. Her persistence and success in
getting Title IX to pass, paved the way for the women after her to attend school without
educational discrimination and "the most significant outcome of the law is likely the vast
increase in the numbers of women in professional, medical, and graduate
programs."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13)Another major goal of the Women's Movement was to
obtain reproductive rights over their bodies. Prior to the Women's Movement of the 1960s and
1970s, women did not have free reign of their bodies. Women that fell pregnant and did not
want to be, had no options for safe termination, which led them to find unsafe ways to carry
out abortions. There were 33 states that prohibited abortions completely and another 13 that
only allowed abortions to take place under certain medical circumstances. Prior to 1972,
unmarried men and women were not granted access to birth control which led to many
accidental pregnancies. The culmination of these issuesled women to fight for the rights to their
own bodies and for their right to choose. In 1970 a woman, given the name Jane Roe by the
court, filled a lawsuit against Henry Wade who was the District Attorney of Dallas County in
Texas. She filled this lawsuit on the basis that state laws were unconstitutional and denied her
personal privacy that should be protected by the First, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth, and Fourteenth
Amendments. Her case was argued twice over the course of two years and ultimately the courts
came to a verdict in January of 1973. "The debate surrounding abortion entered American life
as never before when the Supreme Court’s ruling in Roe v. Wade legalized abortion in the first
trimester of pregnancy."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13) Roe won her case and with it came the
subsequent victory for all American women of the time, the right to choose.
Jaymi DavisDecember 2, 2022Milestone ThreeOne of the goals of the Women's Movement
was to obtain equality in the workplace through less work discrimination and equal pay for
women employees. Women faced workplace discrimination, simply for the fact that they had
been viewed as inferior to men. "Working women are becoming increasing-not less-
concentrated on the bottom of the job ladder. As a consequence full-time women workers today
earn on the average only 60% of what men earn."(National Organization for Women,
1966)Women were consistently paid less wages than their male co-workers, and African
American women of the time were paid even less. It is apparent that the struggle for women's
equality was not taken as seriously and their claims were often dismissed by the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission, and it took years of womenspeaking up for themselves
and pushing for justice before results began to yield. "There is no civil rights movement to
speak for women, as there has been for Negroes and other victims of discrimination. The
National Organization for Women must therefore begin to speak." (National Organization for
Women, 1966)NOW played a big part in speaking up for women as it was led by women, to
obtain the basic human rights that they deserved. The NOW organization's first President, a
woman named Betty Friedan was responsible for pointing out the major differences in pay
between men and women. "She and other women of the postwar period helped to create what
soon became known as Second Wave Feminism." (Trowbridge, 2017, p. 11.7)Prior to Title IX
being amended in 1964, women also faced discrimination within the education system. The
discrimination they faced within the education system included women not receiving equal
funding for education, as well as women being discriminated against within sports programs.
This called for action and led to "The Higher Education Act of 1972 amended Title IX of the
1964 Civil Rights Act. Often simply called Title IX, the new law banned gender discrimination
in any educational program or activity that received federal funding."(Trowbridge, 2017, p.
12.13) One of the biggest leaders behind the success of Title IX was a Hawaii Congresswoman
named Patsy Takemoto Mink. She spearheaded this campaign because she experienced the
same type of educational discrimination, and was unable to attend medical school, as all her
applications were denied on the basis that she was a woman. Her persistence and success in
getting Title IX to pass, paved the way for the women after her to attend school without
educational discrimination and "the most significant outcome of the law is likely the vast
increase in the numbers of women in professional, medical, and graduate
programs."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13)Another major goal of the Women's Movement was to
obtain reproductive rights over their bodies. Prior to the Women's Movement of the 1960s and
1970s, women did not have free reign of their bodies. Women that fell pregnant and did not
want to be, had no options for safe termination, which led them to find unsafe ways to carry
out abortions. There were 33 states that prohibited abortions completely and another 13 that
only allowed abortions to take place under certain medical circumstances. Prior to 1972,
unmarried men and women were not granted access to birth control which led to many
accidental pregnancies. The culmination of these issuesled women to fight for the rights to their
own bodies and for their right to choose. In 1970 a woman, given the name Jane Roe by the
court, filled a lawsuit against Henry Wade who was the District Attorney of Dallas County in
Texas. She filled this lawsuit on the basis that state laws were unconstitutional and denied her
personal privacy that should be protected by the First, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth, and Fourteenth
Amendments. Her case was argued twice over the course of two years and ultimately the courts
came to a verdict in January of 1973. "The debate surrounding abortion entered American life
as never before when the Supreme Court’s ruling in Roe v. Wade legalized abortion in the first
trimester of pregnancy."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13) Roe won her case and with it came the
subsequent victory for all American women of the time, the right to choose.
Jaymi DavisDecember 2, 2022Milestone ThreeOne of the goals of the Women's Movement
was to obtain equality in the workplace through less work discrimination and equal pay for
women employees. Women faced workplace discrimination, simply for the fact that they had
been viewed as inferior to men. "Working women are becoming increasing-not less-
concentrated on the bottom of the job ladder. As a consequence full-time women workers today
earn on the average only 60% of what men earn."(National Organization for Women,
1966)Women were consistently paid less wages than their male co-workers, and African
American women of the time were paid even less. It is apparent that the struggle for women's
equality was not taken as seriously and their claims were often dismissed by the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission, and it took years of womenspeaking up for themselves
and pushing for justice before results began to yield. "There is no civil rights movement to
speak for women, as there has been for Negroes and other victims of discrimination. The
National Organization for Women must therefore begin to speak." (National Organization for
Women, 1966)NOW played a big part in speaking up for women as it was led by women, to
obtain the basic human rights that they deserved. The NOW organization's first President, a
woman named Betty Friedan was responsible for pointing out the major differences in pay
between men and women. "She and other women of the postwar period helped to create what
soon became known as Second Wave Feminism." (Trowbridge, 2017, p. 11.7)Prior to Title IX
being amended in 1964, women also faced discrimination within the education system. The
discrimination they faced within the education system included women not receiving equal
funding for education, as well as women being discriminated against within sports programs.
This called for action and led to "The Higher Education Act of 1972 amended Title IX of the
1964 Civil Rights Act. Often simply called Title IX, the new law banned gender discrimination
in any educational program or activity that received federal funding."(Trowbridge, 2017, p.
12.13) One of the biggest leaders behind the success of Title IX was a Hawaii Congresswoman
named Patsy Takemoto Mink. She spearheaded this campaign because she experienced the
same type of educational discrimination, and was unable to attend medical school, as all her
applications were denied on the basis that she was a woman. Her persistence and success in
getting Title IX to pass, paved the way for the women after her to attend school without
educational discrimination and "the most significant outcome of the law is likely the vast
increase in the numbers of women in professional, medical, and graduate
programs."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13)Another major goal of the Women's Movement was to
obtain reproductive rights over their bodies. Prior to the Women's Movement of the 1960s and
1970s, women did not have free reign of their bodies. Women that fell pregnant and did not
want to be, had no options for safe termination, which led them to find unsafe ways to carry
out abortions. There were 33 states that prohibited abortions completely and another 13 that
only allowed abortions to take place under certain medical circumstances. Prior to 1972,
unmarried men and women were not granted access to birth control which led to many
accidental pregnancies. The culmination of these issuesled women to fight for the rights to their
own bodies and for their right to choose. In 1970 a woman, given the name Jane Roe by the
court, filled a lawsuit against Henry Wade who was the District Attorney of Dallas County in
Texas. She filled this lawsuit on the basis that state laws were unconstitutional and denied her
personal privacy that should be protected by the First, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth, and Fourteenth
Amendments. Her case was argued twice over the course of two years and ultimately the courts
came to a verdict in January of 1973. "The debate surrounding abortion entered American life
as never before when the Supreme Court’s ruling in Roe v. Wade legalized abortion in the first
trimester of pregnancy."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13) Roe won her case and with it came the
subsequent victory for all American women of the time, the right to choose.
Jaymi DavisDecember 2, 2022Milestone ThreeOne of the goals of the Women's Movement
was to obtain equality in the workplace through less work discrimination and equal pay for
women employees. Women faced workplace discrimination, simply for the fact that they had
been viewed as inferior to men. "Working women are becoming increasing-not less-
concentrated on the bottom of the job ladder. As a consequence full-time women workers today
earn on the average only 60% of what men earn."(National Organization for Women,
1966)Women were consistently paid less wages than their male co-workers, and African
American women of the time were paid even less. It is apparent that the struggle for women's
equality was not taken as seriously and their claims were often dismissed by the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission, and it took years of womenspeaking up for themselves
and pushing for justice before results began to yield. "There is no civil rights movement to
speak for women, as there has been for Negroes and other victims of discrimination. The
National Organization for Women must therefore begin to speak." (National Organization for
Women, 1966)NOW played a big part in speaking up for women as it was led by women, to
obtain the basic human rights that they deserved. The NOW organization's first President, a
woman named Betty Friedan was responsible for pointing out the major differences in pay
between men and women. "She and other women of the postwar period helped to create what
soon became known as Second Wave Feminism." (Trowbridge, 2017, p. 11.7)Prior to Title IX
being amended in 1964, women also faced discrimination within the education system. The
discrimination they faced within the education system included women not receiving equal
funding for education, as well as women being discriminated against within sports programs.
This called for action and led to "The Higher Education Act of 1972 amended Title IX of the
1964 Civil Rights Act. Often simply called Title IX, the new law banned gender discrimination
in any educational program or activity that received federal funding."(Trowbridge, 2017, p.
12.13) One of the biggest leaders behind the success of Title IX was a Hawaii Congresswoman
named Patsy Takemoto Mink. She spearheaded this campaign because she experienced the
same type of educational discrimination, and was unable to attend medical school, as all her
applications were denied on the basis that she was a woman. Her persistence and success in
getting Title IX to pass, paved the way for the women after her to attend school without
educational discrimination and "the most significant outcome of the law is likely the vast
increase in the numbers of women in professional, medical, and graduate
programs."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13)Another major goal of the Women's Movement was to
obtain reproductive rights over their bodies. Prior to the Women's Movement of the 1960s and
1970s, women did not have free reign of their bodies. Women that fell pregnant and did not
want to be, had no options for safe termination, which led them to find unsafe ways to carry
out abortions. There were 33 states that prohibited abortions completely and another 13 that
only allowed abortions to take place under certain medical circumstances. Prior to 1972,
unmarried men and women were not granted access to birth control which led to many
accidental pregnancies. The culmination of these issuesled women to fight for the rights to their
own bodies and for their right to choose. In 1970 a woman, given the name Jane Roe by the
court, filled a lawsuit against Henry Wade who was the District Attorney of Dallas County in
Texas. She filled this lawsuit on the basis that state laws were unconstitutional and denied her
personal privacy that should be protected by the First, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth, and Fourteenth
Amendments. Her case was argued twice over the course of two years and ultimately the courts
came to a verdict in January of 1973. "The debate surrounding abortion entered American life
as never before when the Supreme Court’s ruling in Roe v. Wade legalized abortion in the first
trimester of pregnancy."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13) Roe won her case and with it came the
subsequent victory for all American women of the time, the right to choose.
Jaymi DavisDecember 2, 2022Milestone ThreeOne of the goals of the Women's Movement
was to obtain equality in the workplace through less work discrimination and equal pay for
women employees. Women faced workplace discrimination, simply for the fact that they had
been viewed as inferior to men. "Working women are becoming increasing-not less-
concentrated on the bottom of the job ladder. As a consequence full-time women workers today
earn on the average only 60% of what men earn."(National Organization for Women,
1966)Women were consistently paid less wages than their male co-workers, and African
American women of the time were paid even less. It is apparent that the struggle for women's
equality was not taken as seriously and their claims were often dismissed by the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission, and it took years of womenspeaking up for themselves
and pushing for justice before results began to yield. "There is no civil rights movement to
speak for women, as there has been for Negroes and other victims of discrimination. The
National Organization for Women must therefore begin to speak." (National Organization for
Women, 1966)NOW played a big part in speaking up for women as it was led by women, to
obtain the basic human rights that they deserved. The NOW organization's first President, a
woman named Betty Friedan was responsible for pointing out the major differences in pay
between men and women. "She and other women of the postwar period helped to create what
soon became known as Second Wave Feminism." (Trowbridge, 2017, p. 11.7)Prior to Title IX
being amended in 1964, women also faced discrimination within the education system. The
discrimination they faced within the education system included women not receiving equal
funding for education, as well as women being discriminated against within sports programs.
This called for action and led to "The Higher Education Act of 1972 amended Title IX of the
1964 Civil Rights Act. Often simply called Title IX, the new law banned gender discrimination
in any educational program or activity that received federal funding."(Trowbridge, 2017, p.
12.13) One of the biggest leaders behind the success of Title IX was a Hawaii Congresswoman
named Patsy Takemoto Mink. She spearheaded this campaign because she experienced the
same type of educational discrimination, and was unable to attend medical school, as all her
applications were denied on the basis that she was a woman. Her persistence and success in
getting Title IX to pass, paved the way for the women after her to attend school without
educational discrimination and "the most significant outcome of the law is likely the vast
increase in the numbers of women in professional, medical, and graduate
programs."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13)Another major goal of the Women's Movement was to
obtain reproductive rights over their bodies. Prior to the Women's Movement of the 1960s and
1970s, women did not have free reign of their bodies. Women that fell pregnant and did not
want to be, had no options for safe termination, which led them to find unsafe ways to carry
out abortions. There were 33 states that prohibited abortions completely and another 13 that
only allowed abortions to take place under certain medical circumstances. Prior to 1972,
unmarried men and women were not granted access to birth control which led to many
accidental pregnancies. The culmination of these issuesled women to fight for the rights to their
own bodies and for their right to choose. In 1970 a woman, given the name Jane Roe by the
court, filled a lawsuit against Henry Wade who was the District Attorney of Dallas County in
Texas. She filled this lawsuit on the basis that state laws were unconstitutional and denied her
personal privacy that should be protected by the First, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth, and Fourteenth
Amendments. Her case was argued twice over the course of two years and ultimately the courts
came to a verdict in January of 1973. "The debate surrounding abortion entered American life
as never before when the Supreme Court’s ruling in Roe v. Wade legalized abortion in the first
trimester of pregnancy."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13) Roe won her case and with it came the
subsequent victory for all American women of the time, the right to choose.
Jaymi DavisDecember 2, 2022Milestone ThreeOne of the goals of the Women's Movement
was to obtain equality in the workplace through less work discrimination and equal pay for
women employees. Women faced workplace discrimination, simply for the fact that they had
been viewed as inferior to men. "Working women are becoming increasing-not less-
concentrated on the bottom of the job ladder. As a consequence full-time women workers today
earn on the average only 60% of what men earn."(National Organization for Women,
1966)Women were consistently paid less wages than their male co-workers, and African
American women of the time were paid even less. It is apparent that the struggle for women's
equality was not taken as seriously and their claims were often dismissed by the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission, and it took years of womenspeaking up for themselves
and pushing for justice before results began to yield. "There is no civil rights movement to
speak for women, as there has been for Negroes and other victims of discrimination. The
National Organization for Women must therefore begin to speak." (National Organization for
Women, 1966)NOW played a big part in speaking up for women as it was led by women, to
obtain the basic human rights that they deserved. The NOW organization's first President, a
woman named Betty Friedan was responsible for pointing out the major differences in pay
between men and women. "She and other women of the postwar period helped to create what
soon became known as Second Wave Feminism." (Trowbridge, 2017, p. 11.7)Prior to Title IX
being amended in 1964, women also faced discrimination within the education system. The
discrimination they faced within the education system included women not receiving equal
funding for education, as well as women being discriminated against within sports programs.
This called for action and led to "The Higher Education Act of 1972 amended Title IX of the
1964 Civil Rights Act. Often simply called Title IX, the new law banned gender discrimination
in any educational program or activity that received federal funding."(Trowbridge, 2017, p.
12.13) One of the biggest leaders behind the success of Title IX was a Hawaii Congresswoman
named Patsy Takemoto Mink. She spearheaded this campaign because she experienced the
same type of educational discrimination, and was unable to attend medical school, as all her
applications were denied on the basis that she was a woman. Her persistence and success in
getting Title IX to pass, paved the way for the women after her to attend school without
educational discrimination and "the most significant outcome of the law is likely the vast
increase in the numbers of women in professional, medical, and graduate
programs."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13)Another major goal of the Women's Movement was to
obtain reproductive rights over their bodies. Prior to the Women's Movement of the 1960s and
1970s, women did not have free reign of their bodies. Women that fell pregnant and did not
want to be, had no options for safe termination, which led them to find unsafe ways to carry
out abortions. There were 33 states that prohibited abortions completely and another 13 that
only allowed abortions to take place under certain medical circumstances. Prior to 1972,
unmarried men and women were not granted access to birth control which led to many
accidental pregnancies. The culmination of these issuesled women to fight for the rights to their
own bodies and for their right to choose. In 1970 a woman, given the name Jane Roe by the
court, filled a lawsuit against Henry Wade who was the District Attorney of Dallas County in
Texas. She filled this lawsuit on the basis that state laws were unconstitutional and denied her
personal privacy that should be protected by the First, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth, and Fourteenth
Amendments. Her case was argued twice over the course of two years and ultimately the courts
came to a verdict in January of 1973. "The debate surrounding abortion entered American life
as never before when the Supreme Court’s ruling in Roe v. Wade legalized abortion in the first
trimester of pregnancy."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13) Roe won her case and with it came the
subsequent victory for all American women of the time, the right to choose.
Jaymi DavisDecember 2, 2022Milestone ThreeOne of the goals of the Women's Movement
was to obtain equality in the workplace through less work discrimination and equal pay for
women employees. Women faced workplace discrimination, simply for the fact that they had
been viewed as inferior to men. "Working women are becoming increasing-not less-
concentrated on the bottom of the job ladder. As a consequence full-time women workers today
earn on the average only 60% of what men earn."(National Organization for Women,
1966)Women were consistently paid less wages than their male co-workers, and African
American women of the time were paid even less. It is apparent that the struggle for women's
equality was not taken as seriously and their claims were often dismissed by the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission, and it took years of womenspeaking up for themselves
and pushing for justice before results began to yield. "There is no civil rights movement to
speak for women, as there has been for Negroes and other victims of discrimination. The
National Organization for Women must therefore begin to speak." (National Organization for
Women, 1966)NOW played a big part in speaking up for women as it was led by women, to
obtain the basic human rights that they deserved. The NOW organization's first President, a
woman named Betty Friedan was responsible for pointing out the major differences in pay
between men and women. "She and other women of the postwar period helped to create what
soon became known as Second Wave Feminism." (Trowbridge, 2017, p. 11.7)Prior to Title IX
being amended in 1964, women also faced discrimination within the education system. The
discrimination they faced within the education system included women not receiving equal
funding for education, as well as women being discriminated against within sports programs.
This called for action and led to "The Higher Education Act of 1972 amended Title IX of the
1964 Civil Rights Act. Often simply called Title IX, the new law banned gender discrimination
in any educational program or activity that received federal funding."(Trowbridge, 2017, p.
12.13) One of the biggest leaders behind the success of Title IX was a Hawaii Congresswoman
named Patsy Takemoto Mink. She spearheaded this campaign because she experienced the
same type of educational discrimination, and was unable to attend medical school, as all her
applications were denied on the basis that she was a woman. Her persistence and success in
getting Title IX to pass, paved the way for the women after her to attend school without
educational discrimination and "the most significant outcome of the law is likely the vast
increase in the numbers of women in professional, medical, and graduate
programs."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13)Another major goal of the Women's Movement was to
obtain reproductive rights over their bodies. Prior to the Women's Movement of the 1960s and
1970s, women did not have free reign of their bodies. Women that fell pregnant and did not
want to be, had no options for safe termination, which led them to find unsafe ways to carry
out abortions. There were 33 states that prohibited abortions completely and another 13 that
only allowed abortions to take place under certain medical circumstances. Prior to 1972,
unmarried men and women were not granted access to birth control which led to many
accidental pregnancies. The culmination of these issuesled women to fight for the rights to their
own bodies and for their right to choose. In 1970 a woman, given the name Jane Roe by the
court, filled a lawsuit against Henry Wade who was the District Attorney of Dallas County in
Texas. She filled this lawsuit on the basis that state laws were unconstitutional and denied her
personal privacy that should be protected by the First, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth, and Fourteenth
Amendments. Her case was argued twice over the course of two years and ultimately the courts
came to a verdict in January of 1973. "The debate surrounding abortion entered American life
as never before when the Supreme Court’s ruling in Roe v. Wade legalized abortion in the first
trimester of pregnancy."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13) Roe won her case and with it came the
subsequent victory for all American women of the time, the right to choose.
Jaymi DavisDecember 2, 2022Milestone ThreeOne of the goals of the Women's Movement
was to obtain equality in the workplace through less work discrimination and equal pay for
women employees. Women faced workplace discrimination, simply for the fact that they had
been viewed as inferior to men. "Working women are becoming increasing-not less-
concentrated on the bottom of the job ladder. As a consequence full-time women workers today
earn on the average only 60% of what men earn."(National Organization for Women,
1966)Women were consistently paid less wages than their male co-workers, and African
American women of the time were paid even less. It is apparent that the struggle for women's
equality was not taken as seriously and their claims were often dismissed by the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission, and it took years of womenspeaking up for themselves
and pushing for justice before results began to yield. "There is no civil rights movement to
speak for women, as there has been for Negroes and other victims of discrimination. The
National Organization for Women must therefore begin to speak." (National Organization for
Women, 1966)NOW played a big part in speaking up for women as it was led by women, to
obtain the basic human rights that they deserved. The NOW organization's first President, a
woman named Betty Friedan was responsible for pointing out the major differences in pay
between men and women. "She and other women of the postwar period helped to create what
soon became known as Second Wave Feminism." (Trowbridge, 2017, p. 11.7)Prior to Title IX
being amended in 1964, women also faced discrimination within the education system. The
discrimination they faced within the education system included women not receiving equal
funding for education, as well as women being discriminated against within sports programs.
This called for action and led to "The Higher Education Act of 1972 amended Title IX of the
1964 Civil Rights Act. Often simply called Title IX, the new law banned gender discrimination
in any educational program or activity that received federal funding."(Trowbridge, 2017, p.
12.13) One of the biggest leaders behind the success of Title IX was a Hawaii Congresswoman
named Patsy Takemoto Mink. She spearheaded this campaign because she experienced the
same type of educational discrimination, and was unable to attend medical school, as all her
applications were denied on the basis that she was a woman. Her persistence and success in
getting Title IX to pass, paved the way for the women after her to attend school without
educational discrimination and "the most significant outcome of the law is likely the vast
increase in the numbers of women in professional, medical, and graduate
programs."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13)Another major goal of the Women's Movement was to
obtain reproductive rights over their bodies. Prior to the Women's Movement of the 1960s and
1970s, women did not have free reign of their bodies. Women that fell pregnant and did not
want to be, had no options for safe termination, which led them to find unsafe ways to carry
out abortions. There were 33 states that prohibited abortions completely and another 13 that
only allowed abortions to take place under certain medical circumstances. Prior to 1972,
unmarried men and women were not granted access to birth control which led to many
accidental pregnancies. The culmination of these issuesled women to fight for the rights to their
own bodies and for their right to choose. In 1970 a woman, given the name Jane Roe by the
court, filled a lawsuit against Henry Wade who was the District Attorney of Dallas County in
Texas. She filled this lawsuit on the basis that state laws were unconstitutional and denied her
personal privacy that should be protected by the First, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth, and Fourteenth
Amendments. Her case was argued twice over the course of two years and ultimately the courts
came to a verdict in January of 1973. "The debate surrounding abortion entered American life
as never before when the Supreme Court’s ruling in Roe v. Wade legalized abortion in the first
trimester of pregnancy."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13) Roe won her case and with it came the
subsequent victory for all American women of the time, the right to choose.
Jaymi DavisDecember 2, 2022Milestone ThreeOne of the goals of the Women's Movement
was to obtain equality in the workplace through less work discrimination and equal pay for
women employees. Women faced workplace discrimination, simply for the fact that they had
been viewed as inferior to men. "Working women are becoming increasing-not less-
concentrated on the bottom of the job ladder. As a consequence full-time women workers today
earn on the average only 60% of what men earn."(National Organization for Women,
1966)Women were consistently paid less wages than their male co-workers, and African
American women of the time were paid even less. It is apparent that the struggle for women's
equality was not taken as seriously and their claims were often dismissed by the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission, and it took years of womenspeaking up for themselves
and pushing for justice before results began to yield. "There is no civil rights movement to
speak for women, as there has been for Negroes and other victims of discrimination. The
National Organization for Women must therefore begin to speak." (National Organization for
Women, 1966)NOW played a big part in speaking up for women as it was led by women, to
obtain the basic human rights that they deserved. The NOW organization's first President, a
woman named Betty Friedan was responsible for pointing out the major differences in pay
between men and women. "She and other women of the postwar period helped to create what
soon became known as Second Wave Feminism." (Trowbridge, 2017, p. 11.7)Prior to Title IX
being amended in 1964, women also faced discrimination within the education system. The
discrimination they faced within the education system included women not receiving equal
funding for education, as well as women being discriminated against within sports programs.
This called for action and led to "The Higher Education Act of 1972 amended Title IX of the
1964 Civil Rights Act. Often simply called Title IX, the new law banned gender discrimination
in any educational program or activity that received federal funding."(Trowbridge, 2017, p.
12.13) One of the biggest leaders behind the success of Title IX was a Hawaii Congresswoman
named Patsy Takemoto Mink. She spearheaded this campaign because she experienced the
same type of educational discrimination, and was unable to attend medical school, as all her
applications were denied on the basis that she was a woman. Her persistence and success in
getting Title IX to pass, paved the way for the women after her to attend school without
educational discrimination and "the most significant outcome of the law is likely the vast
increase in the numbers of women in professional, medical, and graduate
programs."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13)Another major goal of the Women's Movement was to
obtain reproductive rights over their bodies. Prior to the Women's Movement of the 1960s and
1970s, women did not have free reign of their bodies. Women that fell pregnant and did not
want to be, had no options for safe termination, which led them to find unsafe ways to carry
out abortions. There were 33 states that prohibited abortions completely and another 13 that
only allowed abortions to take place under certain medical circumstances. Prior to 1972,
unmarried men and women were not granted access to birth control which led to many
accidental pregnancies. The culmination of these issuesled women to fight for the rights to their
own bodies and for their right to choose. In 1970 a woman, given the name Jane Roe by the
court, filled a lawsuit against Henry Wade who was the District Attorney of Dallas County in
Texas. She filled this lawsuit on the basis that state laws were unconstitutional and denied her
personal privacy that should be protected by the First, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth, and Fourteenth
Amendments. Her case was argued twice over the course of two years and ultimately the courts
came to a verdict in January of 1973. "The debate surrounding abortion entered American life
as never before when the Supreme Court’s ruling in Roe v. Wade legalized abortion in the first
trimester of pregnancy."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13) Roe won her case and with it came the
subsequent victory for all American women of the time, the right to choose.
Jaymi DavisDecember 2, 2022Milestone ThreeOne of the goals of the Women's Movement
was to obtain equality in the workplace through less work discrimination and equal pay for
women employees. Women faced workplace discrimination, simply for the fact that they had
been viewed as inferior to men. "Working women are becoming increasing-not less-
concentrated on the bottom of the job ladder. As a consequence full-time women workers today
earn on the average only 60% of what men earn."(National Organization for Women,
1966)Women were consistently paid less wages than their male co-workers, and African
American women of the time were paid even less. It is apparent that the struggle for women's
equality was not taken as seriously and their claims were often dismissed by the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission, and it took years of womenspeaking up for themselves
and pushing for justice before results began to yield. "There is no civil rights movement to
speak for women, as there has been for Negroes and other victims of discrimination. The
National Organization for Women must therefore begin to speak." (National Organization for
Women, 1966)NOW played a big part in speaking up for women as it was led by women, to
obtain the basic human rights that they deserved. The NOW organization's first President, a
woman named Betty Friedan was responsible for pointing out the major differences in pay
between men and women. "She and other women of the postwar period helped to create what
soon became known as Second Wave Feminism." (Trowbridge, 2017, p. 11.7)Prior to Title IX
being amended in 1964, women also faced discrimination within the education system. The
discrimination they faced within the education system included women not receiving equal
funding for education, as well as women being discriminated against within sports programs.
This called for action and led to "The Higher Education Act of 1972 amended Title IX of the
1964 Civil Rights Act. Often simply called Title IX, the new law banned gender discrimination
in any educational program or activity that received federal funding."(Trowbridge, 2017, p.
12.13) One of the biggest leaders behind the success of Title IX was a Hawaii Congresswoman
named Patsy Takemoto Mink. She spearheaded this campaign because she experienced the
same type of educational discrimination, and was unable to attend medical school, as all her
applications were denied on the basis that she was a woman. Her persistence and success in
getting Title IX to pass, paved the way for the women after her to attend school without
educational discrimination and "the most significant outcome of the law is likely the vast
increase in the numbers of women in professional, medical, and graduate
programs."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13)Another major goal of the Women's Movement was to
obtain reproductive rights over their bodies. Prior to the Women's Movement of the 1960s and
1970s, women did not have free reign of their bodies. Women that fell pregnant and did not
want to be, had no options for safe termination, which led them to find unsafe ways to carry
out abortions. There were 33 states that prohibited abortions completely and another 13 that
only allowed abortions to take place under certain medical circumstances. Prior to 1972,
unmarried men and women were not granted access to birth control which led to many
accidental pregnancies. The culmination of these issuesled women to fight for the rights to their
own bodies and for their right to choose. In 1970 a woman, given the name Jane Roe by the
court, filled a lawsuit against Henry Wade who was the District Attorney of Dallas County in
Texas. She filled this lawsuit on the basis that state laws were unconstitutional and denied her
personal privacy that should be protected by the First, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth, and Fourteenth
Amendments. Her case was argued twice over the course of two years and ultimately the courts
came to a verdict in January of 1973. "The debate surrounding abortion entered American life
as never before when the Supreme Court’s ruling in Roe v. Wade legalized abortion in the first
trimester of pregnancy."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13) Roe won her case and with it came the
subsequent victory for all American women of the time, the right to choose.
Jaymi DavisDecember 2, 2022Milestone ThreeOne of the goals of the Women's Movement
was to obtain equality in the workplace through less work discrimination and equal pay for
women employees. Women faced workplace discrimination, simply for the fact that they had
been viewed as inferior to men. "Working women are becoming increasing-not less-
concentrated on the bottom of the job ladder. As a consequence full-time women workers today
earn on the average only 60% of what men earn."(National Organization for Women,
1966)Women were consistently paid less wages than their male co-workers, and African
American women of the time were paid even less. It is apparent that the struggle for women's
equality was not taken as seriously and their claims were often dismissed by the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission, and it took years of womenspeaking up for themselves
and pushing for justice before results began to yield. "There is no civil rights movement to
speak for women, as there has been for Negroes and other victims of discrimination. The
National Organization for Women must therefore begin to speak." (National Organization for
Women, 1966)NOW played a big part in speaking up for women as it was led by women, to
obtain the basic human rights that they deserved. The NOW organization's first President, a
woman named Betty Friedan was responsible for pointing out the major differences in pay
between men and women. "She and other women of the postwar period helped to create what
soon became known as Second Wave Feminism." (Trowbridge, 2017, p. 11.7)Prior to Title IX
being amended in 1964, women also faced discrimination within the education system. The
discrimination they faced within the education system included women not receiving equal
funding for education, as well as women being discriminated against within sports programs.
This called for action and led to "The Higher Education Act of 1972 amended Title IX of the
1964 Civil Rights Act. Often simply called Title IX, the new law banned gender discrimination
in any educational program or activity that received federal funding."(Trowbridge, 2017, p.
12.13) One of the biggest leaders behind the success of Title IX was a Hawaii Congresswoman
named Patsy Takemoto Mink. She spearheaded this campaign because she experienced the
same type of educational discrimination, and was unable to attend medical school, as all her
applications were denied on the basis that she was a woman. Her persistence and success in
getting Title IX to pass, paved the way for the women after her to attend school without
educational discrimination and "the most significant outcome of the law is likely the vast
increase in the numbers of women in professional, medical, and graduate
programs."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13)Another major goal of the Women's Movement was to
obtain reproductive rights over their bodies. Prior to the Women's Movement of the 1960s and
1970s, women did not have free reign of their bodies. Women that fell pregnant and did not
want to be, had no options for safe termination, which led them to find unsafe ways to carry
out abortions. There were 33 states that prohibited abortions completely and another 13 that
only allowed abortions to take place under certain medical circumstances. Prior to 1972,
unmarried men and women were not granted access to birth control which led to many
accidental pregnancies. The culmination of these issuesled women to fight for the rights to their
own bodies and for their right to choose. In 1970 a woman, given the name Jane Roe by the
court, filled a lawsuit against Henry Wade who was the District Attorney of Dallas County in
Texas. She filled this lawsuit on the basis that state laws were unconstitutional and denied her
personal privacy that should be protected by the First, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth, and Fourteenth
Amendments. Her case was argued twice over the course of two years and ultimately the courts
came to a verdict in January of 1973. "The debate surrounding abortion entered American life
as never before when the Supreme Court’s ruling in Roe v. Wade legalized abortion in the first
trimester of pregnancy."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13) Roe won her case and with it came the
subsequent victory for all American women of the time, the right to choose.
Jaymi DavisDecember 2, 2022Milestone ThreeOne of the goals of the Women's Movement
was to obtain equality in the workplace through less work discrimination and equal pay for
women employees. Women faced workplace discrimination, simply for the fact that they had
been viewed as inferior to men. "Working women are becoming increasing-not less-
concentrated on the bottom of the job ladder. As a consequence full-time women workers today
earn on the average only 60% of what men earn."(National Organization for Women,
1966)Women were consistently paid less wages than their male co-workers, and African
American women of the time were paid even less. It is apparent that the struggle for women's
equality was not taken as seriously and their claims were often dismissed by the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission, and it took years of womenspeaking up for themselves
and pushing for justice before results began to yield. "There is no civil rights movement to
speak for women, as there has been for Negroes and other victims of discrimination. The
National Organization for Women must therefore begin to speak." (National Organization for
Women, 1966)NOW played a big part in speaking up for women as it was led by women, to
obtain the basic human rights that they deserved. The NOW organization's first President, a
woman named Betty Friedan was responsible for pointing out the major differences in pay
between men and women. "She and other women of the postwar period helped to create what
soon became known as Second Wave Feminism." (Trowbridge, 2017, p. 11.7)Prior to Title IX
being amended in 1964, women also faced discrimination within the education system. The
discrimination they faced within the education system included women not receiving equal
funding for education, as well as women being discriminated against within sports programs.
This called for action and led to "The Higher Education Act of 1972 amended Title IX of the
1964 Civil Rights Act. Often simply called Title IX, the new law banned gender discrimination
in any educational program or activity that received federal funding."(Trowbridge, 2017, p.
12.13) One of the biggest leaders behind the success of Title IX was a Hawaii Congresswoman
named Patsy Takemoto Mink. She spearheaded this campaign because she experienced the
same type of educational discrimination, and was unable to attend medical school, as all her
applications were denied on the basis that she was a woman. Her persistence and success in
getting Title IX to pass, paved the way for the women after her to attend school without
educational discrimination and "the most significant outcome of the law is likely the vast
increase in the numbers of women in professional, medical, and graduate
programs."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13)Another major goal of the Women's Movement was to
obtain reproductive rights over their bodies. Prior to the Women's Movement of the 1960s and
1970s, women did not have free reign of their bodies. Women that fell pregnant and did not
want to be, had no options for safe termination, which led them to find unsafe ways to carry
out abortions. There were 33 states that prohibited abortions completely and another 13 that
only allowed abortions to take place under certain medical circumstances. Prior to 1972,
unmarried men and women were not granted access to birth control which led to many
accidental pregnancies. The culmination of these issuesled women to fight for the rights to their
own bodies and for their right to choose. In 1970 a woman, given the name Jane Roe by the
court, filled a lawsuit against Henry Wade who was the District Attorney of Dallas County in
Texas. She filled this lawsuit on the basis that state laws were unconstitutional and denied her
personal privacy that should be protected by the First, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth, and Fourteenth
Amendments. Her case was argued twice over the course of two years and ultimately the courts
came to a verdict in January of 1973. "The debate surrounding abortion entered American life
as never before when the Supreme Court’s ruling in Roe v. Wade legalized abortion in the first
trimester of pregnancy."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13) Roe won her case and with it came the
subsequent victory for all American women of the time, the right to choose.
Jaymi DavisDecember 2, 2022Milestone ThreeOne of the goals of the Women's Movement
was to obtain equality in the workplace through less work discrimination and equal pay for
women employees. Women faced workplace discrimination, simply for the fact that they had
been viewed as inferior to men. "Working women are becoming increasing-not less-
concentrated on the bottom of the job ladder. As a consequence full-time women workers today
earn on the average only 60% of what men earn."(National Organization for Women,
1966)Women were consistently paid less wages than their male co-workers, and African
American women of the time were paid even less. It is apparent that the struggle for women's
equality was not taken as seriously and their claims were often dismissed by the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission, and it took years of womenspeaking up for themselves
and pushing for justice before results began to yield. "There is no civil rights movement to
speak for women, as there has been for Negroes and other victims of discrimination. The
National Organization for Women must therefore begin to speak." (National Organization for
Women, 1966)NOW played a big part in speaking up for women as it was led by women, to
obtain the basic human rights that they deserved. The NOW organization's first President, a
woman named Betty Friedan was responsible for pointing out the major differences in pay
between men and women. "She and other women of the postwar period helped to create what
soon became known as Second Wave Feminism." (Trowbridge, 2017, p. 11.7)Prior to Title IX
being amended in 1964, women also faced discrimination within the education system. The
discrimination they faced within the education system included women not receiving equal
funding for education, as well as women being discriminated against within sports programs.
This called for action and led to "The Higher Education Act of 1972 amended Title IX of the
1964 Civil Rights Act. Often simply called Title IX, the new law banned gender discrimination
in any educational program or activity that received federal funding."(Trowbridge, 2017, p.
12.13) One of the biggest leaders behind the success of Title IX was a Hawaii Congresswoman
named Patsy Takemoto Mink. She spearheaded this campaign because she experienced the
same type of educational discrimination, and was unable to attend medical school, as all her
applications were denied on the basis that she was a woman. Her persistence and success in
getting Title IX to pass, paved the way for the women after her to attend school without
educational discrimination and "the most significant outcome of the law is likely the vast
increase in the numbers of women in professional, medical, and graduate
programs."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13)Another major goal of the Women's Movement was to
obtain reproductive rights over their bodies. Prior to the Women's Movement of the 1960s and
1970s, women did not have free reign of their bodies. Women that fell pregnant and did not
want to be, had no options for safe termination, which led them to find unsafe ways to carry
out abortions. There were 33 states that prohibited abortions completely and another 13 that
only allowed abortions to take place under certain medical circumstances. Prior to 1972,
unmarried men and women were not granted access to birth control which led to many
accidental pregnancies. The culmination of these issuesled women to fight for the rights to their
own bodies and for their right to choose. In 1970 a woman, given the name Jane Roe by the
court, filled a lawsuit against Henry Wade who was the District Attorney of Dallas County in
Texas. She filled this lawsuit on the basis that state laws were unconstitutional and denied her
personal privacy that should be protected by the First, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth, and Fourteenth
Amendments. Her case was argued twice over the course of two years and ultimately the courts
came to a verdict in January of 1973. "The debate surrounding abortion entered American life
as never before when the Supreme Court’s ruling in Roe v. Wade legalized abortion in the first
trimester of pregnancy."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13) Roe won her case and with it came the
subsequent victory for all American women of the time, the right to choose.
Jaymi DavisDecember 2, 2022Milestone ThreeOne of the goals of the Women's Movement
was to obtain equality in the workplace through less work discrimination and equal pay for
women employees. Women faced workplace discrimination, simply for the fact that they had
been viewed as inferior to men. "Working women are becoming increasing-not less-
concentrated on the bottom of the job ladder. As a consequence full-time women workers today
earn on the average only 60% of what men earn."(National Organization for Women,
1966)Women were consistently paid less wages than their male co-workers, and African
American women of the time were paid even less. It is apparent that the struggle for women's
equality was not taken as seriously and their claims were often dismissed by the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission, and it took years of womenspeaking up for themselves
and pushing for justice before results began to yield. "There is no civil rights movement to
speak for women, as there has been for Negroes and other victims of discrimination. The
National Organization for Women must therefore begin to speak." (National Organization for
Women, 1966)NOW played a big part in speaking up for women as it was led by women, to
obtain the basic human rights that they deserved. The NOW organization's first President, a
woman named Betty Friedan was responsible for pointing out the major differences in pay
between men and women. "She and other women of the postwar period helped to create what
soon became known as Second Wave Feminism." (Trowbridge, 2017, p. 11.7)Prior to Title IX
being amended in 1964, women also faced discrimination within the education system. The
discrimination they faced within the education system included women not receiving equal
funding for education, as well as women being discriminated against within sports programs.
This called for action and led to "The Higher Education Act of 1972 amended Title IX of the
1964 Civil Rights Act. Often simply called Title IX, the new law banned gender discrimination
in any educational program or activity that received federal funding."(Trowbridge, 2017, p.
12.13) One of the biggest leaders behind the success of Title IX was a Hawaii Congresswoman
named Patsy Takemoto Mink. She spearheaded this campaign because she experienced the
same type of educational discrimination, and was unable to attend medical school, as all her
applications were denied on the basis that she was a woman. Her persistence and success in
getting Title IX to pass, paved the way for the women after her to attend school without
educational discrimination and "the most significant outcome of the law is likely the vast
increase in the numbers of women in professional, medical, and graduate
programs."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13)Another major goal of the Women's Movement was to
obtain reproductive rights over their bodies. Prior to the Women's Movement of the 1960s and
1970s, women did not have free reign of their bodies. Women that fell pregnant and did not
want to be, had no options for safe termination, which led them to find unsafe ways to carry
out abortions. There were 33 states that prohibited abortions completely and another 13 that
only allowed abortions to take place under certain medical circumstances. Prior to 1972,
unmarried men and women were not granted access to birth control which led to many
accidental pregnancies. The culmination of these issuesled women to fight for the rights to their
own bodies and for their right to choose. In 1970 a woman, given the name Jane Roe by the
court, filled a lawsuit against Henry Wade who was the District Attorney of Dallas County in
Texas. She filled this lawsuit on the basis that state laws were unconstitutional and denied her
personal privacy that should be protected by the First, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth, and Fourteenth
Amendments. Her case was argued twice over the course of two years and ultimately the courts
came to a verdict in January of 1973. "The debate surrounding abortion entered American life
as never before when the Supreme Court’s ruling in Roe v. Wade legalized abortion in the first
trimester of pregnancy."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13) Roe won her case and with it came the
subsequent victory for all American women of the time, the right to choose.
Jaymi DavisDecember 2, 2022Milestone ThreeOne of the goals of the Women's Movement
was to obtain equality in the workplace through less work discrimination and equal pay for
women employees. Women faced workplace discrimination, simply for the fact that they had
been viewed as inferior to men. "Working women are becoming increasing-not less-
concentrated on the bottom of the job ladder. As a consequence full-time women workers today
earn on the average only 60% of what men earn."(National Organization for Women,
1966)Women were consistently paid less wages than their male co-workers, and African
American women of the time were paid even less. It is apparent that the struggle for women's
equality was not taken as seriously and their claims were often dismissed by the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission, and it took years of womenspeaking up for themselves
and pushing for justice before results began to yield. "There is no civil rights movement to
speak for women, as there has been for Negroes and other victims of discrimination. The
National Organization for Women must therefore begin to speak." (National Organization for
Women, 1966)NOW played a big part in speaking up for women as it was led by women, to
obtain the basic human rights that they deserved. The NOW organization's first President, a
woman named Betty Friedan was responsible for pointing out the major differences in pay
between men and women. "She and other women of the postwar period helped to create what
soon became known as Second Wave Feminism." (Trowbridge, 2017, p. 11.7)Prior to Title IX
being amended in 1964, women also faced discrimination within the education system. The
discrimination they faced within the education system included women not receiving equal
funding for education, as well as women being discriminated against within sports programs.
This called for action and led to "The Higher Education Act of 1972 amended Title IX of the
1964 Civil Rights Act. Often simply called Title IX, the new law banned gender discrimination
in any educational program or activity that received federal funding."(Trowbridge, 2017, p.
12.13) One of the biggest leaders behind the success of Title IX was a Hawaii Congresswoman
named Patsy Takemoto Mink. She spearheaded this campaign because she experienced the
same type of educational discrimination, and was unable to attend medical school, as all her
applications were denied on the basis that she was a woman. Her persistence and success in
getting Title IX to pass, paved the way for the women after her to attend school without
educational discrimination and "the most significant outcome of the law is likely the vast
increase in the numbers of women in professional, medical, and graduate
programs."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13)Another major goal of the Women's Movement was to
obtain reproductive rights over their bodies. Prior to the Women's Movement of the 1960s and
1970s, women did not have free reign of their bodies. Women that fell pregnant and did not
want to be, had no options for safe termination, which led them to find unsafe ways to carry
out abortions. There were 33 states that prohibited abortions completely and another 13 that
only allowed abortions to take place under certain medical circumstances. Prior to 1972,
unmarried men and women were not granted access to birth control which led to many
accidental pregnancies. The culmination of these issuesled women to fight for the rights to their
own bodies and for their right to choose. In 1970 a woman, given the name Jane Roe by the
court, filled a lawsuit against Henry Wade who was the District Attorney of Dallas County in
Texas. She filled this lawsuit on the basis that state laws were unconstitutional and denied her
personal privacy that should be protected by the First, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth, and Fourteenth
Amendments. Her case was argued twice over the course of two years and ultimately the courts
came to a verdict in January of 1973. "The debate surrounding abortion entered American life
as never before when the Supreme Court’s ruling in Roe v. Wade legalized abortion in the first
trimester of pregnancy."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13) Roe won her case and with it came the
subsequent victory for all American women of the time, the right to choose.
Jaymi DavisDecember 2, 2022Milestone ThreeOne of the goals of the Women's Movement
was to obtain equality in the workplace through less work discrimination and equal pay for
women employees. Women faced workplace discrimination, simply for the fact that they had
been viewed as inferior to men. "Working women are becoming increasing-not less-
concentrated on the bottom of the job ladder. As a consequence full-time women workers today
earn on the average only 60% of what men earn."(National Organization for Women,
1966)Women were consistently paid less wages than their male co-workers, and African
American women of the time were paid even less. It is apparent that the struggle for women's
equality was not taken as seriously and their claims were often dismissed by the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission, and it took years of womenspeaking up for themselves
and pushing for justice before results began to yield. "There is no civil rights movement to
speak for women, as there has been for Negroes and other victims of discrimination. The
National Organization for Women must therefore begin to speak." (National Organization for
Women, 1966)NOW played a big part in speaking up for women as it was led by women, to
obtain the basic human rights that they deserved. The NOW organization's first President, a
woman named Betty Friedan was responsible for pointing out the major differences in pay
between men and women. "She and other women of the postwar period helped to create what
soon became known as Second Wave Feminism." (Trowbridge, 2017, p. 11.7)Prior to Title IX
being amended in 1964, women also faced discrimination within the education system. The
discrimination they faced within the education system included women not receiving equal
funding for education, as well as women being discriminated against within sports programs.
This called for action and led to "The Higher Education Act of 1972 amended Title IX of the
1964 Civil Rights Act. Often simply called Title IX, the new law banned gender discrimination
in any educational program or activity that received federal funding."(Trowbridge, 2017, p.
12.13) One of the biggest leaders behind the success of Title IX was a Hawaii Congresswoman
named Patsy Takemoto Mink. She spearheaded this campaign because she experienced the
same type of educational discrimination, and was unable to attend medical school, as all her
applications were denied on the basis that she was a woman. Her persistence and success in
getting Title IX to pass, paved the way for the women after her to attend school without
educational discrimination and "the most significant outcome of the law is likely the vast
increase in the numbers of women in professional, medical, and graduate
programs."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13)Another major goal of the Women's Movement was to
obtain reproductive rights over their bodies. Prior to the Women's Movement of the 1960s and
1970s, women did not have free reign of their bodies. Women that fell pregnant and did not
want to be, had no options for safe termination, which led them to find unsafe ways to carry
out abortions. There were 33 states that prohibited abortions completely and another 13 that
only allowed abortions to take place under certain medical circumstances. Prior to 1972,
unmarried men and women were not granted access to birth control which led to many
accidental pregnancies. The culmination of these issuesled women to fight for the rights to their
own bodies and for their right to choose. In 1970 a woman, given the name Jane Roe by the
court, filled a lawsuit against Henry Wade who was the District Attorney of Dallas County in
Texas. She filled this lawsuit on the basis that state laws were unconstitutional and denied her
personal privacy that should be protected by the First, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth, and Fourteenth
Amendments. Her case was argued twice over the course of two years and ultimately the courts
came to a verdict in January of 1973. "The debate surrounding abortion entered American life
as never before when the Supreme Court’s ruling in Roe v. Wade legalized abortion in the first
trimester of pregnancy."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13) Roe won her case and with it came the
subsequent victory for all American women of the time, the right to choose.
Jaymi DavisDecember 2, 2022Milestone ThreeOne of the goals of the Women's Movement
was to obtain equality in the workplace through less work discrimination and equal pay for
women employees. Women faced workplace discrimination, simply for the fact that they had
been viewed as inferior to men. "Working women are becoming increasing-not less-
concentrated on the bottom of the job ladder. As a consequence full-time women workers today
earn on the average only 60% of what men earn."(National Organization for Women,
1966)Women were consistently paid less wages than their male co-workers, and African
American women of the time were paid even less. It is apparent that the struggle for women's
equality was not taken as seriously and their claims were often dismissed by the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission, and it took years of womenspeaking up for themselves
and pushing for justice before results began to yield. "There is no civil rights movement to
speak for women, as there has been for Negroes and other victims of discrimination. The
National Organization for Women must therefore begin to speak." (National Organization for
Women, 1966)NOW played a big part in speaking up for women as it was led by women, to
obtain the basic human rights that they deserved. The NOW organization's first President, a
woman named Betty Friedan was responsible for pointing out the major differences in pay
between men and women. "She and other women of the postwar period helped to create what
soon became known as Second Wave Feminism." (Trowbridge, 2017, p. 11.7)Prior to Title IX
being amended in 1964, women also faced discrimination within the education system. The
discrimination they faced within the education system included women not receiving equal
funding for education, as well as women being discriminated against within sports programs.
This called for action and led to "The Higher Education Act of 1972 amended Title IX of the
1964 Civil Rights Act. Often simply called Title IX, the new law banned gender discrimination
in any educational program or activity that received federal funding."(Trowbridge, 2017, p.
12.13) One of the biggest leaders behind the success of Title IX was a Hawaii Congresswoman
named Patsy Takemoto Mink. She spearheaded this campaign because she experienced the
same type of educational discrimination, and was unable to attend medical school, as all her
applications were denied on the basis that she was a woman. Her persistence and success in
getting Title IX to pass, paved the way for the women after her to attend school without
educational discrimination and "the most significant outcome of the law is likely the vast
increase in the numbers of women in professional, medical, and graduate
programs."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13)Another major goal of the Women's Movement was to
obtain reproductive rights over their bodies. Prior to the Women's Movement of the 1960s and
1970s, women did not have free reign of their bodies. Women that fell pregnant and did not
want to be, had no options for safe termination, which led them to find unsafe ways to carry
out abortions. There were 33 states that prohibited abortions completely and another 13 that
only allowed abortions to take place under certain medical circumstances. Prior to 1972,
unmarried men and women were not granted access to birth control which led to many
accidental pregnancies. The culmination of these issuesled women to fight for the rights to their
own bodies and for their right to choose. In 1970 a woman, given the name Jane Roe by the
court, filled a lawsuit against Henry Wade who was the District Attorney of Dallas County in
Texas. She filled this lawsuit on the basis that state laws were unconstitutional and denied her
personal privacy that should be protected by the First, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth, and Fourteenth
Amendments. Her case was argued twice over the course of two years and ultimately the courts
came to a verdict in January of 1973. "The debate surrounding abortion entered American life
as never before when the Supreme Court’s ruling in Roe v. Wade legalized abortion in the first
trimester of pregnancy."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13) Roe won her case and with it came the
subsequent victory for all American women of the time, the right to choose.
Jaymi DavisDecember 2, 2022Milestone ThreeOne of the goals of the Women's Movement
was to obtain equality in the workplace through less work discrimination and equal pay for
women employees. Women faced workplace discrimination, simply for the fact that they had
been viewed as inferior to men. "Working women are becoming increasing-not less-
concentrated on the bottom of the job ladder. As a consequence full-time women workers today
earn on the average only 60% of what men earn."(National Organization for Women,
1966)Women were consistently paid less wages than their male co-workers, and African
American women of the time were paid even less. It is apparent that the struggle for women's
equality was not taken as seriously and their claims were often dismissed by the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission, and it took years of womenspeaking up for themselves
and pushing for justice before results began to yield. "There is no civil rights movement to
speak for women, as there has been for Negroes and other victims of discrimination. The
National Organization for Women must therefore begin to speak." (National Organization for
Women, 1966)NOW played a big part in speaking up for women as it was led by women, to
obtain the basic human rights that they deserved. The NOW organization's first President, a
woman named Betty Friedan was responsible for pointing out the major differences in pay
between men and women. "She and other women of the postwar period helped to create what
soon became known as Second Wave Feminism." (Trowbridge, 2017, p. 11.7)Prior to Title IX
being amended in 1964, women also faced discrimination within the education system. The
discrimination they faced within the education system included women not receiving equal
funding for education, as well as women being discriminated against within sports programs.
This called for action and led to "The Higher Education Act of 1972 amended Title IX of the
1964 Civil Rights Act. Often simply called Title IX, the new law banned gender discrimination
in any educational program or activity that received federal funding."(Trowbridge, 2017, p.
12.13) One of the biggest leaders behind the success of Title IX was a Hawaii Congresswoman
named Patsy Takemoto Mink. She spearheaded this campaign because she experienced the
same type of educational discrimination, and was unable to attend medical school, as all her
applications were denied on the basis that she was a woman. Her persistence and success in
getting Title IX to pass, paved the way for the women after her to attend school without
educational discrimination and "the most significant outcome of the law is likely the vast
increase in the numbers of women in professional, medical, and graduate
programs."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13)Another major goal of the Women's Movement was to
obtain reproductive rights over their bodies. Prior to the Women's Movement of the 1960s and
1970s, women did not have free reign of their bodies. Women that fell pregnant and did not
want to be, had no options for safe termination, which led them to find unsafe ways to carry
out abortions. There were 33 states that prohibited abortions completely and another 13 that
only allowed abortions to take place under certain medical circumstances. Prior to 1972,
unmarried men and women were not granted access to birth control which led to many
accidental pregnancies. The culmination of these issuesled women to fight for the rights to their
own bodies and for their right to choose. In 1970 a woman, given the name Jane Roe by the
court, filled a lawsuit against Henry Wade who was the District Attorney of Dallas County in
Texas. She filled this lawsuit on the basis that state laws were unconstitutional and denied her
personal privacy that should be protected by the First, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth, and Fourteenth
Amendments. Her case was argued twice over the course of two years and ultimately the courts
came to a verdict in January of 1973. "The debate surrounding abortion entered American life
as never before when the Supreme Court’s ruling in Roe v. Wade legalized abortion in the first
trimester of pregnancy."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13) Roe won her case and with it came the
subsequent victory for all American women of the time, the right to choose.
Jaymi DavisDecember 2, 2022Milestone ThreeOne of the goals of the Women's Movement
was to obtain equality in the workplace through less work discrimination and equal pay for
women employees. Women faced workplace discrimination, simply for the fact that they had
been viewed as inferior to men. "Working women are becoming increasing-not less-
concentrated on the bottom of the job ladder. As a consequence full-time women workers today
earn on the average only 60% of what men earn."(National Organization for Women,
1966)Women were consistently paid less wages than their male co-workers, and African
American women of the time were paid even less. It is apparent that the struggle for women's
equality was not taken as seriously and their claims were often dismissed by the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission, and it took years of womenspeaking up for themselves
and pushing for justice before results began to yield. "There is no civil rights movement to
speak for women, as there has been for Negroes and other victims of discrimination. The
National Organization for Women must therefore begin to speak." (National Organization for
Women, 1966)NOW played a big part in speaking up for women as it was led by women, to
obtain the basic human rights that they deserved. The NOW organization's first President, a
woman named Betty Friedan was responsible for pointing out the major differences in pay
between men and women. "She and other women of the postwar period helped to create what
soon became known as Second Wave Feminism." (Trowbridge, 2017, p. 11.7)Prior to Title IX
being amended in 1964, women also faced discrimination within the education system. The
discrimination they faced within the education system included women not receiving equal
funding for education, as well as women being discriminated against within sports programs.
This called for action and led to "The Higher Education Act of 1972 amended Title IX of the
1964 Civil Rights Act. Often simply called Title IX, the new law banned gender discrimination
in any educational program or activity that received federal funding."(Trowbridge, 2017, p.
12.13) One of the biggest leaders behind the success of Title IX was a Hawaii Congresswoman
named Patsy Takemoto Mink. She spearheaded this campaign because she experienced the
same type of educational discrimination, and was unable to attend medical school, as all her
applications were denied on the basis that she was a woman. Her persistence and success in
getting Title IX to pass, paved the way for the women after her to attend school without
educational discrimination and "the most significant outcome of the law is likely the vast
increase in the numbers of women in professional, medical, and graduate
programs."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13)Another major goal of the Women's Movement was to
obtain reproductive rights over their bodies. Prior to the Women's Movement of the 1960s and
1970s, women did not have free reign of their bodies. Women that fell pregnant and did not
want to be, had no options for safe termination, which led them to find unsafe ways to carry
out abortions. There were 33 states that prohibited abortions completely and another 13 that
only allowed abortions to take place under certain medical circumstances. Prior to 1972,
unmarried men and women were not granted access to birth control which led to many
accidental pregnancies. The culmination of these issuesled women to fight for the rights to their
own bodies and for their right to choose. In 1970 a woman, given the name Jane Roe by the
court, filled a lawsuit against Henry Wade who was the District Attorney of Dallas County in
Texas. She filled this lawsuit on the basis that state laws were unconstitutional and denied her
personal privacy that should be protected by the First, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth, and Fourteenth
Amendments. Her case was argued twice over the course of two years and ultimately the courts
came to a verdict in January of 1973. "The debate surrounding abortion entered American life
as never before when the Supreme Court’s ruling in Roe v. Wade legalized abortion in the first
trimester of pregnancy."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13) Roe won her case and with it came the
subsequent victory for all American women of the time, the right to choose.
Jaymi DavisDecember 2, 2022Milestone ThreeOne of the goals of the Women's Movement
was to obtain equality in the workplace through less work discrimination and equal pay for
women employees. Women faced workplace discrimination, simply for the fact that they had
been viewed as inferior to men. "Working women are becoming increasing-not less-
concentrated on the bottom of the job ladder. As a consequence full-time women workers today
earn on the average only 60% of what men earn."(National Organization for Women,
1966)Women were consistently paid less wages than their male co-workers, and African
American women of the time were paid even less. It is apparent that the struggle for women's
equality was not taken as seriously and their claims were often dismissed by the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission, and it took years of womenspeaking up for themselves
and pushing for justice before results began to yield. "There is no civil rights movement to
speak for women, as there has been for Negroes and other victims of discrimination. The
National Organization for Women must therefore begin to speak." (National Organization for
Women, 1966)NOW played a big part in speaking up for women as it was led by women, to
obtain the basic human rights that they deserved. The NOW organization's first President, a
woman named Betty Friedan was responsible for pointing out the major differences in pay
between men and women. "She and other women of the postwar period helped to create what
soon became known as Second Wave Feminism." (Trowbridge, 2017, p. 11.7)Prior to Title IX
being amended in 1964, women also faced discrimination within the education system. The
discrimination they faced within the education system included women not receiving equal
funding for education, as well as women being discriminated against within sports programs.
This called for action and led to "The Higher Education Act of 1972 amended Title IX of the
1964 Civil Rights Act. Often simply called Title IX, the new law banned gender discrimination
in any educational program or activity that received federal funding."(Trowbridge, 2017, p.
12.13) One of the biggest leaders behind the success of Title IX was a Hawaii Congresswoman
named Patsy Takemoto Mink. She spearheaded this campaign because she experienced the
same type of educational discrimination, and was unable to attend medical school, as all her
applications were denied on the basis that she was a woman. Her persistence and success in
getting Title IX to pass, paved the way for the women after her to attend school without
educational discrimination and "the most significant outcome of the law is likely the vast
increase in the numbers of women in professional, medical, and graduate
programs."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13)Another major goal of the Women's Movement was to
obtain reproductive rights over their bodies. Prior to the Women's Movement of the 1960s and
1970s, women did not have free reign of their bodies. Women that fell pregnant and did not
want to be, had no options for safe termination, which led them to find unsafe ways to carry
out abortions. There were 33 states that prohibited abortions completely and another 13 that
only allowed abortions to take place under certain medical circumstances. Prior to 1972,
unmarried men and women were not granted access to birth control which led to many
accidental pregnancies. The culmination of these issuesled women to fight for the rights to their
own bodies and for their right to choose. In 1970 a woman, given the name Jane Roe by the
court, filled a lawsuit against Henry Wade who was the District Attorney of Dallas County in
Texas. She filled this lawsuit on the basis that state laws were unconstitutional and denied her
personal privacy that should be protected by the First, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth, and Fourteenth
Amendments. Her case was argued twice over the course of two years and ultimately the courts
came to a verdict in January of 1973. "The debate surrounding abortion entered American life
as never before when the Supreme Court’s ruling in Roe v. Wade legalized abortion in the first
trimester of pregnancy."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13) Roe won her case and with it came the
subsequent victory for all American women of the time, the right to choose.
Jaymi DavisDecember 2, 2022Milestone ThreeOne of the goals of the Women's Movement
was to obtain equality in the workplace through less work discrimination and equal pay for
women employees. Women faced workplace discrimination, simply for the fact that they had
been viewed as inferior to men. "Working women are becoming increasing-not less-
concentrated on the bottom of the job ladder. As a consequence full-time women workers today
earn on the average only 60% of what men earn."(National Organization for Women,
1966)Women were consistently paid less wages than their male co-workers, and African
American women of the time were paid even less. It is apparent that the struggle for women's
equality was not taken as seriously and their claims were often dismissed by the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission, and it took years of womenspeaking up for themselves
and pushing for justice before results began to yield. "There is no civil rights movement to
speak for women, as there has been for Negroes and other victims of discrimination. The
National Organization for Women must therefore begin to speak." (National Organization for
Women, 1966)NOW played a big part in speaking up for women as it was led by women, to
obtain the basic human rights that they deserved. The NOW organization's first President, a
woman named Betty Friedan was responsible for pointing out the major differences in pay
between men and women. "She and other women of the postwar period helped to create what
soon became known as Second Wave Feminism." (Trowbridge, 2017, p. 11.7)Prior to Title IX
being amended in 1964, women also faced discrimination within the education system. The
discrimination they faced within the education system included women not receiving equal
funding for education, as well as women being discriminated against within sports programs.
This called for action and led to "The Higher Education Act of 1972 amended Title IX of the
1964 Civil Rights Act. Often simply called Title IX, the new law banned gender discrimination
in any educational program or activity that received federal funding."(Trowbridge, 2017, p.
12.13) One of the biggest leaders behind the success of Title IX was a Hawaii Congresswoman
named Patsy Takemoto Mink. She spearheaded this campaign because she experienced the
same type of educational discrimination, and was unable to attend medical school, as all her
applications were denied on the basis that she was a woman. Her persistence and success in
getting Title IX to pass, paved the way for the women after her to attend school without
educational discrimination and "the most significant outcome of the law is likely the vast
increase in the numbers of women in professional, medical, and graduate
programs."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13)Another major goal of the Women's Movement was to
obtain reproductive rights over their bodies. Prior to the Women's Movement of the 1960s and
1970s, women did not have free reign of their bodies. Women that fell pregnant and did not
want to be, had no options for safe termination, which led them to find unsafe ways to carry
out abortions. There were 33 states that prohibited abortions completely and another 13 that
only allowed abortions to take place under certain medical circumstances. Prior to 1972,
unmarried men and women were not granted access to birth control which led to many
accidental pregnancies. The culmination of these issuesled women to fight for the rights to their
own bodies and for their right to choose. In 1970 a woman, given the name Jane Roe by the
court, filled a lawsuit against Henry Wade who was the District Attorney of Dallas County in
Texas. She filled this lawsuit on the basis that state laws were unconstitutional and denied her
personal privacy that should be protected by the First, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth, and Fourteenth
Amendments. Her case was argued twice over the course of two years and ultimately the courts
came to a verdict in January of 1973. "The debate surrounding abortion entered American life
as never before when the Supreme Court’s ruling in Roe v. Wade legalized abortion in the first
trimester of pregnancy."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13) Roe won her case and with it came the
subsequent victory for all American women of the time, the right to choose.
Jaymi DavisDecember 2, 2022Milestone ThreeOne of the goals of the Women's Movement
was to obtain equality in the workplace through less work discrimination and equal pay for
women employees. Women faced workplace discrimination, simply for the fact that they had
been viewed as inferior to men. "Working women are becoming increasing-not less-
concentrated on the bottom of the job ladder. As a consequence full-time women workers today
earn on the average only 60% of what men earn."(National Organization for Women,
1966)Women were consistently paid less wages than their male co-workers, and African
American women of the time were paid even less. It is apparent that the struggle for women's
equality was not taken as seriously and their claims were often dismissed by the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission, and it took years of womenspeaking up for themselves
and pushing for justice before results began to yield. "There is no civil rights movement to
speak for women, as there has been for Negroes and other victims of discrimination. The
National Organization for Women must therefore begin to speak." (National Organization for
Women, 1966)NOW played a big part in speaking up for women as it was led by women, to
obtain the basic human rights that they deserved. The NOW organization's first President, a
woman named Betty Friedan was responsible for pointing out the major differences in pay
between men and women. "She and other women of the postwar period helped to create what
soon became known as Second Wave Feminism." (Trowbridge, 2017, p. 11.7)Prior to Title IX
being amended in 1964, women also faced discrimination within the education system. The
discrimination they faced within the education system included women not receiving equal
funding for education, as well as women being discriminated against within sports programs.
This called for action and led to "The Higher Education Act of 1972 amended Title IX of the
1964 Civil Rights Act. Often simply called Title IX, the new law banned gender discrimination
in any educational program or activity that received federal funding."(Trowbridge, 2017, p.
12.13) One of the biggest leaders behind the success of Title IX was a Hawaii Congresswoman
named Patsy Takemoto Mink. She spearheaded this campaign because she experienced the
same type of educational discrimination, and was unable to attend medical school, as all her
applications were denied on the basis that she was a woman. Her persistence and success in
getting Title IX to pass, paved the way for the women after her to attend school without
educational discrimination and "the most significant outcome of the law is likely the vast
increase in the numbers of women in professional, medical, and graduate
programs."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13)Another major goal of the Women's Movement was to
obtain reproductive rights over their bodies. Prior to the Women's Movement of the 1960s and
1970s, women did not have free reign of their bodies. Women that fell pregnant and did not
want to be, had no options for safe termination, which led them to find unsafe ways to carry
out abortions. There were 33 states that prohibited abortions completely and another 13 that
only allowed abortions to take place under certain medical circumstances. Prior to 1972,
unmarried men and women were not granted access to birth control which led to many
accidental pregnancies. The culmination of these issuesled women to fight for the rights to their
own bodies and for their right to choose. In 1970 a woman, given the name Jane Roe by the
court, filled a lawsuit against Henry Wade who was the District Attorney of Dallas County in
Texas. She filled this lawsuit on the basis that state laws were unconstitutional and denied her
personal privacy that should be protected by the First, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth, and Fourteenth
Amendments. Her case was argued twice over the course of two years and ultimately the courts
came to a verdict in January of 1973. "The debate surrounding abortion entered American life
as never before when the Supreme Court’s ruling in Roe v. Wade legalized abortion in the first
trimester of pregnancy."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13) Roe won her case and with it came the
subsequent victory for all American women of the time, the right to choose.
Jaymi DavisDecember 2, 2022Milestone ThreeOne of the goals of the Women's Movement
was to obtain equality in the workplace through less work discrimination and equal pay for
women employees. Women faced workplace discrimination, simply for the fact that they had
been viewed as inferior to men. "Working women are becoming increasing-not less-
concentrated on the bottom of the job ladder. As a consequence full-time women workers today
earn on the average only 60% of what men earn."(National Organization for Women,
1966)Women were consistently paid less wages than their male co-workers, and African
American women of the time were paid even less. It is apparent that the struggle for women's
equality was not taken as seriously and their claims were often dismissed by the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission, and it took years of womenspeaking up for themselves
and pushing for justice before results began to yield. "There is no civil rights movement to
speak for women, as there has been for Negroes and other victims of discrimination. The
National Organization for Women must therefore begin to speak." (National Organization for
Women, 1966)NOW played a big part in speaking up for women as it was led by women, to
obtain the basic human rights that they deserved. The NOW organization's first President, a
woman named Betty Friedan was responsible for pointing out the major differences in pay
between men and women. "She and other women of the postwar period helped to create what
soon became known as Second Wave Feminism." (Trowbridge, 2017, p. 11.7)Prior to Title IX
being amended in 1964, women also faced discrimination within the education system. The
discrimination they faced within the education system included women not receiving equal
funding for education, as well as women being discriminated against within sports programs.
This called for action and led to "The Higher Education Act of 1972 amended Title IX of the
1964 Civil Rights Act. Often simply called Title IX, the new law banned gender discrimination
in any educational program or activity that received federal funding."(Trowbridge, 2017, p.
12.13) One of the biggest leaders behind the success of Title IX was a Hawaii Congresswoman
named Patsy Takemoto Mink. She spearheaded this campaign because she experienced the
same type of educational discrimination, and was unable to attend medical school, as all her
applications were denied on the basis that she was a woman. Her persistence and success in
getting Title IX to pass, paved the way for the women after her to attend school without
educational discrimination and "the most significant outcome of the law is likely the vast
increase in the numbers of women in professional, medical, and graduate
programs."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13)Another major goal of the Women's Movement was to
obtain reproductive rights over their bodies. Prior to the Women's Movement of the 1960s and
1970s, women did not have free reign of their bodies. Women that fell pregnant and did not
want to be, had no options for safe termination, which led them to find unsafe ways to carry
out abortions. There were 33 states that prohibited abortions completely and another 13 that
only allowed abortions to take place under certain medical circumstances. Prior to 1972,
unmarried men and women were not granted access to birth control which led to many
accidental pregnancies. The culmination of these issuesled women to fight for the rights to their
own bodies and for their right to choose. In 1970 a woman, given the name Jane Roe by the
court, filled a lawsuit against Henry Wade who was the District Attorney of Dallas County in
Texas. She filled this lawsuit on the basis that state laws were unconstitutional and denied her
personal privacy that should be protected by the First, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth, and Fourteenth
Amendments. Her case was argued twice over the course of two years and ultimately the courts
came to a verdict in January of 1973. "The debate surrounding abortion entered American life
as never before when the Supreme Court’s ruling in Roe v. Wade legalized abortion in the first
trimester of pregnancy."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13) Roe won her case and with it came the
subsequent victory for all American women of the time, the right to choose.
Jaymi DavisDecember 2, 2022Milestone ThreeOne of the goals of the Women's Movement
was to obtain equality in the workplace through less work discrimination and equal pay for
women employees. Women faced workplace discrimination, simply for the fact that they had
been viewed as inferior to men. "Working women are becoming increasing-not less-
concentrated on the bottom of the job ladder. As a consequence full-time women workers today
earn on the average only 60% of what men earn."(National Organization for Women,
1966)Women were consistently paid less wages than their male co-workers, and African
American women of the time were paid even less. It is apparent that the struggle for women's
equality was not taken as seriously and their claims were often dismissed by the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission, and it took years of womenspeaking up for themselves
and pushing for justice before results began to yield. "There is no civil rights movement to
speak for women, as there has been for Negroes and other victims of discrimination. The
National Organization for Women must therefore begin to speak." (National Organization for
Women, 1966)NOW played a big part in speaking up for women as it was led by women, to
obtain the basic human rights that they deserved. The NOW organization's first President, a
woman named Betty Friedan was responsible for pointing out the major differences in pay
between men and women. "She and other women of the postwar period helped to create what
soon became known as Second Wave Feminism." (Trowbridge, 2017, p. 11.7)Prior to Title IX
being amended in 1964, women also faced discrimination within the education system. The
discrimination they faced within the education system included women not receiving equal
funding for education, as well as women being discriminated against within sports programs.
This called for action and led to "The Higher Education Act of 1972 amended Title IX of the
1964 Civil Rights Act. Often simply called Title IX, the new law banned gender discrimination
in any educational program or activity that received federal funding."(Trowbridge, 2017, p.
12.13) One of the biggest leaders behind the success of Title IX was a Hawaii Congresswoman
named Patsy Takemoto Mink. She spearheaded this campaign because she experienced the
same type of educational discrimination, and was unable to attend medical school, as all her
applications were denied on the basis that she was a woman. Her persistence and success in
getting Title IX to pass, paved the way for the women after her to attend school without
educational discrimination and "the most significant outcome of the law is likely the vast
increase in the numbers of women in professional, medical, and graduate
programs."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13)Another major goal of the Women's Movement was to
obtain reproductive rights over their bodies. Prior to the Women's Movement of the 1960s and
1970s, women did not have free reign of their bodies. Women that fell pregnant and did not
want to be, had no options for safe termination, which led them to find unsafe ways to carry
out abortions. There were 33 states that prohibited abortions completely and another 13 that
only allowed abortions to take place under certain medical circumstances. Prior to 1972,
unmarried men and women were not granted access to birth control which led to many
accidental pregnancies. The culmination of these issuesled women to fight for the rights to their
own bodies and for their right to choose. In 1970 a woman, given the name Jane Roe by the
court, filled a lawsuit against Henry Wade who was the District Attorney of Dallas County in
Texas. She filled this lawsuit on the basis that state laws were unconstitutional and denied her
personal privacy that should be protected by the First, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth, and Fourteenth
Amendments. Her case was argued twice over the course of two years and ultimately the courts
came to a verdict in January of 1973. "The debate surrounding abortion entered American life
as never before when the Supreme Court’s ruling in Roe v. Wade legalized abortion in the first
trimester of pregnancy."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13) Roe won her case and with it came the
subsequent victory for all American women of the time, the right to choose.
Jaymi DavisDecember 2, 2022Milestone ThreeOne of the goals of the Women's Movement
was to obtain equality in the workplace through less work discrimination and equal pay for
women employees. Women faced workplace discrimination, simply for the fact that they had
been viewed as inferior to men. "Working women are becoming increasing-not less-
concentrated on the bottom of the job ladder. As a consequence full-time women workers today
earn on the average only 60% of what men earn."(National Organization for Women,
1966)Women were consistently paid less wages than their male co-workers, and African
American women of the time were paid even less. It is apparent that the struggle for women's
equality was not taken as seriously and their claims were often dismissed by the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission, and it took years of womenspeaking up for themselves
and pushing for justice before results began to yield. "There is no civil rights movement to
speak for women, as there has been for Negroes and other victims of discrimination. The
National Organization for Women must therefore begin to speak." (National Organization for
Women, 1966)NOW played a big part in speaking up for women as it was led by women, to
obtain the basic human rights that they deserved. The NOW organization's first President, a
woman named Betty Friedan was responsible for pointing out the major differences in pay
between men and women. "She and other women of the postwar period helped to create what
soon became known as Second Wave Feminism." (Trowbridge, 2017, p. 11.7)Prior to Title IX
being amended in 1964, women also faced discrimination within the education system. The
discrimination they faced within the education system included women not receiving equal
funding for education, as well as women being discriminated against within sports programs.
This called for action and led to "The Higher Education Act of 1972 amended Title IX of the
1964 Civil Rights Act. Often simply called Title IX, the new law banned gender discrimination
in any educational program or activity that received federal funding."(Trowbridge, 2017, p.
12.13) One of the biggest leaders behind the success of Title IX was a Hawaii Congresswoman
named Patsy Takemoto Mink. She spearheaded this campaign because she experienced the
same type of educational discrimination, and was unable to attend medical school, as all her
applications were denied on the basis that she was a woman. Her persistence and success in
getting Title IX to pass, paved the way for the women after her to attend school without
educational discrimination and "the most significant outcome of the law is likely the vast
increase in the numbers of women in professional, medical, and graduate
programs."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13)Another major goal of the Women's Movement was to
obtain reproductive rights over their bodies. Prior to the Women's Movement of the 1960s and
1970s, women did not have free reign of their bodies. Women that fell pregnant and did not
want to be, had no options for safe termination, which led them to find unsafe ways to carry
out abortions. There were 33 states that prohibited abortions completely and another 13 that
only allowed abortions to take place under certain medical circumstances. Prior to 1972,
unmarried men and women were not granted access to birth control which led to many
accidental pregnancies. The culmination of these issuesled women to fight for the rights to their
own bodies and for their right to choose. In 1970 a woman, given the name Jane Roe by the
court, filled a lawsuit against Henry Wade who was the District Attorney of Dallas County in
Texas. She filled this lawsuit on the basis that state laws were unconstitutional and denied her
personal privacy that should be protected by the First, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth, and Fourteenth
Amendments. Her case was argued twice over the course of two years and ultimately the courts
came to a verdict in January of 1973. "The debate surrounding abortion entered American life
as never before when the Supreme Court’s ruling in Roe v. Wade legalized abortion in the first
trimester of pregnancy."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13) Roe won her case and with it came the
subsequent victory for all American women of the time, the right to choose.
Jaymi DavisDecember 2, 2022Milestone ThreeOne of the goals of the Women's Movement
was to obtain equality in the workplace through less work discrimination and equal pay for
women employees. Women faced workplace discrimination, simply for the fact that they had
been viewed as inferior to men. "Working women are becoming increasing-not less-
concentrated on the bottom of the job ladder. As a consequence full-time women workers today
earn on the average only 60% of what men earn."(National Organization for Women,
1966)Women were consistently paid less wages than their male co-workers, and African
American women of the time were paid even less. It is apparent that the struggle for women's
equality was not taken as seriously and their claims were often dismissed by the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission, and it took years of womenspeaking up for themselves
and pushing for justice before results began to yield. "There is no civil rights movement to
speak for women, as there has been for Negroes and other victims of discrimination. The
National Organization for Women must therefore begin to speak." (National Organization for
Women, 1966)NOW played a big part in speaking up for women as it was led by women, to
obtain the basic human rights that they deserved. The NOW organization's first President, a
woman named Betty Friedan was responsible for pointing out the major differences in pay
between men and women. "She and other women of the postwar period helped to create what
soon became known as Second Wave Feminism." (Trowbridge, 2017, p. 11.7)Prior to Title IX
being amended in 1964, women also faced discrimination within the education system. The
discrimination they faced within the education system included women not receiving equal
funding for education, as well as women being discriminated against within sports programs.
This called for action and led to "The Higher Education Act of 1972 amended Title IX of the
1964 Civil Rights Act. Often simply called Title IX, the new law banned gender discrimination
in any educational program or activity that received federal funding."(Trowbridge, 2017, p.
12.13) One of the biggest leaders behind the success of Title IX was a Hawaii Congresswoman
named Patsy Takemoto Mink. She spearheaded this campaign because she experienced the
same type of educational discrimination, and was unable to attend medical school, as all her
applications were denied on the basis that she was a woman. Her persistence and success in
getting Title IX to pass, paved the way for the women after her to attend school without
educational discrimination and "the most significant outcome of the law is likely the vast
increase in the numbers of women in professional, medical, and graduate
programs."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13)Another major goal of the Women's Movement was to
obtain reproductive rights over their bodies. Prior to the Women's Movement of the 1960s and
1970s, women did not have free reign of their bodies. Women that fell pregnant and did not
want to be, had no options for safe termination, which led them to find unsafe ways to carry
out abortions. There were 33 states that prohibited abortions completely and another 13 that
only allowed abortions to take place under certain medical circumstances. Prior to 1972,
unmarried men and women were not granted access to birth control which led to many
accidental pregnancies. The culmination of these issuesled women to fight for the rights to their
own bodies and for their right to choose. In 1970 a woman, given the name Jane Roe by the
court, filled a lawsuit against Henry Wade who was the District Attorney of Dallas County in
Texas. She filled this lawsuit on the basis that state laws were unconstitutional and denied her
personal privacy that should be protected by the First, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth, and Fourteenth
Amendments. Her case was argued twice over the course of two years and ultimately the courts
came to a verdict in January of 1973. "The debate surrounding abortion entered American life
as never before when the Supreme Court’s ruling in Roe v. Wade legalized abortion in the first
trimester of pregnancy."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13) Roe won her case and with it came the
subsequent victory for all American women of the time, the right to choose.
Jaymi DavisDecember 2, 2022Milestone ThreeOne of the goals of the Women's Movement
was to obtain equality in the workplace through less work discrimination and equal pay for
women employees. Women faced workplace discrimination, simply for the fact that they had
been viewed as inferior to men. "Working women are becoming increasing-not less-
concentrated on the bottom of the job ladder. As a consequence full-time women workers today
earn on the average only 60% of what men earn."(National Organization for Women,
1966)Women were consistently paid less wages than their male co-workers, and African
American women of the time were paid even less. It is apparent that the struggle for women's
equality was not taken as seriously and their claims were often dismissed by the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission, and it took years of womenspeaking up for themselves
and pushing for justice before results began to yield. "There is no civil rights movement to
speak for women, as there has been for Negroes and other victims of discrimination. The
National Organization for Women must therefore begin to speak." (National Organization for
Women, 1966)NOW played a big part in speaking up for women as it was led by women, to
obtain the basic human rights that they deserved. The NOW organization's first President, a
woman named Betty Friedan was responsible for pointing out the major differences in pay
between men and women. "She and other women of the postwar period helped to create what
soon became known as Second Wave Feminism." (Trowbridge, 2017, p. 11.7)Prior to Title IX
being amended in 1964, women also faced discrimination within the education system. The
discrimination they faced within the education system included women not receiving equal
funding for education, as well as women being discriminated against within sports programs.
This called for action and led to "The Higher Education Act of 1972 amended Title IX of the
1964 Civil Rights Act. Often simply called Title IX, the new law banned gender discrimination
in any educational program or activity that received federal funding."(Trowbridge, 2017, p.
12.13) One of the biggest leaders behind the success of Title IX was a Hawaii Congresswoman
named Patsy Takemoto Mink. She spearheaded this campaign because she experienced the
same type of educational discrimination, and was unable to attend medical school, as all her
applications were denied on the basis that she was a woman. Her persistence and success in
getting Title IX to pass, paved the way for the women after her to attend school without
educational discrimination and "the most significant outcome of the law is likely the vast
increase in the numbers of women in professional, medical, and graduate
programs."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13)Another major goal of the Women's Movement was to
obtain reproductive rights over their bodies. Prior to the Women's Movement of the 1960s and
1970s, women did not have free reign of their bodies. Women that fell pregnant and did not
want to be, had no options for safe termination, which led them to find unsafe ways to carry
out abortions. There were 33 states that prohibited abortions completely and another 13 that
only allowed abortions to take place under certain medical circumstances. Prior to 1972,
unmarried men and women were not granted access to birth control which led to many
accidental pregnancies. The culmination of these issuesled women to fight for the rights to their
own bodies and for their right to choose. In 1970 a woman, given the name Jane Roe by the
court, filled a lawsuit against Henry Wade who was the District Attorney of Dallas County in
Texas. She filled this lawsuit on the basis that state laws were unconstitutional and denied her
personal privacy that should be protected by the First, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth, and Fourteenth
Amendments. Her case was argued twice over the course of two years and ultimately the courts
came to a verdict in January of 1973. "The debate surrounding abortion entered American life
as never before when the Supreme Court’s ruling in Roe v. Wade legalized abortion in the first
trimester of pregnancy."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13) Roe won her case and with it came the
subsequent victory for all American women of the time, the right to choose.
Jaymi DavisDecember 2, 2022Milestone ThreeOne of the goals of the Women's Movement
was to obtain equality in the workplace through less work discrimination and equal pay for
women employees. Women faced workplace discrimination, simply for the fact that they had
been viewed as inferior to men. "Working women are becoming increasing-not less-
concentrated on the bottom of the job ladder. As a consequence full-time women workers today
earn on the average only 60% of what men earn."(National Organization for Women,
1966)Women were consistently paid less wages than their male co-workers, and African
American women of the time were paid even less. It is apparent that the struggle for women's
equality was not taken as seriously and their claims were often dismissed by the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission, and it took years of womenspeaking up for themselves
and pushing for justice before results began to yield. "There is no civil rights movement to
speak for women, as there has been for Negroes and other victims of discrimination. The
National Organization for Women must therefore begin to speak." (National Organization for
Women, 1966)NOW played a big part in speaking up for women as it was led by women, to
obtain the basic human rights that they deserved. The NOW organization's first President, a
woman named Betty Friedan was responsible for pointing out the major differences in pay
between men and women. "She and other women of the postwar period helped to create what
soon became known as Second Wave Feminism." (Trowbridge, 2017, p. 11.7)Prior to Title IX
being amended in 1964, women also faced discrimination within the education system. The
discrimination they faced within the education system included women not receiving equal
funding for education, as well as women being discriminated against within sports programs.
This called for action and led to "The Higher Education Act of 1972 amended Title IX of the
1964 Civil Rights Act. Often simply called Title IX, the new law banned gender discrimination
in any educational program or activity that received federal funding."(Trowbridge, 2017, p.
12.13) One of the biggest leaders behind the success of Title IX was a Hawaii Congresswoman
named Patsy Takemoto Mink. She spearheaded this campaign because she experienced the
same type of educational discrimination, and was unable to attend medical school, as all her
applications were denied on the basis that she was a woman. Her persistence and success in
getting Title IX to pass, paved the way for the women after her to attend school without
educational discrimination and "the most significant outcome of the law is likely the vast
increase in the numbers of women in professional, medical, and graduate
programs."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13)Another major goal of the Women's Movement was to
obtain reproductive rights over their bodies. Prior to the Women's Movement of the 1960s and
1970s, women did not have free reign of their bodies. Women that fell pregnant and did not
want to be, had no options for safe termination, which led them to find unsafe ways to carry
out abortions. There were 33 states that prohibited abortions completely and another 13 that
only allowed abortions to take place under certain medical circumstances. Prior to 1972,
unmarried men and women were not granted access to birth control which led to many
accidental pregnancies. The culmination of these issuesled women to fight for the rights to their
own bodies and for their right to choose. In 1970 a woman, given the name Jane Roe by the
court, filled a lawsuit against Henry Wade who was the District Attorney of Dallas County in
Texas. She filled this lawsuit on the basis that state laws were unconstitutional and denied her
personal privacy that should be protected by the First, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth, and Fourteenth
Amendments. Her case was argued twice over the course of two years and ultimately the courts
came to a verdict in January of 1973. "The debate surrounding abortion entered American life
as never before when the Supreme Court’s ruling in Roe v. Wade legalized abortion in the first
trimester of pregnancy."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13) Roe won her case and with it came the
subsequent victory for all American women of the time, the right to choose.
Jaymi DavisDecember 2, 2022Milestone ThreeOne of the goals of the Women's Movement
was to obtain equality in the workplace through less work discrimination and equal pay for
women employees. Women faced workplace discrimination, simply for the fact that they had
been viewed as inferior to men. "Working women are becoming increasing-not less-
concentrated on the bottom of the job ladder. As a consequence full-time women workers today
earn on the average only 60% of what men earn."(National Organization for Women,
1966)Women were consistently paid less wages than their male co-workers, and African
American women of the time were paid even less. It is apparent that the struggle for women's
equality was not taken as seriously and their claims were often dismissed by the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission, and it took years of womenspeaking up for themselves
and pushing for justice before results began to yield. "There is no civil rights movement to
speak for women, as there has been for Negroes and other victims of discrimination. The
National Organization for Women must therefore begin to speak." (National Organization for
Women, 1966)NOW played a big part in speaking up for women as it was led by women, to
obtain the basic human rights that they deserved. The NOW organization's first President, a
woman named Betty Friedan was responsible for pointing out the major differences in pay
between men and women. "She and other women of the postwar period helped to create what
soon became known as Second Wave Feminism." (Trowbridge, 2017, p. 11.7)Prior to Title IX
being amended in 1964, women also faced discrimination within the education system. The
discrimination they faced within the education system included women not receiving equal
funding for education, as well as women being discriminated against within sports programs.
This called for action and led to "The Higher Education Act of 1972 amended Title IX of the
1964 Civil Rights Act. Often simply called Title IX, the new law banned gender discrimination
in any educational program or activity that received federal funding."(Trowbridge, 2017, p.
12.13) One of the biggest leaders behind the success of Title IX was a Hawaii Congresswoman
named Patsy Takemoto Mink. She spearheaded this campaign because she experienced the
same type of educational discrimination, and was unable to attend medical school, as all her
applications were denied on the basis that she was a woman. Her persistence and success in
getting Title IX to pass, paved the way for the women after her to attend school without
educational discrimination and "the most significant outcome of the law is likely the vast
increase in the numbers of women in professional, medical, and graduate
programs."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13)Another major goal of the Women's Movement was to
obtain reproductive rights over their bodies. Prior to the Women's Movement of the 1960s and
1970s, women did not have free reign of their bodies. Women that fell pregnant and did not
want to be, had no options for safe termination, which led them to find unsafe ways to carry
out abortions. There were 33 states that prohibited abortions completely and another 13 that
only allowed abortions to take place under certain medical circumstances. Prior to 1972,
unmarried men and women were not granted access to birth control which led to many
accidental pregnancies. The culmination of these issuesled women to fight for the rights to their
own bodies and for their right to choose. In 1970 a woman, given the name Jane Roe by the
court, filled a lawsuit against Henry Wade who was the District Attorney of Dallas County in
Texas. She filled this lawsuit on the basis that state laws were unconstitutional and denied her
personal privacy that should be protected by the First, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth, and Fourteenth
Amendments. Her case was argued twice over the course of two years and ultimately the courts
came to a verdict in January of 1973. "The debate surrounding abortion entered American life
as never before when the Supreme Court’s ruling in Roe v. Wade legalized abortion in the first
trimester of pregnancy."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13) Roe won her case and with it came the
subsequent victory for all American women of the time, the right to choose.
Jaymi DavisDecember 2, 2022Milestone ThreeOne of the goals of the Women's Movement
was to obtain equality in the workplace through less work discrimination and equal pay for
women employees. Women faced workplace discrimination, simply for the fact that they had
been viewed as inferior to men. "Working women are becoming increasing-not less-
concentrated on the bottom of the job ladder. As a consequence full-time women workers today
earn on the average only 60% of what men earn."(National Organization for Women,
1966)Women were consistently paid less wages than their male co-workers, and African
American women of the time were paid even less. It is apparent that the struggle for women's
equality was not taken as seriously and their claims were often dismissed by the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission, and it took years of womenspeaking up for themselves
and pushing for justice before results began to yield. "There is no civil rights movement to
speak for women, as there has been for Negroes and other victims of discrimination. The
National Organization for Women must therefore begin to speak." (National Organization for
Women, 1966)NOW played a big part in speaking up for women as it was led by women, to
obtain the basic human rights that they deserved. The NOW organization's first President, a
woman named Betty Friedan was responsible for pointing out the major differences in pay
between men and women. "She and other women of the postwar period helped to create what
soon became known as Second Wave Feminism." (Trowbridge, 2017, p. 11.7)Prior to Title IX
being amended in 1964, women also faced discrimination within the education system. The
discrimination they faced within the education system included women not receiving equal
funding for education, as well as women being discriminated against within sports programs.
This called for action and led to "The Higher Education Act of 1972 amended Title IX of the
1964 Civil Rights Act. Often simply called Title IX, the new law banned gender discrimination
in any educational program or activity that received federal funding."(Trowbridge, 2017, p.
12.13) One of the biggest leaders behind the success of Title IX was a Hawaii Congresswoman
named Patsy Takemoto Mink. She spearheaded this campaign because she experienced the
same type of educational discrimination, and was unable to attend medical school, as all her
applications were denied on the basis that she was a woman. Her persistence and success in
getting Title IX to pass, paved the way for the women after her to attend school without
educational discrimination and "the most significant outcome of the law is likely the vast
increase in the numbers of women in professional, medical, and graduate
programs."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13)Another major goal of the Women's Movement was to
obtain reproductive rights over their bodies. Prior to the Women's Movement of the 1960s and
1970s, women did not have free reign of their bodies. Women that fell pregnant and did not
want to be, had no options for safe termination, which led them to find unsafe ways to carry
out abortions. There were 33 states that prohibited abortions completely and another 13 that
only allowed abortions to take place under certain medical circumstances. Prior to 1972,
unmarried men and women were not granted access to birth control which led to many
accidental pregnancies. The culmination of these issuesled women to fight for the rights to their
own bodies and for their right to choose. In 1970 a woman, given the name Jane Roe by the
court, filled a lawsuit against Henry Wade who was the District Attorney of Dallas County in
Texas. She filled this lawsuit on the basis that state laws were unconstitutional and denied her
personal privacy that should be protected by the First, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth, and Fourteenth
Amendments. Her case was argued twice over the course of two years and ultimately the courts
came to a verdict in January of 1973. "The debate surrounding abortion entered American life
as never before when the Supreme Court’s ruling in Roe v. Wade legalized abortion in the first
trimester of pregnancy."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13) Roe won her case and with it came the
subsequent victory for all American women of the time, the right to choose.
Jaymi DavisDecember 2, 2022Milestone ThreeOne of the goals of the Women's Movement
was to obtain equality in the workplace through less work discrimination and equal pay for
women employees. Women faced workplace discrimination, simply for the fact that they had
been viewed as inferior to men. "Working women are becoming increasing-not less-
concentrated on the bottom of the job ladder. As a consequence full-time women workers today
earn on the average only 60% of what men earn."(National Organization for Women,
1966)Women were consistently paid less wages than their male co-workers, and African
American women of the time were paid even less. It is apparent that the struggle for women's
equality was not taken as seriously and their claims were often dismissed by the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission, and it took years of womenspeaking up for themselves
and pushing for justice before results began to yield. "There is no civil rights movement to
speak for women, as there has been for Negroes and other victims of discrimination. The
National Organization for Women must therefore begin to speak." (National Organization for
Women, 1966)NOW played a big part in speaking up for women as it was led by women, to
obtain the basic human rights that they deserved. The NOW organization's first President, a
woman named Betty Friedan was responsible for pointing out the major differences in pay
between men and women. "She and other women of the postwar period helped to create what
soon became known as Second Wave Feminism." (Trowbridge, 2017, p. 11.7)Prior to Title IX
being amended in 1964, women also faced discrimination within the education system. The
discrimination they faced within the education system included women not receiving equal
funding for education, as well as women being discriminated against within sports programs.
This called for action and led to "The Higher Education Act of 1972 amended Title IX of the
1964 Civil Rights Act. Often simply called Title IX, the new law banned gender discrimination
in any educational program or activity that received federal funding."(Trowbridge, 2017, p.
12.13) One of the biggest leaders behind the success of Title IX was a Hawaii Congresswoman
named Patsy Takemoto Mink. She spearheaded this campaign because she experienced the
same type of educational discrimination, and was unable to attend medical school, as all her
applications were denied on the basis that she was a woman. Her persistence and success in
getting Title IX to pass, paved the way for the women after her to attend school without
educational discrimination and "the most significant outcome of the law is likely the vast
increase in the numbers of women in professional, medical, and graduate
programs."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13)Another major goal of the Women's Movement was to
obtain reproductive rights over their bodies. Prior to the Women's Movement of the 1960s and
1970s, women did not have free reign of their bodies. Women that fell pregnant and did not
want to be, had no options for safe termination, which led them to find unsafe ways to carry
out abortions. There were 33 states that prohibited abortions completely and another 13 that
only allowed abortions to take place under certain medical circumstances. Prior to 1972,
unmarried men and women were not granted access to birth control which led to many
accidental pregnancies. The culmination of these issuesled women to fight for the rights to their
own bodies and for their right to choose. In 1970 a woman, given the name Jane Roe by the
court, filled a lawsuit against Henry Wade who was the District Attorney of Dallas County in
Texas. She filled this lawsuit on the basis that state laws were unconstitutional and denied her
personal privacy that should be protected by the First, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth, and Fourteenth
Amendments. Her case was argued twice over the course of two years and ultimately the courts
came to a verdict in January of 1973. "The debate surrounding abortion entered American life
as never before when the Supreme Court’s ruling in Roe v. Wade legalized abortion in the first
trimester of pregnancy."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13) Roe won her case and with it came the
subsequent victory for all American women of the time, the right to choose.
Jaymi DavisDecember 2, 2022Milestone ThreeOne of the goals of the Women's Movement
was to obtain equality in the workplace through less work discrimination and equal pay for
women employees. Women faced workplace discrimination, simply for the fact that they had
been viewed as inferior to men. "Working women are becoming increasing-not less-
concentrated on the bottom of the job ladder. As a consequence full-time women workers today
earn on the average only 60% of what men earn."(National Organization for Women,
1966)Women were consistently paid less wages than their male co-workers, and African
American women of the time were paid even less. It is apparent that the struggle for women's
equality was not taken as seriously and their claims were often dismissed by the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission, and it took years of womenspeaking up for themselves
and pushing for justice before results began to yield. "There is no civil rights movement to
speak for women, as there has been for Negroes and other victims of discrimination. The
National Organization for Women must therefore begin to speak." (National Organization for
Women, 1966)NOW played a big part in speaking up for women as it was led by women, to
obtain the basic human rights that they deserved. The NOW organization's first President, a
woman named Betty Friedan was responsible for pointing out the major differences in pay
between men and women. "She and other women of the postwar period helped to create what
soon became known as Second Wave Feminism." (Trowbridge, 2017, p. 11.7)Prior to Title IX
being amended in 1964, women also faced discrimination within the education system. The
discrimination they faced within the education system included women not receiving equal
funding for education, as well as women being discriminated against within sports programs.
This called for action and led to "The Higher Education Act of 1972 amended Title IX of the
1964 Civil Rights Act. Often simply called Title IX, the new law banned gender discrimination
in any educational program or activity that received federal funding."(Trowbridge, 2017, p.
12.13) One of the biggest leaders behind the success of Title IX was a Hawaii Congresswoman
named Patsy Takemoto Mink. She spearheaded this campaign because she experienced the
same type of educational discrimination, and was unable to attend medical school, as all her
applications were denied on the basis that she was a woman. Her persistence and success in
getting Title IX to pass, paved the way for the women after her to attend school without
educational discrimination and "the most significant outcome of the law is likely the vast
increase in the numbers of women in professional, medical, and graduate
programs."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13)Another major goal of the Women's Movement was to
obtain reproductive rights over their bodies. Prior to the Women's Movement of the 1960s and
1970s, women did not have free reign of their bodies. Women that fell pregnant and did not
want to be, had no options for safe termination, which led them to find unsafe ways to carry
out abortions. There were 33 states that prohibited abortions completely and another 13 that
only allowed abortions to take place under certain medical circumstances. Prior to 1972,
unmarried men and women were not granted access to birth control which led to many
accidental pregnancies. The culmination of these issuesled women to fight for the rights to their
own bodies and for their right to choose. In 1970 a woman, given the name Jane Roe by the
court, filled a lawsuit against Henry Wade who was the District Attorney of Dallas County in
Texas. She filled this lawsuit on the basis that state laws were unconstitutional and denied her
personal privacy that should be protected by the First, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth, and Fourteenth
Amendments. Her case was argued twice over the course of two years and ultimately the courts
came to a verdict in January of 1973. "The debate surrounding abortion entered American life
as never before when the Supreme Court’s ruling in Roe v. Wade legalized abortion in the first
trimester of pregnancy."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13) Roe won her case and with it came the
subsequent victory for all American women of the time, the right to choose.
Jaymi DavisDecember 2, 2022Milestone ThreeOne of the goals of the Women's Movement
was to obtain equality in the workplace through less work discrimination and equal pay for
women employees. Women faced workplace discrimination, simply for the fact that they had
been viewed as inferior to men. "Working women are becoming increasing-not less-
concentrated on the bottom of the job ladder. As a consequence full-time women workers today
earn on the average only 60% of what men earn."(National Organization for Women,
1966)Women were consistently paid less wages than their male co-workers, and African
American women of the time were paid even less. It is apparent that the struggle for women's
equality was not taken as seriously and their claims were often dismissed by the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission, and it took years of womenspeaking up for themselves
and pushing for justice before results began to yield. "There is no civil rights movement to
speak for women, as there has been for Negroes and other victims of discrimination. The
National Organization for Women must therefore begin to speak." (National Organization for
Women, 1966)NOW played a big part in speaking up for women as it was led by women, to
obtain the basic human rights that they deserved. The NOW organization's first President, a
woman named Betty Friedan was responsible for pointing out the major differences in pay
between men and women. "She and other women of the postwar period helped to create what
soon became known as Second Wave Feminism." (Trowbridge, 2017, p. 11.7)Prior to Title IX
being amended in 1964, women also faced discrimination within the education system. The
discrimination they faced within the education system included women not receiving equal
funding for education, as well as women being discriminated against within sports programs.
This called for action and led to "The Higher Education Act of 1972 amended Title IX of the
1964 Civil Rights Act. Often simply called Title IX, the new law banned gender discrimination
in any educational program or activity that received federal funding."(Trowbridge, 2017, p.
12.13) One of the biggest leaders behind the success of Title IX was a Hawaii Congresswoman
named Patsy Takemoto Mink. She spearheaded this campaign because she experienced the
same type of educational discrimination, and was unable to attend medical school, as all her
applications were denied on the basis that she was a woman. Her persistence and success in
getting Title IX to pass, paved the way for the women after her to attend school without
educational discrimination and "the most significant outcome of the law is likely the vast
increase in the numbers of women in professional, medical, and graduate
programs."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13)Another major goal of the Women's Movement was to
obtain reproductive rights over their bodies. Prior to the Women's Movement of the 1960s and
1970s, women did not have free reign of their bodies. Women that fell pregnant and did not
want to be, had no options for safe termination, which led them to find unsafe ways to carry
out abortions. There were 33 states that prohibited abortions completely and another 13 that
only allowed abortions to take place under certain medical circumstances. Prior to 1972,
unmarried men and women were not granted access to birth control which led to many
accidental pregnancies. The culmination of these issuesled women to fight for the rights to their
own bodies and for their right to choose. In 1970 a woman, given the name Jane Roe by the
court, filled a lawsuit against Henry Wade who was the District Attorney of Dallas County in
Texas. She filled this lawsuit on the basis that state laws were unconstitutional and denied her
personal privacy that should be protected by the First, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth, and Fourteenth
Amendments. Her case was argued twice over the course of two years and ultimately the courts
came to a verdict in January of 1973. "The debate surrounding abortion entered American life
as never before when the Supreme Court’s ruling in Roe v. Wade legalized abortion in the first
trimester of pregnancy."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13) Roe won her case and with it came the
subsequent victory for all American women of the time, the right to choose.
Jaymi DavisDecember 2, 2022Milestone ThreeOne of the goals of the Women's Movement
was to obtain equality in the workplace through less work discrimination and equal pay for
women employees. Women faced workplace discrimination, simply for the fact that they had
been viewed as inferior to men. "Working women are becoming increasing-not less-
concentrated on the bottom of the job ladder. As a consequence full-time women workers today
earn on the average only 60% of what men earn."(National Organization for Women,
1966)Women were consistently paid less wages than their male co-workers, and African
American women of the time were paid even less. It is apparent that the struggle for women's
equality was not taken as seriously and their claims were often dismissed by the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission, and it took years of womenspeaking up for themselves
and pushing for justice before results began to yield. "There is no civil rights movement to
speak for women, as there has been for Negroes and other victims of discrimination. The
National Organization for Women must therefore begin to speak." (National Organization for
Women, 1966)NOW played a big part in speaking up for women as it was led by women, to
obtain the basic human rights that they deserved. The NOW organization's first President, a
woman named Betty Friedan was responsible for pointing out the major differences in pay
between men and women. "She and other women of the postwar period helped to create what
soon became known as Second Wave Feminism." (Trowbridge, 2017, p. 11.7)Prior to Title IX
being amended in 1964, women also faced discrimination within the education system. The
discrimination they faced within the education system included women not receiving equal
funding for education, as well as women being discriminated against within sports programs.
This called for action and led to "The Higher Education Act of 1972 amended Title IX of the
1964 Civil Rights Act. Often simply called Title IX, the new law banned gender discrimination
in any educational program or activity that received federal funding."(Trowbridge, 2017, p.
12.13) One of the biggest leaders behind the success of Title IX was a Hawaii Congresswoman
named Patsy Takemoto Mink. She spearheaded this campaign because she experienced the
same type of educational discrimination, and was unable to attend medical school, as all her
applications were denied on the basis that she was a woman. Her persistence and success in
getting Title IX to pass, paved the way for the women after her to attend school without
educational discrimination and "the most significant outcome of the law is likely the vast
increase in the numbers of women in professional, medical, and graduate
programs."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13)Another major goal of the Women's Movement was to
obtain reproductive rights over their bodies. Prior to the Women's Movement of the 1960s and
1970s, women did not have free reign of their bodies. Women that fell pregnant and did not
want to be, had no options for safe termination, which led them to find unsafe ways to carry
out abortions. There were 33 states that prohibited abortions completely and another 13 that
only allowed abortions to take place under certain medical circumstances. Prior to 1972,
unmarried men and women were not granted access to birth control which led to many
accidental pregnancies. The culmination of these issuesled women to fight for the rights to their
own bodies and for their right to choose. In 1970 a woman, given the name Jane Roe by the
court, filled a lawsuit against Henry Wade who was the District Attorney of Dallas County in
Texas. She filled this lawsuit on the basis that state laws were unconstitutional and denied her
personal privacy that should be protected by the First, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth, and Fourteenth
Amendments. Her case was argued twice over the course of two years and ultimately the courts
came to a verdict in January of 1973. "The debate surrounding abortion entered American life
as never before when the Supreme Court’s ruling in Roe v. Wade legalized abortion in the first
trimester of pregnancy."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13) Roe won her case and with it came the
subsequent victory for all American women of the time, the right to choose.
Jaymi DavisDecember 2, 2022Milestone ThreeOne of the goals of the Women's Movement
was to obtain equality in the workplace through less work discrimination and equal pay for
women employees. Women faced workplace discrimination, simply for the fact that they had
been viewed as inferior to men. "Working women are becoming increasing-not less-
concentrated on the bottom of the job ladder. As a consequence full-time women workers today
earn on the average only 60% of what men earn."(National Organization for Women,
1966)Women were consistently paid less wages than their male co-workers, and African
American women of the time were paid even less. It is apparent that the struggle for women's
equality was not taken as seriously and their claims were often dismissed by the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission, and it took years of womenspeaking up for themselves
and pushing for justice before results began to yield. "There is no civil rights movement to
speak for women, as there has been for Negroes and other victims of discrimination. The
National Organization for Women must therefore begin to speak." (National Organization for
Women, 1966)NOW played a big part in speaking up for women as it was led by women, to
obtain the basic human rights that they deserved. The NOW organization's first President, a
woman named Betty Friedan was responsible for pointing out the major differences in pay
between men and women. "She and other women of the postwar period helped to create what
soon became known as Second Wave Feminism." (Trowbridge, 2017, p. 11.7)Prior to Title IX
being amended in 1964, women also faced discrimination within the education system. The
discrimination they faced within the education system included women not receiving equal
funding for education, as well as women being discriminated against within sports programs.
This called for action and led to "The Higher Education Act of 1972 amended Title IX of the
1964 Civil Rights Act. Often simply called Title IX, the new law banned gender discrimination
in any educational program or activity that received federal funding."(Trowbridge, 2017, p.
12.13) One of the biggest leaders behind the success of Title IX was a Hawaii Congresswoman
named Patsy Takemoto Mink. She spearheaded this campaign because she experienced the
same type of educational discrimination, and was unable to attend medical school, as all her
applications were denied on the basis that she was a woman. Her persistence and success in
getting Title IX to pass, paved the way for the women after her to attend school without
educational discrimination and "the most significant outcome of the law is likely the vast
increase in the numbers of women in professional, medical, and graduate
programs."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13)Another major goal of the Women's Movement was to
obtain reproductive rights over their bodies. Prior to the Women's Movement of the 1960s and
1970s, women did not have free reign of their bodies. Women that fell pregnant and did not
want to be, had no options for safe termination, which led them to find unsafe ways to carry
out abortions. There were 33 states that prohibited abortions completely and another 13 that
only allowed abortions to take place under certain medical circumstances. Prior to 1972,
unmarried men and women were not granted access to birth control which led to many
accidental pregnancies. The culmination of these issuesled women to fight for the rights to their
own bodies and for their right to choose. In 1970 a woman, given the name Jane Roe by the
court, filled a lawsuit against Henry Wade who was the District Attorney of Dallas County in
Texas. She filled this lawsuit on the basis that state laws were unconstitutional and denied her
personal privacy that should be protected by the First, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth, and Fourteenth
Amendments. Her case was argued twice over the course of two years and ultimately the courts
came to a verdict in January of 1973. "The debate surrounding abortion entered American life
as never before when the Supreme Court’s ruling in Roe v. Wade legalized abortion in the first
trimester of pregnancy."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13) Roe won her case and with it came the
subsequent victory for all American women of the time, the right to choose.
Jaymi DavisDecember 2, 2022Milestone ThreeOne of the goals of the Women's Movement
was to obtain equality in the workplace through less work discrimination and equal pay for
women employees. Women faced workplace discrimination, simply for the fact that they had
been viewed as inferior to men. "Working women are becoming increasing-not less-
concentrated on the bottom of the job ladder. As a consequence full-time women workers today
earn on the average only 60% of what men earn."(National Organization for Women,
1966)Women were consistently paid less wages than their male co-workers, and African
American women of the time were paid even less. It is apparent that the struggle for women's
equality was not taken as seriously and their claims were often dismissed by the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission, and it took years of womenspeaking up for themselves
and pushing for justice before results began to yield. "There is no civil rights movement to
speak for women, as there has been for Negroes and other victims of discrimination. The
National Organization for Women must therefore begin to speak." (National Organization for
Women, 1966)NOW played a big part in speaking up for women as it was led by women, to
obtain the basic human rights that they deserved. The NOW organization's first President, a
woman named Betty Friedan was responsible for pointing out the major differences in pay
between men and women. "She and other women of the postwar period helped to create what
soon became known as Second Wave Feminism." (Trowbridge, 2017, p. 11.7)Prior to Title IX
being amended in 1964, women also faced discrimination within the education system. The
discrimination they faced within the education system included women not receiving equal
funding for education, as well as women being discriminated against within sports programs.
This called for action and led to "The Higher Education Act of 1972 amended Title IX of the
1964 Civil Rights Act. Often simply called Title IX, the new law banned gender discrimination
in any educational program or activity that received federal funding."(Trowbridge, 2017, p.
12.13) One of the biggest leaders behind the success of Title IX was a Hawaii Congresswoman
named Patsy Takemoto Mink. She spearheaded this campaign because she experienced the
same type of educational discrimination, and was unable to attend medical school, as all her
applications were denied on the basis that she was a woman. Her persistence and success in
getting Title IX to pass, paved the way for the women after her to attend school without
educational discrimination and "the most significant outcome of the law is likely the vast
increase in the numbers of women in professional, medical, and graduate
programs."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13)Another major goal of the Women's Movement was to
obtain reproductive rights over their bodies. Prior to the Women's Movement of the 1960s and
1970s, women did not have free reign of their bodies. Women that fell pregnant and did not
want to be, had no options for safe termination, which led them to find unsafe ways to carry
out abortions. There were 33 states that prohibited abortions completely and another 13 that
only allowed abortions to take place under certain medical circumstances. Prior to 1972,
unmarried men and women were not granted access to birth control which led to many
accidental pregnancies. The culmination of these issuesled women to fight for the rights to their
own bodies and for their right to choose. In 1970 a woman, given the name Jane Roe by the
court, filled a lawsuit against Henry Wade who was the District Attorney of Dallas County in
Texas. She filled this lawsuit on the basis that state laws were unconstitutional and denied her
personal privacy that should be protected by the First, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth, and Fourteenth
Amendments. Her case was argued twice over the course of two years and ultimately the courts
came to a verdict in January of 1973. "The debate surrounding abortion entered American life
as never before when the Supreme Court’s ruling in Roe v. Wade legalized abortion in the first
trimester of pregnancy."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13) Roe won her case and with it came the
subsequent victory for all American women of the time, the right to choose.
Jaymi DavisDecember 2, 2022Milestone ThreeOne of the goals of the Women's Movement
was to obtain equality in the workplace through less work discrimination and equal pay for
women employees. Women faced workplace discrimination, simply for the fact that they had
been viewed as inferior to men. "Working women are becoming increasing-not less-
concentrated on the bottom of the job ladder. As a consequence full-time women workers today
earn on the average only 60% of what men earn."(National Organization for Women,
1966)Women were consistently paid less wages than their male co-workers, and African
American women of the time were paid even less. It is apparent that the struggle for women's
equality was not taken as seriously and their claims were often dismissed by the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission, and it took years of womenspeaking up for themselves
and pushing for justice before results began to yield. "There is no civil rights movement to
speak for women, as there has been for Negroes and other victims of discrimination. The
National Organization for Women must therefore begin to speak." (National Organization for
Women, 1966)NOW played a big part in speaking up for women as it was led by women, to
obtain the basic human rights that they deserved. The NOW organization's first President, a
woman named Betty Friedan was responsible for pointing out the major differences in pay
between men and women. "She and other women of the postwar period helped to create what
soon became known as Second Wave Feminism." (Trowbridge, 2017, p. 11.7)Prior to Title IX
being amended in 1964, women also faced discrimination within the education system. The
discrimination they faced within the education system included women not receiving equal
funding for education, as well as women being discriminated against within sports programs.
This called for action and led to "The Higher Education Act of 1972 amended Title IX of the
1964 Civil Rights Act. Often simply called Title IX, the new law banned gender discrimination
in any educational program or activity that received federal funding."(Trowbridge, 2017, p.
12.13) One of the biggest leaders behind the success of Title IX was a Hawaii Congresswoman
named Patsy Takemoto Mink. She spearheaded this campaign because she experienced the
same type of educational discrimination, and was unable to attend medical school, as all her
applications were denied on the basis that she was a woman. Her persistence and success in
getting Title IX to pass, paved the way for the women after her to attend school without
educational discrimination and "the most significant outcome of the law is likely the vast
increase in the numbers of women in professional, medical, and graduate
programs."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13)Another major goal of the Women's Movement was to
obtain reproductive rights over their bodies. Prior to the Women's Movement of the 1960s and
1970s, women did not have free reign of their bodies. Women that fell pregnant and did not
want to be, had no options for safe termination, which led them to find unsafe ways to carry
out abortions. There were 33 states that prohibited abortions completely and another 13 that
only allowed abortions to take place under certain medical circumstances. Prior to 1972,
unmarried men and women were not granted access to birth control which led to many
accidental pregnancies. The culmination of these issuesled women to fight for the rights to their
own bodies and for their right to choose. In 1970 a woman, given the name Jane Roe by the
court, filled a lawsuit against Henry Wade who was the District Attorney of Dallas County in
Texas. She filled this lawsuit on the basis that state laws were unconstitutional and denied her
personal privacy that should be protected by the First, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth, and Fourteenth
Amendments. Her case was argued twice over the course of two years and ultimately the courts
came to a verdict in January of 1973. "The debate surrounding abortion entered American life
as never before when the Supreme Court’s ruling in Roe v. Wade legalized abortion in the first
trimester of pregnancy."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13) Roe won her case and with it came the
subsequent victory for all American women of the time, the right to choose.
Jaymi DavisDecember 2, 2022Milestone ThreeOne of the goals of the Women's Movement
was to obtain equality in the workplace through less work discrimination and equal pay for
women employees. Women faced workplace discrimination, simply for the fact that they had
been viewed as inferior to men. "Working women are becoming increasing-not less-
concentrated on the bottom of the job ladder. As a consequence full-time women workers today
earn on the average only 60% of what men earn."(National Organization for Women,
1966)Women were consistently paid less wages than their male co-workers, and African
American women of the time were paid even less. It is apparent that the struggle for women's
equality was not taken as seriously and their claims were often dismissed by the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission, and it took years of womenspeaking up for themselves
and pushing for justice before results began to yield. "There is no civil rights movement to
speak for women, as there has been for Negroes and other victims of discrimination. The
National Organization for Women must therefore begin to speak." (National Organization for
Women, 1966)NOW played a big part in speaking up for women as it was led by women, to
obtain the basic human rights that they deserved. The NOW organization's first President, a
woman named Betty Friedan was responsible for pointing out the major differences in pay
between men and women. "She and other women of the postwar period helped to create what
soon became known as Second Wave Feminism." (Trowbridge, 2017, p. 11.7)Prior to Title IX
being amended in 1964, women also faced discrimination within the education system. The
discrimination they faced within the education system included women not receiving equal
funding for education, as well as women being discriminated against within sports programs.
This called for action and led to "The Higher Education Act of 1972 amended Title IX of the
1964 Civil Rights Act. Often simply called Title IX, the new law banned gender discrimination
in any educational program or activity that received federal funding."(Trowbridge, 2017, p.
12.13) One of the biggest leaders behind the success of Title IX was a Hawaii Congresswoman
named Patsy Takemoto Mink. She spearheaded this campaign because she experienced the
same type of educational discrimination, and was unable to attend medical school, as all her
applications were denied on the basis that she was a woman. Her persistence and success in
getting Title IX to pass, paved the way for the women after her to attend school without
educational discrimination and "the most significant outcome of the law is likely the vast
increase in the numbers of women in professional, medical, and graduate
programs."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13)Another major goal of the Women's Movement was to
obtain reproductive rights over their bodies. Prior to the Women's Movement of the 1960s and
1970s, women did not have free reign of their bodies. Women that fell pregnant and did not
want to be, had no options for safe termination, which led them to find unsafe ways to carry
out abortions. There were 33 states that prohibited abortions completely and another 13 that
only allowed abortions to take place under certain medical circumstances. Prior to 1972,
unmarried men and women were not granted access to birth control which led to many
accidental pregnancies. The culmination of these issuesled women to fight for the rights to their
own bodies and for their right to choose. In 1970 a woman, given the name Jane Roe by the
court, filled a lawsuit against Henry Wade who was the District Attorney of Dallas County in
Texas. She filled this lawsuit on the basis that state laws were unconstitutional and denied her
personal privacy that should be protected by the First, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth, and Fourteenth
Amendments. Her case was argued twice over the course of two years and ultimately the courts
came to a verdict in January of 1973. "The debate surrounding abortion entered American life
as never before when the Supreme Court’s ruling in Roe v. Wade legalized abortion in the first
trimester of pregnancy."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13) Roe won her case and with it came the
subsequent victory for all American women of the time, the right to choose.
Jaymi DavisDecember 2, 2022Milestone ThreeOne of the goals of the Women's Movement
was to obtain equality in the workplace through less work discrimination and equal pay for
women employees. Women faced workplace discrimination, simply for the fact that they had
been viewed as inferior to men. "Working women are becoming increasing-not less-
concentrated on the bottom of the job ladder. As a consequence full-time women workers today
earn on the average only 60% of what men earn."(National Organization for Women,
1966)Women were consistently paid less wages than their male co-workers, and African
American women of the time were paid even less. It is apparent that the struggle for women's
equality was not taken as seriously and their claims were often dismissed by the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission, and it took years of womenspeaking up for themselves
and pushing for justice before results began to yield. "There is no civil rights movement to
speak for women, as there has been for Negroes and other victims of discrimination. The
National Organization for Women must therefore begin to speak." (National Organization for
Women, 1966)NOW played a big part in speaking up for women as it was led by women, to
obtain the basic human rights that they deserved. The NOW organization's first President, a
woman named Betty Friedan was responsible for pointing out the major differences in pay
between men and women. "She and other women of the postwar period helped to create what
soon became known as Second Wave Feminism." (Trowbridge, 2017, p. 11.7)Prior to Title IX
being amended in 1964, women also faced discrimination within the education system. The
discrimination they faced within the education system included women not receiving equal
funding for education, as well as women being discriminated against within sports programs.
This called for action and led to "The Higher Education Act of 1972 amended Title IX of the
1964 Civil Rights Act. Often simply called Title IX, the new law banned gender discrimination
in any educational program or activity that received federal funding."(Trowbridge, 2017, p.
12.13) One of the biggest leaders behind the success of Title IX was a Hawaii Congresswoman
named Patsy Takemoto Mink. She spearheaded this campaign because she experienced the
same type of educational discrimination, and was unable to attend medical school, as all her
applications were denied on the basis that she was a woman. Her persistence and success in
getting Title IX to pass, paved the way for the women after her to attend school without
educational discrimination and "the most significant outcome of the law is likely the vast
increase in the numbers of women in professional, medical, and graduate
programs."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13)Another major goal of the Women's Movement was to
obtain reproductive rights over their bodies. Prior to the Women's Movement of the 1960s and
1970s, women did not have free reign of their bodies. Women that fell pregnant and did not
want to be, had no options for safe termination, which led them to find unsafe ways to carry
out abortions. There were 33 states that prohibited abortions completely and another 13 that
only allowed abortions to take place under certain medical circumstances. Prior to 1972,
unmarried men and women were not granted access to birth control which led to many
accidental pregnancies. The culmination of these issuesled women to fight for the rights to their
own bodies and for their right to choose. In 1970 a woman, given the name Jane Roe by the
court, filled a lawsuit against Henry Wade who was the District Attorney of Dallas County in
Texas. She filled this lawsuit on the basis that state laws were unconstitutional and denied her
personal privacy that should be protected by the First, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth, and Fourteenth
Amendments. Her case was argued twice over the course of two years and ultimately the courts
came to a verdict in January of 1973. "The debate surrounding abortion entered American life
as never before when the Supreme Court’s ruling in Roe v. Wade legalized abortion in the first
trimester of pregnancy."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13) Roe won her case and with it came the
subsequent victory for all American women of the time, the right to choose.
Jaymi DavisDecember 2, 2022Milestone ThreeOne of the goals of the Women's Movement
was to obtain equality in the workplace through less work discrimination and equal pay for
women employees. Women faced workplace discrimination, simply for the fact that they had
been viewed as inferior to men. "Working women are becoming increasing-not less-
concentrated on the bottom of the job ladder. As a consequence full-time women workers today
earn on the average only 60% of what men earn."(National Organization for Women,
1966)Women were consistently paid less wages than their male co-workers, and African
American women of the time were paid even less. It is apparent that the struggle for women's
equality was not taken as seriously and their claims were often dismissed by the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission, and it took years of womenspeaking up for themselves
and pushing for justice before results began to yield. "There is no civil rights movement to
speak for women, as there has been for Negroes and other victims of discrimination. The
National Organization for Women must therefore begin to speak." (National Organization for
Women, 1966)NOW played a big part in speaking up for women as it was led by women, to
obtain the basic human rights that they deserved. The NOW organization's first President, a
woman named Betty Friedan was responsible for pointing out the major differences in pay
between men and women. "She and other women of the postwar period helped to create what
soon became known as Second Wave Feminism." (Trowbridge, 2017, p. 11.7)Prior to Title IX
being amended in 1964, women also faced discrimination within the education system. The
discrimination they faced within the education system included women not receiving equal
funding for education, as well as women being discriminated against within sports programs.
This called for action and led to "The Higher Education Act of 1972 amended Title IX of the
1964 Civil Rights Act. Often simply called Title IX, the new law banned gender discrimination
in any educational program or activity that received federal funding."(Trowbridge, 2017, p.
12.13) One of the biggest leaders behind the success of Title IX was a Hawaii Congresswoman
named Patsy Takemoto Mink. She spearheaded this campaign because she experienced the
same type of educational discrimination, and was unable to attend medical school, as all her
applications were denied on the basis that she was a woman. Her persistence and success in
getting Title IX to pass, paved the way for the women after her to attend school without
educational discrimination and "the most significant outcome of the law is likely the vast
increase in the numbers of women in professional, medical, and graduate
programs."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13)Another major goal of the Women's Movement was to
obtain reproductive rights over their bodies. Prior to the Women's Movement of the 1960s and
1970s, women did not have free reign of their bodies. Women that fell pregnant and did not
want to be, had no options for safe termination, which led them to find unsafe ways to carry
out abortions. There were 33 states that prohibited abortions completely and another 13 that
only allowed abortions to take place under certain medical circumstances. Prior to 1972,
unmarried men and women were not granted access to birth control which led to many
accidental pregnancies. The culmination of these issuesled women to fight for the rights to their
own bodies and for their right to choose. In 1970 a woman, given the name Jane Roe by the
court, filled a lawsuit against Henry Wade who was the District Attorney of Dallas County in
Texas. She filled this lawsuit on the basis that state laws were unconstitutional and denied her
personal privacy that should be protected by the First, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth, and Fourteenth
Amendments. Her case was argued twice over the course of two years and ultimately the courts
came to a verdict in January of 1973. "The debate surrounding abortion entered American life
as never before when the Supreme Court’s ruling in Roe v. Wade legalized abortion in the first
trimester of pregnancy."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13) Roe won her case and with it came the
subsequent victory for all American women of the time, the right to choose.
Jaymi DavisDecember 2, 2022Milestone ThreeOne of the goals of the Women's Movement
was to obtain equality in the workplace through less work discrimination and equal pay for
women employees. Women faced workplace discrimination, simply for the fact that they had
been viewed as inferior to men. "Working women are becoming increasing-not less-
concentrated on the bottom of the job ladder. As a consequence full-time women workers today
earn on the average only 60% of what men earn."(National Organization for Women,
1966)Women were consistently paid less wages than their male co-workers, and African
American women of the time were paid even less. It is apparent that the struggle for women's
equality was not taken as seriously and their claims were often dismissed by the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission, and it took years of womenspeaking up for themselves
and pushing for justice before results began to yield. "There is no civil rights movement to
speak for women, as there has been for Negroes and other victims of discrimination. The
National Organization for Women must therefore begin to speak." (National Organization for
Women, 1966)NOW played a big part in speaking up for women as it was led by women, to
obtain the basic human rights that they deserved. The NOW organization's first President, a
woman named Betty Friedan was responsible for pointing out the major differences in pay
between men and women. "She and other women of the postwar period helped to create what
soon became known as Second Wave Feminism." (Trowbridge, 2017, p. 11.7)Prior to Title IX
being amended in 1964, women also faced discrimination within the education system. The
discrimination they faced within the education system included women not receiving equal
funding for education, as well as women being discriminated against within sports programs.
This called for action and led to "The Higher Education Act of 1972 amended Title IX of the
1964 Civil Rights Act. Often simply called Title IX, the new law banned gender discrimination
in any educational program or activity that received federal funding."(Trowbridge, 2017, p.
12.13) One of the biggest leaders behind the success of Title IX was a Hawaii Congresswoman
named Patsy Takemoto Mink. She spearheaded this campaign because she experienced the
same type of educational discrimination, and was unable to attend medical school, as all her
applications were denied on the basis that she was a woman. Her persistence and success in
getting Title IX to pass, paved the way for the women after her to attend school without
educational discrimination and "the most significant outcome of the law is likely the vast
increase in the numbers of women in professional, medical, and graduate
programs."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13)Another major goal of the Women's Movement was to
obtain reproductive rights over their bodies. Prior to the Women's Movement of the 1960s and
1970s, women did not have free reign of their bodies. Women that fell pregnant and did not
want to be, had no options for safe termination, which led them to find unsafe ways to carry
out abortions. There were 33 states that prohibited abortions completely and another 13 that
only allowed abortions to take place under certain medical circumstances. Prior to 1972,
unmarried men and women were not granted access to birth control which led to many
accidental pregnancies. The culmination of these issuesled women to fight for the rights to their
own bodies and for their right to choose. In 1970 a woman, given the name Jane Roe by the
court, filled a lawsuit against Henry Wade who was the District Attorney of Dallas County in
Texas. She filled this lawsuit on the basis that state laws were unconstitutional and denied her
personal privacy that should be protected by the First, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth, and Fourteenth
Amendments. Her case was argued twice over the course of two years and ultimately the courts
came to a verdict in January of 1973. "The debate surrounding abortion entered American life
as never before when the Supreme Court’s ruling in Roe v. Wade legalized abortion in the first
trimester of pregnancy."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13) Roe won her case and with it came the
subsequent victory for all American women of the time, the right to choose.
Jaymi DavisDecember 2, 2022Milestone ThreeOne of the goals of the Women's Movement
was to obtain equality in the workplace through less work discrimination and equal pay for
women employees. Women faced workplace discrimination, simply for the fact that they had
been viewed as inferior to men. "Working women are becoming increasing-not less-
concentrated on the bottom of the job ladder. As a consequence full-time women workers today
earn on the average only 60% of what men earn."(National Organization for Women,
1966)Women were consistently paid less wages than their male co-workers, and African
American women of the time were paid even less. It is apparent that the struggle for women's
equality was not taken as seriously and their claims were often dismissed by the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission, and it took years of womenspeaking up for themselves
and pushing for justice before results began to yield. "There is no civil rights movement to
speak for women, as there has been for Negroes and other victims of discrimination. The
National Organization for Women must therefore begin to speak." (National Organization for
Women, 1966)NOW played a big part in speaking up for women as it was led by women, to
obtain the basic human rights that they deserved. The NOW organization's first President, a
woman named Betty Friedan was responsible for pointing out the major differences in pay
between men and women. "She and other women of the postwar period helped to create what
soon became known as Second Wave Feminism." (Trowbridge, 2017, p. 11.7)Prior to Title IX
being amended in 1964, women also faced discrimination within the education system. The
discrimination they faced within the education system included women not receiving equal
funding for education, as well as women being discriminated against within sports programs.
This called for action and led to "The Higher Education Act of 1972 amended Title IX of the
1964 Civil Rights Act. Often simply called Title IX, the new law banned gender discrimination
in any educational program or activity that received federal funding."(Trowbridge, 2017, p.
12.13) One of the biggest leaders behind the success of Title IX was a Hawaii Congresswoman
named Patsy Takemoto Mink. She spearheaded this campaign because she experienced the
same type of educational discrimination, and was unable to attend medical school, as all her
applications were denied on the basis that she was a woman. Her persistence and success in
getting Title IX to pass, paved the way for the women after her to attend school without
educational discrimination and "the most significant outcome of the law is likely the vast
increase in the numbers of women in professional, medical, and graduate
programs."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13)Another major goal of the Women's Movement was to
obtain reproductive rights over their bodies. Prior to the Women's Movement of the 1960s and
1970s, women did not have free reign of their bodies. Women that fell pregnant and did not
want to be, had no options for safe termination, which led them to find unsafe ways to carry
out abortions. There were 33 states that prohibited abortions completely and another 13 that
only allowed abortions to take place under certain medical circumstances. Prior to 1972,
unmarried men and women were not granted access to birth control which led to many
accidental pregnancies. The culmination of these issuesled women to fight for the rights to their
own bodies and for their right to choose. In 1970 a woman, given the name Jane Roe by the
court, filled a lawsuit against Henry Wade who was the District Attorney of Dallas County in
Texas. She filled this lawsuit on the basis that state laws were unconstitutional and denied her
personal privacy that should be protected by the First, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth, and Fourteenth
Amendments. Her case was argued twice over the course of two years and ultimately the courts
came to a verdict in January of 1973. "The debate surrounding abortion entered American life
as never before when the Supreme Court’s ruling in Roe v. Wade legalized abortion in the first
trimester of pregnancy."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13) Roe won her case and with it came the
subsequent victory for all American women of the time, the right to choose.
Jaymi DavisDecember 2, 2022Milestone ThreeOne of the goals of the Women's Movement
was to obtain equality in the workplace through less work discrimination and equal pay for
women employees. Women faced workplace discrimination, simply for the fact that they had
been viewed as inferior to men. "Working women are becoming increasing-not less-
concentrated on the bottom of the job ladder. As a consequence full-time women workers today
earn on the average only 60% of what men earn."(National Organization for Women,
1966)Women were consistently paid less wages than their male co-workers, and African
American women of the time were paid even less. It is apparent that the struggle for women's
equality was not taken as seriously and their claims were often dismissed by the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission, and it took years of womenspeaking up for themselves
and pushing for justice before results began to yield. "There is no civil rights movement to
speak for women, as there has been for Negroes and other victims of discrimination. The
National Organization for Women must therefore begin to speak." (National Organization for
Women, 1966)NOW played a big part in speaking up for women as it was led by women, to
obtain the basic human rights that they deserved. The NOW organization's first President, a
woman named Betty Friedan was responsible for pointing out the major differences in pay
between men and women. "She and other women of the postwar period helped to create what
soon became known as Second Wave Feminism." (Trowbridge, 2017, p. 11.7)Prior to Title IX
being amended in 1964, women also faced discrimination within the education system. The
discrimination they faced within the education system included women not receiving equal
funding for education, as well as women being discriminated against within sports programs.
This called for action and led to "The Higher Education Act of 1972 amended Title IX of the
1964 Civil Rights Act. Often simply called Title IX, the new law banned gender discrimination
in any educational program or activity that received federal funding."(Trowbridge, 2017, p.
12.13) One of the biggest leaders behind the success of Title IX was a Hawaii Congresswoman
named Patsy Takemoto Mink. She spearheaded this campaign because she experienced the
same type of educational discrimination, and was unable to attend medical school, as all her
applications were denied on the basis that she was a woman. Her persistence and success in
getting Title IX to pass, paved the way for the women after her to attend school without
educational discrimination and "the most significant outcome of the law is likely the vast
increase in the numbers of women in professional, medical, and graduate
programs."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13)Another major goal of the Women's Movement was to
obtain reproductive rights over their bodies. Prior to the Women's Movement of the 1960s and
1970s, women did not have free reign of their bodies. Women that fell pregnant and did not
want to be, had no options for safe termination, which led them to find unsafe ways to carry
out abortions. There were 33 states that prohibited abortions completely and another 13 that
only allowed abortions to take place under certain medical circumstances. Prior to 1972,
unmarried men and women were not granted access to birth control which led to many
accidental pregnancies. The culmination of these issuesled women to fight for the rights to their
own bodies and for their right to choose. In 1970 a woman, given the name Jane Roe by the
court, filled a lawsuit against Henry Wade who was the District Attorney of Dallas County in
Texas. She filled this lawsuit on the basis that state laws were unconstitutional and denied her
personal privacy that should be protected by the First, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth, and Fourteenth
Amendments. Her case was argued twice over the course of two years and ultimately the courts
came to a verdict in January of 1973. "The debate surrounding abortion entered American life
as never before when the Supreme Court’s ruling in Roe v. Wade legalized abortion in the first
trimester of pregnancy."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13) Roe won her case and with it came the
subsequent victory for all American women of the time, the right to choose.
Jaymi DavisDecember 2, 2022Milestone ThreeOne of the goals of the Women's Movement
was to obtain equality in the workplace through less work discrimination and equal pay for
women employees. Women faced workplace discrimination, simply for the fact that they had
been viewed as inferior to men. "Working women are becoming increasing-not less-
concentrated on the bottom of the job ladder. As a consequence full-time women workers today
earn on the average only 60% of what men earn."(National Organization for Women,
1966)Women were consistently paid less wages than their male co-workers, and African
American women of the time were paid even less. It is apparent that the struggle for women's
equality was not taken as seriously and their claims were often dismissed by the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission, and it took years of womenspeaking up for themselves
and pushing for justice before results began to yield. "There is no civil rights movement to
speak for women, as there has been for Negroes and other victims of discrimination. The
National Organization for Women must therefore begin to speak." (National Organization for
Women, 1966)NOW played a big part in speaking up for women as it was led by women, to
obtain the basic human rights that they deserved. The NOW organization's first President, a
woman named Betty Friedan was responsible for pointing out the major differences in pay
between men and women. "She and other women of the postwar period helped to create what
soon became known as Second Wave Feminism." (Trowbridge, 2017, p. 11.7)Prior to Title IX
being amended in 1964, women also faced discrimination within the education system. The
discrimination they faced within the education system included women not receiving equal
funding for education, as well as women being discriminated against within sports programs.
This called for action and led to "The Higher Education Act of 1972 amended Title IX of the
1964 Civil Rights Act. Often simply called Title IX, the new law banned gender discrimination
in any educational program or activity that received federal funding."(Trowbridge, 2017, p.
12.13) One of the biggest leaders behind the success of Title IX was a Hawaii Congresswoman
named Patsy Takemoto Mink. She spearheaded this campaign because she experienced the
same type of educational discrimination, and was unable to attend medical school, as all her
applications were denied on the basis that she was a woman. Her persistence and success in
getting Title IX to pass, paved the way for the women after her to attend school without
educational discrimination and "the most significant outcome of the law is likely the vast
increase in the numbers of women in professional, medical, and graduate
programs."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13)Another major goal of the Women's Movement was to
obtain reproductive rights over their bodies. Prior to the Women's Movement of the 1960s and
1970s, women did not have free reign of their bodies. Women that fell pregnant and did not
want to be, had no options for safe termination, which led them to find unsafe ways to carry
out abortions. There were 33 states that prohibited abortions completely and another 13 that
only allowed abortions to take place under certain medical circumstances. Prior to 1972,
unmarried men and women were not granted access to birth control which led to many
accidental pregnancies. The culmination of these issuesled women to fight for the rights to their
own bodies and for their right to choose. In 1970 a woman, given the name Jane Roe by the
court, filled a lawsuit against Henry Wade who was the District Attorney of Dallas County in
Texas. She filled this lawsuit on the basis that state laws were unconstitutional and denied her
personal privacy that should be protected by the First, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth, and Fourteenth
Amendments. Her case was argued twice over the course of two years and ultimately the courts
came to a verdict in January of 1973. "The debate surrounding abortion entered American life
as never before when the Supreme Court’s ruling in Roe v. Wade legalized abortion in the first
trimester of pregnancy."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13) Roe won her case and with it came the
subsequent victory for all American women of the time, the right to choose.
Jaymi DavisDecember 2, 2022Milestone ThreeOne of the goals of the Women's Movement
was to obtain equality in the workplace through less work discrimination and equal pay for
women employees. Women faced workplace discrimination, simply for the fact that they had
been viewed as inferior to men. "Working women are becoming increasing-not less-
concentrated on the bottom of the job ladder. As a consequence full-time women workers today
earn on the average only 60% of what men earn."(National Organization for Women,
1966)Women were consistently paid less wages than their male co-workers, and African
American women of the time were paid even less. It is apparent that the struggle for women's
equality was not taken as seriously and their claims were often dismissed by the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission, and it took years of womenspeaking up for themselves
and pushing for justice before results began to yield. "There is no civil rights movement to
speak for women, as there has been for Negroes and other victims of discrimination. The
National Organization for Women must therefore begin to speak." (National Organization for
Women, 1966)NOW played a big part in speaking up for women as it was led by women, to
obtain the basic human rights that they deserved. The NOW organization's first President, a
woman named Betty Friedan was responsible for pointing out the major differences in pay
between men and women. "She and other women of the postwar period helped to create what
soon became known as Second Wave Feminism." (Trowbridge, 2017, p. 11.7)Prior to Title IX
being amended in 1964, women also faced discrimination within the education system. The
discrimination they faced within the education system included women not receiving equal
funding for education, as well as women being discriminated against within sports programs.
This called for action and led to "The Higher Education Act of 1972 amended Title IX of the
1964 Civil Rights Act. Often simply called Title IX, the new law banned gender discrimination
in any educational program or activity that received federal funding."(Trowbridge, 2017, p.
12.13) One of the biggest leaders behind the success of Title IX was a Hawaii Congresswoman
named Patsy Takemoto Mink. She spearheaded this campaign because she experienced the
same type of educational discrimination, and was unable to attend medical school, as all her
applications were denied on the basis that she was a woman. Her persistence and success in
getting Title IX to pass, paved the way for the women after her to attend school without
educational discrimination and "the most significant outcome of the law is likely the vast
increase in the numbers of women in professional, medical, and graduate
programs."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13)Another major goal of the Women's Movement was to
obtain reproductive rights over their bodies. Prior to the Women's Movement of the 1960s and
1970s, women did not have free reign of their bodies. Women that fell pregnant and did not
want to be, had no options for safe termination, which led them to find unsafe ways to carry
out abortions. There were 33 states that prohibited abortions completely and another 13 that
only allowed abortions to take place under certain medical circumstances. Prior to 1972,
unmarried men and women were not granted access to birth control which led to many
accidental pregnancies. The culmination of these issuesled women to fight for the rights to their
own bodies and for their right to choose. In 1970 a woman, given the name Jane Roe by the
court, filled a lawsuit against Henry Wade who was the District Attorney of Dallas County in
Texas. She filled this lawsuit on the basis that state laws were unconstitutional and denied her
personal privacy that should be protected by the First, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth, and Fourteenth
Amendments. Her case was argued twice over the course of two years and ultimately the courts
came to a verdict in January of 1973. "The debate surrounding abortion entered American life
as never before when the Supreme Court’s ruling in Roe v. Wade legalized abortion in the first
trimester of pregnancy."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13) Roe won her case and with it came the
subsequent victory for all American women of the time, the right to choose.
Jaymi DavisDecember 2, 2022Milestone ThreeOne of the goals of the Women's Movement
was to obtain equality in the workplace through less work discrimination and equal pay for
women employees. Women faced workplace discrimination, simply for the fact that they had
been viewed as inferior to men. "Working women are becoming increasing-not less-
concentrated on the bottom of the job ladder. As a consequence full-time women workers today
earn on the average only 60% of what men earn."(National Organization for Women,
1966)Women were consistently paid less wages than their male co-workers, and African
American women of the time were paid even less. It is apparent that the struggle for women's
equality was not taken as seriously and their claims were often dismissed by the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission, and it took years of womenspeaking up for themselves
and pushing for justice before results began to yield. "There is no civil rights movement to
speak for women, as there has been for Negroes and other victims of discrimination. The
National Organization for Women must therefore begin to speak." (National Organization for
Women, 1966)NOW played a big part in speaking up for women as it was led by women, to
obtain the basic human rights that they deserved. The NOW organization's first President, a
woman named Betty Friedan was responsible for pointing out the major differences in pay
between men and women. "She and other women of the postwar period helped to create what
soon became known as Second Wave Feminism." (Trowbridge, 2017, p. 11.7)Prior to Title IX
being amended in 1964, women also faced discrimination within the education system. The
discrimination they faced within the education system included women not receiving equal
funding for education, as well as women being discriminated against within sports programs.
This called for action and led to "The Higher Education Act of 1972 amended Title IX of the
1964 Civil Rights Act. Often simply called Title IX, the new law banned gender discrimination
in any educational program or activity that received federal funding."(Trowbridge, 2017, p.
12.13) One of the biggest leaders behind the success of Title IX was a Hawaii Congresswoman
named Patsy Takemoto Mink. She spearheaded this campaign because she experienced the
same type of educational discrimination, and was unable to attend medical school, as all her
applications were denied on the basis that she was a woman. Her persistence and success in
getting Title IX to pass, paved the way for the women after her to attend school without
educational discrimination and "the most significant outcome of the law is likely the vast
increase in the numbers of women in professional, medical, and graduate
programs."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13)Another major goal of the Women's Movement was to
obtain reproductive rights over their bodies. Prior to the Women's Movement of the 1960s and
1970s, women did not have free reign of their bodies. Women that fell pregnant and did not
want to be, had no options for safe termination, which led them to find unsafe ways to carry
out abortions. There were 33 states that prohibited abortions completely and another 13 that
only allowed abortions to take place under certain medical circumstances. Prior to 1972,
unmarried men and women were not granted access to birth control which led to many
accidental pregnancies. The culmination of these issuesled women to fight for the rights to their
own bodies and for their right to choose. In 1970 a woman, given the name Jane Roe by the
court, filled a lawsuit against Henry Wade who was the District Attorney of Dallas County in
Texas. She filled this lawsuit on the basis that state laws were unconstitutional and denied her
personal privacy that should be protected by the First, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth, and Fourteenth
Amendments. Her case was argued twice over the course of two years and ultimately the courts
came to a verdict in January of 1973. "The debate surrounding abortion entered American life
as never before when the Supreme Court’s ruling in Roe v. Wade legalized abortion in the first
trimester of pregnancy."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13) Roe won her case and with it came the
subsequent victory for all American women of the time, the right to choose.
Jaymi DavisDecember 2, 2022Milestone ThreeOne of the goals of the Women's Movement
was to obtain equality in the workplace through less work discrimination and equal pay for
women employees. Women faced workplace discrimination, simply for the fact that they had
been viewed as inferior to men. "Working women are becoming increasing-not less-
concentrated on the bottom of the job ladder. As a consequence full-time women workers today
earn on the average only 60% of what men earn."(National Organization for Women,
1966)Women were consistently paid less wages than their male co-workers, and African
American women of the time were paid even less. It is apparent that the struggle for women's
equality was not taken as seriously and their claims were often dismissed by the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission, and it took years of womenspeaking up for themselves
and pushing for justice before results began to yield. "There is no civil rights movement to
speak for women, as there has been for Negroes and other victims of discrimination. The
National Organization for Women must therefore begin to speak." (National Organization for
Women, 1966)NOW played a big part in speaking up for women as it was led by women, to
obtain the basic human rights that they deserved. The NOW organization's first President, a
woman named Betty Friedan was responsible for pointing out the major differences in pay
between men and women. "She and other women of the postwar period helped to create what
soon became known as Second Wave Feminism." (Trowbridge, 2017, p. 11.7)Prior to Title IX
being amended in 1964, women also faced discrimination within the education system. The
discrimination they faced within the education system included women not receiving equal
funding for education, as well as women being discriminated against within sports programs.
This called for action and led to "The Higher Education Act of 1972 amended Title IX of the
1964 Civil Rights Act. Often simply called Title IX, the new law banned gender discrimination
in any educational program or activity that received federal funding."(Trowbridge, 2017, p.
12.13) One of the biggest leaders behind the success of Title IX was a Hawaii Congresswoman
named Patsy Takemoto Mink. She spearheaded this campaign because she experienced the
same type of educational discrimination, and was unable to attend medical school, as all her
applications were denied on the basis that she was a woman. Her persistence and success in
getting Title IX to pass, paved the way for the women after her to attend school without
educational discrimination and "the most significant outcome of the law is likely the vast
increase in the numbers of women in professional, medical, and graduate
programs."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13)Another major goal of the Women's Movement was to
obtain reproductive rights over their bodies. Prior to the Women's Movement of the 1960s and
1970s, women did not have free reign of their bodies. Women that fell pregnant and did not
want to be, had no options for safe termination, which led them to find unsafe ways to carry
out abortions. There were 33 states that prohibited abortions completely and another 13 that
only allowed abortions to take place under certain medical circumstances. Prior to 1972,
unmarried men and women were not granted access to birth control which led to many
accidental pregnancies. The culmination of these issuesled women to fight for the rights to their
own bodies and for their right to choose. In 1970 a woman, given the name Jane Roe by the
court, filled a lawsuit against Henry Wade who was the District Attorney of Dallas County in
Texas. She filled this lawsuit on the basis that state laws were unconstitutional and denied her
personal privacy that should be protected by the First, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth, and Fourteenth
Amendments. Her case was argued twice over the course of two years and ultimately the courts
came to a verdict in January of 1973. "The debate surrounding abortion entered American life
as never before when the Supreme Court’s ruling in Roe v. Wade legalized abortion in the first
trimester of pregnancy."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13) Roe won her case and with it came the
subsequent victory for all American women of the time, the right to choose.
Jaymi DavisDecember 2, 2022Milestone ThreeOne of the goals of the Women's Movement
was to obtain equality in the workplace through less work discrimination and equal pay for
women employees. Women faced workplace discrimination, simply for the fact that they had
been viewed as inferior to men. "Working women are becoming increasing-not less-
concentrated on the bottom of the job ladder. As a consequence full-time women workers today
earn on the average only 60% of what men earn."(National Organization for Women,
1966)Women were consistently paid less wages than their male co-workers, and African
American women of the time were paid even less. It is apparent that the struggle for women's
equality was not taken as seriously and their claims were often dismissed by the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission, and it took years of womenspeaking up for themselves
and pushing for justice before results began to yield. "There is no civil rights movement to
speak for women, as there has been for Negroes and other victims of discrimination. The
National Organization for Women must therefore begin to speak." (National Organization for
Women, 1966)NOW played a big part in speaking up for women as it was led by women, to
obtain the basic human rights that they deserved. The NOW organization's first President, a
woman named Betty Friedan was responsible for pointing out the major differences in pay
between men and women. "She and other women of the postwar period helped to create what
soon became known as Second Wave Feminism." (Trowbridge, 2017, p. 11.7)Prior to Title IX
being amended in 1964, women also faced discrimination within the education system. The
discrimination they faced within the education system included women not receiving equal
funding for education, as well as women being discriminated against within sports programs.
This called for action and led to "The Higher Education Act of 1972 amended Title IX of the
1964 Civil Rights Act. Often simply called Title IX, the new law banned gender discrimination
in any educational program or activity that received federal funding."(Trowbridge, 2017, p.
12.13) One of the biggest leaders behind the success of Title IX was a Hawaii Congresswoman
named Patsy Takemoto Mink. She spearheaded this campaign because she experienced the
same type of educational discrimination, and was unable to attend medical school, as all her
applications were denied on the basis that she was a woman. Her persistence and success in
getting Title IX to pass, paved the way for the women after her to attend school without
educational discrimination and "the most significant outcome of the law is likely the vast
increase in the numbers of women in professional, medical, and graduate
programs."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13)Another major goal of the Women's Movement was to
obtain reproductive rights over their bodies. Prior to the Women's Movement of the 1960s and
1970s, women did not have free reign of their bodies. Women that fell pregnant and did not
want to be, had no options for safe termination, which led them to find unsafe ways to carry
out abortions. There were 33 states that prohibited abortions completely and another 13 that
only allowed abortions to take place under certain medical circumstances. Prior to 1972,
unmarried men and women were not granted access to birth control which led to many
accidental pregnancies. The culmination of these issuesled women to fight for the rights to their
own bodies and for their right to choose. In 1970 a woman, given the name Jane Roe by the
court, filled a lawsuit against Henry Wade who was the District Attorney of Dallas County in
Texas. She filled this lawsuit on the basis that state laws were unconstitutional and denied her
personal privacy that should be protected by the First, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth, and Fourteenth
Amendments. Her case was argued twice over the course of two years and ultimately the courts
came to a verdict in January of 1973. "The debate surrounding abortion entered American life
as never before when the Supreme Court’s ruling in Roe v. Wade legalized abortion in the first
trimester of pregnancy."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13) Roe won her case and with it came the
subsequent victory for all American women of the time, the right to choose.
Jaymi DavisDecember 2, 2022Milestone ThreeOne of the goals of the Women's Movement
was to obtain equality in the workplace through less work discrimination and equal pay for
women employees. Women faced workplace discrimination, simply for the fact that they had
been viewed as inferior to men. "Working women are becoming increasing-not less-
concentrated on the bottom of the job ladder. As a consequence full-time women workers today
earn on the average only 60% of what men earn."(National Organization for Women,
1966)Women were consistently paid less wages than their male co-workers, and African
American women of the time were paid even less. It is apparent that the struggle for women's
equality was not taken as seriously and their claims were often dismissed by the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission, and it took years of womenspeaking up for themselves
and pushing for justice before results began to yield. "There is no civil rights movement to
speak for women, as there has been for Negroes and other victims of discrimination. The
National Organization for Women must therefore begin to speak." (National Organization for
Women, 1966)NOW played a big part in speaking up for women as it was led by women, to
obtain the basic human rights that they deserved. The NOW organization's first President, a
woman named Betty Friedan was responsible for pointing out the major differences in pay
between men and women. "She and other women of the postwar period helped to create what
soon became known as Second Wave Feminism." (Trowbridge, 2017, p. 11.7)Prior to Title IX
being amended in 1964, women also faced discrimination within the education system. The
discrimination they faced within the education system included women not receiving equal
funding for education, as well as women being discriminated against within sports programs.
This called for action and led to "The Higher Education Act of 1972 amended Title IX of the
1964 Civil Rights Act. Often simply called Title IX, the new law banned gender discrimination
in any educational program or activity that received federal funding."(Trowbridge, 2017, p.
12.13) One of the biggest leaders behind the success of Title IX was a Hawaii Congresswoman
named Patsy Takemoto Mink. She spearheaded this campaign because she experienced the
same type of educational discrimination, and was unable to attend medical school, as all her
applications were denied on the basis that she was a woman. Her persistence and success in
getting Title IX to pass, paved the way for the women after her to attend school without
educational discrimination and "the most significant outcome of the law is likely the vast
increase in the numbers of women in professional, medical, and graduate
programs."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13)Another major goal of the Women's Movement was to
obtain reproductive rights over their bodies. Prior to the Women's Movement of the 1960s and
1970s, women did not have free reign of their bodies. Women that fell pregnant and did not
want to be, had no options for safe termination, which led them to find unsafe ways to carry
out abortions. There were 33 states that prohibited abortions completely and another 13 that
only allowed abortions to take place under certain medical circumstances. Prior to 1972,
unmarried men and women were not granted access to birth control which led to many
accidental pregnancies. The culmination of these issuesled women to fight for the rights to their
own bodies and for their right to choose. In 1970 a woman, given the name Jane Roe by the
court, filled a lawsuit against Henry Wade who was the District Attorney of Dallas County in
Texas. She filled this lawsuit on the basis that state laws were unconstitutional and denied her
personal privacy that should be protected by the First, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth, and Fourteenth
Amendments. Her case was argued twice over the course of two years and ultimately the courts
came to a verdict in January of 1973. "The debate surrounding abortion entered American life
as never before when the Supreme Court’s ruling in Roe v. Wade legalized abortion in the first
trimester of pregnancy."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13) Roe won her case and with it came the
subsequent victory for all American women of the time, the right to choose.
Jaymi DavisDecember 2, 2022Milestone ThreeOne of the goals of the Women's Movement
was to obtain equality in the workplace through less work discrimination and equal pay for
women employees. Women faced workplace discrimination, simply for the fact that they had
been viewed as inferior to men. "Working women are becoming increasing-not less-
concentrated on the bottom of the job ladder. As a consequence full-time women workers today
earn on the average only 60% of what men earn."(National Organization for Women,
1966)Women were consistently paid less wages than their male co-workers, and African
American women of the time were paid even less. It is apparent that the struggle for women's
equality was not taken as seriously and their claims were often dismissed by the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission, and it took years of womenspeaking up for themselves
and pushing for justice before results began to yield. "There is no civil rights movement to
speak for women, as there has been for Negroes and other victims of discrimination. The
National Organization for Women must therefore begin to speak." (National Organization for
Women, 1966)NOW played a big part in speaking up for women as it was led by women, to
obtain the basic human rights that they deserved. The NOW organization's first President, a
woman named Betty Friedan was responsible for pointing out the major differences in pay
between men and women. "She and other women of the postwar period helped to create what
soon became known as Second Wave Feminism." (Trowbridge, 2017, p. 11.7)Prior to Title IX
being amended in 1964, women also faced discrimination within the education system. The
discrimination they faced within the education system included women not receiving equal
funding for education, as well as women being discriminated against within sports programs.
This called for action and led to "The Higher Education Act of 1972 amended Title IX of the
1964 Civil Rights Act. Often simply called Title IX, the new law banned gender discrimination
in any educational program or activity that received federal funding."(Trowbridge, 2017, p.
12.13) One of the biggest leaders behind the success of Title IX was a Hawaii Congresswoman
named Patsy Takemoto Mink. She spearheaded this campaign because she experienced the
same type of educational discrimination, and was unable to attend medical school, as all her
applications were denied on the basis that she was a woman. Her persistence and success in
getting Title IX to pass, paved the way for the women after her to attend school without
educational discrimination and "the most significant outcome of the law is likely the vast
increase in the numbers of women in professional, medical, and graduate
programs."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13)Another major goal of the Women's Movement was to
obtain reproductive rights over their bodies. Prior to the Women's Movement of the 1960s and
1970s, women did not have free reign of their bodies. Women that fell pregnant and did not
want to be, had no options for safe termination, which led them to find unsafe ways to carry
out abortions. There were 33 states that prohibited abortions completely and another 13 that
only allowed abortions to take place under certain medical circumstances. Prior to 1972,
unmarried men and women were not granted access to birth control which led to many
accidental pregnancies. The culmination of these issuesled women to fight for the rights to their
own bodies and for their right to choose. In 1970 a woman, given the name Jane Roe by the
court, filled a lawsuit against Henry Wade who was the District Attorney of Dallas County in
Texas. She filled this lawsuit on the basis that state laws were unconstitutional and denied her
personal privacy that should be protected by the First, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth, and Fourteenth
Amendments. Her case was argued twice over the course of two years and ultimately the courts
came to a verdict in January of 1973. "The debate surrounding abortion entered American life
as never before when the Supreme Court’s ruling in Roe v. Wade legalized abortion in the first
trimester of pregnancy."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13) Roe won her case and with it came the
subsequent victory for all American women of the time, the right to choose.
Jaymi DavisDecember 2, 2022Milestone ThreeOne of the goals of the Women's Movement
was to obtain equality in the workplace through less work discrimination and equal pay for
women employees. Women faced workplace discrimination, simply for the fact that they had
been viewed as inferior to men. "Working women are becoming increasing-not less-
concentrated on the bottom of the job ladder. As a consequence full-time women workers today
earn on the average only 60% of what men earn."(National Organization for Women,
1966)Women were consistently paid less wages than their male co-workers, and African
American women of the time were paid even less. It is apparent that the struggle for women's
equality was not taken as seriously and their claims were often dismissed by the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission, and it took years of womenspeaking up for themselves
and pushing for justice before results began to yield. "There is no civil rights movement to
speak for women, as there has been for Negroes and other victims of discrimination. The
National Organization for Women must therefore begin to speak." (National Organization for
Women, 1966)NOW played a big part in speaking up for women as it was led by women, to
obtain the basic human rights that they deserved. The NOW organization's first President, a
woman named Betty Friedan was responsible for pointing out the major differences in pay
between men and women. "She and other women of the postwar period helped to create what
soon became known as Second Wave Feminism." (Trowbridge, 2017, p. 11.7)Prior to Title IX
being amended in 1964, women also faced discrimination within the education system. The
discrimination they faced within the education system included women not receiving equal
funding for education, as well as women being discriminated against within sports programs.
This called for action and led to "The Higher Education Act of 1972 amended Title IX of the
1964 Civil Rights Act. Often simply called Title IX, the new law banned gender discrimination
in any educational program or activity that received federal funding."(Trowbridge, 2017, p.
12.13) One of the biggest leaders behind the success of Title IX was a Hawaii Congresswoman
named Patsy Takemoto Mink. She spearheaded this campaign because she experienced the
same type of educational discrimination, and was unable to attend medical school, as all her
applications were denied on the basis that she was a woman. Her persistence and success in
getting Title IX to pass, paved the way for the women after her to attend school without
educational discrimination and "the most significant outcome of the law is likely the vast
increase in the numbers of women in professional, medical, and graduate
programs."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13)Another major goal of the Women's Movement was to
obtain reproductive rights over their bodies. Prior to the Women's Movement of the 1960s and
1970s, women did not have free reign of their bodies. Women that fell pregnant and did not
want to be, had no options for safe termination, which led them to find unsafe ways to carry
out abortions. There were 33 states that prohibited abortions completely and another 13 that
only allowed abortions to take place under certain medical circumstances. Prior to 1972,
unmarried men and women were not granted access to birth control which led to many
accidental pregnancies. The culmination of these issuesled women to fight for the rights to their
own bodies and for their right to choose. In 1970 a woman, given the name Jane Roe by the
court, filled a lawsuit against Henry Wade who was the District Attorney of Dallas County in
Texas. She filled this lawsuit on the basis that state laws were unconstitutional and denied her
personal privacy that should be protected by the First, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth, and Fourteenth
Amendments. Her case was argued twice over the course of two years and ultimately the courts
came to a verdict in January of 1973. "The debate surrounding abortion entered American life
as never before when the Supreme Court’s ruling in Roe v. Wade legalized abortion in the first
trimester of pregnancy."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13) Roe won her case and with it came the
subsequent victory for all American women of the time, the right to choose.
Jaymi DavisDecember 2, 2022Milestone ThreeOne of the goals of the Women's Movement
was to obtain equality in the workplace through less work discrimination and equal pay for
women employees. Women faced workplace discrimination, simply for the fact that they had
been viewed as inferior to men. "Working women are becoming increasing-not less-
concentrated on the bottom of the job ladder. As a consequence full-time women workers today
earn on the average only 60% of what men earn."(National Organization for Women,
1966)Women were consistently paid less wages than their male co-workers, and African
American women of the time were paid even less. It is apparent that the struggle for women's
equality was not taken as seriously and their claims were often dismissed by the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission, and it took years of womenspeaking up for themselves
and pushing for justice before results began to yield. "There is no civil rights movement to
speak for women, as there has been for Negroes and other victims of discrimination. The
National Organization for Women must therefore begin to speak." (National Organization for
Women, 1966)NOW played a big part in speaking up for women as it was led by women, to
obtain the basic human rights that they deserved. The NOW organization's first President, a
woman named Betty Friedan was responsible for pointing out the major differences in pay
between men and women. "She and other women of the postwar period helped to create what
soon became known as Second Wave Feminism." (Trowbridge, 2017, p. 11.7)Prior to Title IX
being amended in 1964, women also faced discrimination within the education system. The
discrimination they faced within the education system included women not receiving equal
funding for education, as well as women being discriminated against within sports programs.
This called for action and led to "The Higher Education Act of 1972 amended Title IX of the
1964 Civil Rights Act. Often simply called Title IX, the new law banned gender discrimination
in any educational program or activity that received federal funding."(Trowbridge, 2017, p.
12.13) One of the biggest leaders behind the success of Title IX was a Hawaii Congresswoman
named Patsy Takemoto Mink. She spearheaded this campaign because she experienced the
same type of educational discrimination, and was unable to attend medical school, as all her
applications were denied on the basis that she was a woman. Her persistence and success in
getting Title IX to pass, paved the way for the women after her to attend school without
educational discrimination and "the most significant outcome of the law is likely the vast
increase in the numbers of women in professional, medical, and graduate
programs."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13)Another major goal of the Women's Movement was to
obtain reproductive rights over their bodies. Prior to the Women's Movement of the 1960s and
1970s, women did not have free reign of their bodies. Women that fell pregnant and did not
want to be, had no options for safe termination, which led them to find unsafe ways to carry
out abortions. There were 33 states that prohibited abortions completely and another 13 that
only allowed abortions to take place under certain medical circumstances. Prior to 1972,
unmarried men and women were not granted access to birth control which led to many
accidental pregnancies. The culmination of these issuesled women to fight for the rights to their
own bodies and for their right to choose. In 1970 a woman, given the name Jane Roe by the
court, filled a lawsuit against Henry Wade who was the District Attorney of Dallas County in
Texas. She filled this lawsuit on the basis that state laws were unconstitutional and denied her
personal privacy that should be protected by the First, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth, and Fourteenth
Amendments. Her case was argued twice over the course of two years and ultimately the courts
came to a verdict in January of 1973. "The debate surrounding abortion entered American life
as never before when the Supreme Court’s ruling in Roe v. Wade legalized abortion in the first
trimester of pregnancy."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13) Roe won her case and with it came the
subsequent victory for all American women of the time, the right to choose.
Jaymi DavisDecember 2, 2022Milestone ThreeOne of the goals of the Women's Movement
was to obtain equality in the workplace through less work discrimination and equal pay for
women employees. Women faced workplace discrimination, simply for the fact that they had
been viewed as inferior to men. "Working women are becoming increasing-not less-
concentrated on the bottom of the job ladder. As a consequence full-time women workers today
earn on the average only 60% of what men earn."(National Organization for Women,
1966)Women were consistently paid less wages than their male co-workers, and African
American women of the time were paid even less. It is apparent that the struggle for women's
equality was not taken as seriously and their claims were often dismissed by the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission, and it took years of womenspeaking up for themselves
and pushing for justice before results began to yield. "There is no civil rights movement to
speak for women, as there has been for Negroes and other victims of discrimination. The
National Organization for Women must therefore begin to speak." (National Organization for
Women, 1966)NOW played a big part in speaking up for women as it was led by women, to
obtain the basic human rights that they deserved. The NOW organization's first President, a
woman named Betty Friedan was responsible for pointing out the major differences in pay
between men and women. "She and other women of the postwar period helped to create what
soon became known as Second Wave Feminism." (Trowbridge, 2017, p. 11.7)Prior to Title IX
being amended in 1964, women also faced discrimination within the education system. The
discrimination they faced within the education system included women not receiving equal
funding for education, as well as women being discriminated against within sports programs.
This called for action and led to "The Higher Education Act of 1972 amended Title IX of the
1964 Civil Rights Act. Often simply called Title IX, the new law banned gender discrimination
in any educational program or activity that received federal funding."(Trowbridge, 2017, p.
12.13) One of the biggest leaders behind the success of Title IX was a Hawaii Congresswoman
named Patsy Takemoto Mink. She spearheaded this campaign because she experienced the
same type of educational discrimination, and was unable to attend medical school, as all her
applications were denied on the basis that she was a woman. Her persistence and success in
getting Title IX to pass, paved the way for the women after her to attend school without
educational discrimination and "the most significant outcome of the law is likely the vast
increase in the numbers of women in professional, medical, and graduate
programs."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13)Another major goal of the Women's Movement was to
obtain reproductive rights over their bodies. Prior to the Women's Movement of the 1960s and
1970s, women did not have free reign of their bodies. Women that fell pregnant and did not
want to be, had no options for safe termination, which led them to find unsafe ways to carry
out abortions. There were 33 states that prohibited abortions completely and another 13 that
only allowed abortions to take place under certain medical circumstances. Prior to 1972,
unmarried men and women were not granted access to birth control which led to many
accidental pregnancies. The culmination of these issuesled women to fight for the rights to their
own bodies and for their right to choose. In 1970 a woman, given the name Jane Roe by the
court, filled a lawsuit against Henry Wade who was the District Attorney of Dallas County in
Texas. She filled this lawsuit on the basis that state laws were unconstitutional and denied her
personal privacy that should be protected by the First, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth, and Fourteenth
Amendments. Her case was argued twice over the course of two years and ultimately the courts
came to a verdict in January of 1973. "The debate surrounding abortion entered American life
as never before when the Supreme Court’s ruling in Roe v. Wade legalized abortion in the first
trimester of pregnancy."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13) Roe won her case and with it came the
subsequent victory for all American women of the time, the right to choose.
Jaymi DavisDecember 2, 2022Milestone ThreeOne of the goals of the Women's Movement
was to obtain equality in the workplace through less work discrimination and equal pay for
women employees. Women faced workplace discrimination, simply for the fact that they had
been viewed as inferior to men. "Working women are becoming increasing-not less-
concentrated on the bottom of the job ladder. As a consequence full-time women workers today
earn on the average only 60% of what men earn."(National Organization for Women,
1966)Women were consistently paid less wages than their male co-workers, and African
American women of the time were paid even less. It is apparent that the struggle for women's
equality was not taken as seriously and their claims were often dismissed by the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission, and it took years of womenspeaking up for themselves
and pushing for justice before results began to yield. "There is no civil rights movement to
speak for women, as there has been for Negroes and other victims of discrimination. The
National Organization for Women must therefore begin to speak." (National Organization for
Women, 1966)NOW played a big part in speaking up for women as it was led by women, to
obtain the basic human rights that they deserved. The NOW organization's first President, a
woman named Betty Friedan was responsible for pointing out the major differences in pay
between men and women. "She and other women of the postwar period helped to create what
soon became known as Second Wave Feminism." (Trowbridge, 2017, p. 11.7)Prior to Title IX
being amended in 1964, women also faced discrimination within the education system. The
discrimination they faced within the education system included women not receiving equal
funding for education, as well as women being discriminated against within sports programs.
This called for action and led to "The Higher Education Act of 1972 amended Title IX of the
1964 Civil Rights Act. Often simply called Title IX, the new law banned gender discrimination
in any educational program or activity that received federal funding."(Trowbridge, 2017, p.
12.13) One of the biggest leaders behind the success of Title IX was a Hawaii Congresswoman
named Patsy Takemoto Mink. She spearheaded this campaign because she experienced the
same type of educational discrimination, and was unable to attend medical school, as all her
applications were denied on the basis that she was a woman. Her persistence and success in
getting Title IX to pass, paved the way for the women after her to attend school without
educational discrimination and "the most significant outcome of the law is likely the vast
increase in the numbers of women in professional, medical, and graduate
programs."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13)Another major goal of the Women's Movement was to
obtain reproductive rights over their bodies. Prior to the Women's Movement of the 1960s and
1970s, women did not have free reign of their bodies. Women that fell pregnant and did not
want to be, had no options for safe termination, which led them to find unsafe ways to carry
out abortions. There were 33 states that prohibited abortions completely and another 13 that
only allowed abortions to take place under certain medical circumstances. Prior to 1972,
unmarried men and women were not granted access to birth control which led to many
accidental pregnancies. The culmination of these issuesled women to fight for the rights to their
own bodies and for their right to choose. In 1970 a woman, given the name Jane Roe by the
court, filled a lawsuit against Henry Wade who was the District Attorney of Dallas County in
Texas. She filled this lawsuit on the basis that state laws were unconstitutional and denied her
personal privacy that should be protected by the First, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth, and Fourteenth
Amendments. Her case was argued twice over the course of two years and ultimately the courts
came to a verdict in January of 1973. "The debate surrounding abortion entered American life
as never before when the Supreme Court’s ruling in Roe v. Wade legalized abortion in the first
trimester of pregnancy."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13) Roe won her case and with it came the
subsequent victory for all American women of the time, the right to choose.
Jaymi DavisDecember 2, 2022Milestone ThreeOne of the goals of the Women's Movement
was to obtain equality in the workplace through less work discrimination and equal pay for
women employees. Women faced workplace discrimination, simply for the fact that they had
been viewed as inferior to men. "Working women are becoming increasing-not less-
concentrated on the bottom of the job ladder. As a consequence full-time women workers today
earn on the average only 60% of what men earn."(National Organization for Women,
1966)Women were consistently paid less wages than their male co-workers, and African
American women of the time were paid even less. It is apparent that the struggle for women's
equality was not taken as seriously and their claims were often dismissed by the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission, and it took years of womenspeaking up for themselves
and pushing for justice before results began to yield. "There is no civil rights movement to
speak for women, as there has been for Negroes and other victims of discrimination. The
National Organization for Women must therefore begin to speak." (National Organization for
Women, 1966)NOW played a big part in speaking up for women as it was led by women, to
obtain the basic human rights that they deserved. The NOW organization's first President, a
woman named Betty Friedan was responsible for pointing out the major differences in pay
between men and women. "She and other women of the postwar period helped to create what
soon became known as Second Wave Feminism." (Trowbridge, 2017, p. 11.7)Prior to Title IX
being amended in 1964, women also faced discrimination within the education system. The
discrimination they faced within the education system included women not receiving equal
funding for education, as well as women being discriminated against within sports programs.
This called for action and led to "The Higher Education Act of 1972 amended Title IX of the
1964 Civil Rights Act. Often simply called Title IX, the new law banned gender discrimination
in any educational program or activity that received federal funding."(Trowbridge, 2017, p.
12.13) One of the biggest leaders behind the success of Title IX was a Hawaii Congresswoman
named Patsy Takemoto Mink. She spearheaded this campaign because she experienced the
same type of educational discrimination, and was unable to attend medical school, as all her
applications were denied on the basis that she was a woman. Her persistence and success in
getting Title IX to pass, paved the way for the women after her to attend school without
educational discrimination and "the most significant outcome of the law is likely the vast
increase in the numbers of women in professional, medical, and graduate
programs."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13)Another major goal of the Women's Movement was to
obtain reproductive rights over their bodies. Prior to the Women's Movement of the 1960s and
1970s, women did not have free reign of their bodies. Women that fell pregnant and did not
want to be, had no options for safe termination, which led them to find unsafe ways to carry
out abortions. There were 33 states that prohibited abortions completely and another 13 that
only allowed abortions to take place under certain medical circumstances. Prior to 1972,
unmarried men and women were not granted access to birth control which led to many
accidental pregnancies. The culmination of these issuesled women to fight for the rights to their
own bodies and for their right to choose. In 1970 a woman, given the name Jane Roe by the
court, filled a lawsuit against Henry Wade who was the District Attorney of Dallas County in
Texas. She filled this lawsuit on the basis that state laws were unconstitutional and denied her
personal privacy that should be protected by the First, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth, and Fourteenth
Amendments. Her case was argued twice over the course of two years and ultimately the courts
came to a verdict in January of 1973. "The debate surrounding abortion entered American life
as never before when the Supreme Court’s ruling in Roe v. Wade legalized abortion in the first
trimester of pregnancy."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13) Roe won her case and with it came the
subsequent victory for all American women of the time, the right to choose.
Jaymi DavisDecember 2, 2022Milestone ThreeOne of the goals of the Women's Movement
was to obtain equality in the workplace through less work discrimination and equal pay for
women employees. Women faced workplace discrimination, simply for the fact that they had
been viewed as inferior to men. "Working women are becoming increasing-not less-
concentrated on the bottom of the job ladder. As a consequence full-time women workers today
earn on the average only 60% of what men earn."(National Organization for Women,
1966)Women were consistently paid less wages than their male co-workers, and African
American women of the time were paid even less. It is apparent that the struggle for women's
equality was not taken as seriously and their claims were often dismissed by the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission, and it took years of womenspeaking up for themselves
and pushing for justice before results began to yield. "There is no civil rights movement to
speak for women, as there has been for Negroes and other victims of discrimination. The
National Organization for Women must therefore begin to speak." (National Organization for
Women, 1966)NOW played a big part in speaking up for women as it was led by women, to
obtain the basic human rights that they deserved. The NOW organization's first President, a
woman named Betty Friedan was responsible for pointing out the major differences in pay
between men and women. "She and other women of the postwar period helped to create what
soon became known as Second Wave Feminism." (Trowbridge, 2017, p. 11.7)Prior to Title IX
being amended in 1964, women also faced discrimination within the education system. The
discrimination they faced within the education system included women not receiving equal
funding for education, as well as women being discriminated against within sports programs.
This called for action and led to "The Higher Education Act of 1972 amended Title IX of the
1964 Civil Rights Act. Often simply called Title IX, the new law banned gender discrimination
in any educational program or activity that received federal funding."(Trowbridge, 2017, p.
12.13) One of the biggest leaders behind the success of Title IX was a Hawaii Congresswoman
named Patsy Takemoto Mink. She spearheaded this campaign because she experienced the
same type of educational discrimination, and was unable to attend medical school, as all her
applications were denied on the basis that she was a woman. Her persistence and success in
getting Title IX to pass, paved the way for the women after her to attend school without
educational discrimination and "the most significant outcome of the law is likely the vast
increase in the numbers of women in professional, medical, and graduate
programs."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13)Another major goal of the Women's Movement was to
obtain reproductive rights over their bodies. Prior to the Women's Movement of the 1960s and
1970s, women did not have free reign of their bodies. Women that fell pregnant and did not
want to be, had no options for safe termination, which led them to find unsafe ways to carry
out abortions. There were 33 states that prohibited abortions completely and another 13 that
only allowed abortions to take place under certain medical circumstances. Prior to 1972,
unmarried men and women were not granted access to birth control which led to many
accidental pregnancies. The culmination of these issuesled women to fight for the rights to their
own bodies and for their right to choose. In 1970 a woman, given the name Jane Roe by the
court, filled a lawsuit against Henry Wade who was the District Attorney of Dallas County in
Texas. She filled this lawsuit on the basis that state laws were unconstitutional and denied her
personal privacy that should be protected by the First, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth, and Fourteenth
Amendments. Her case was argued twice over the course of two years and ultimately the courts
came to a verdict in January of 1973. "The debate surrounding abortion entered American life
as never before when the Supreme Court’s ruling in Roe v. Wade legalized abortion in the first
trimester of pregnancy."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13) Roe won her case and with it came the
subsequent victory for all American women of the time, the right to choose.
Jaymi DavisDecember 2, 2022Milestone ThreeOne of the goals of the Women's Movement
was to obtain equality in the workplace through less work discrimination and equal pay for
women employees. Women faced workplace discrimination, simply for the fact that they had
been viewed as inferior to men. "Working women are becoming increasing-not less-
concentrated on the bottom of the job ladder. As a consequence full-time women workers today
earn on the average only 60% of what men earn."(National Organization for Women,
1966)Women were consistently paid less wages than their male co-workers, and African
American women of the time were paid even less. It is apparent that the struggle for women's
equality was not taken as seriously and their claims were often dismissed by the Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission, and it took years of womenspeaking up for themselves
and pushing for justice before results began to yield. "There is no civil rights movement to
speak for women, as there has been for Negroes and other victims of discrimination. The
National Organization for Women must therefore begin to speak." (National Organization for
Women, 1966)NOW played a big part in speaking up for women as it was led by women, to
obtain the basic human rights that they deserved. The NOW organization's first President, a
woman named Betty Friedan was responsible for pointing out the major differences in pay
between men and women. "She and other women of the postwar period helped to create what
soon became known as Second Wave Feminism." (Trowbridge, 2017, p. 11.7)Prior to Title IX
being amended in 1964, women also faced discrimination within the education system. The
discrimination they faced within the education system included women not receiving equal
funding for education, as well as women being discriminated against within sports programs.
This called for action and led to "The Higher Education Act of 1972 amended Title IX of the
1964 Civil Rights Act. Often simply called Title IX, the new law banned gender discrimination
in any educational program or activity that received federal funding."(Trowbridge, 2017, p.
12.13) One of the biggest leaders behind the success of Title IX was a Hawaii Congresswoman
named Patsy Takemoto Mink. She spearheaded this campaign because she experienced the
same type of educational discrimination, and was unable to attend medical school, as all her
applications were denied on the basis that she was a woman. Her persistence and success in
getting Title IX to pass, paved the way for the women after her to attend school without
educational discrimination and "the most significant outcome of the law is likely the vast
increase in the numbers of women in professional, medical, and graduate
programs."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13)Another major goal of the Women's Movement was to
obtain reproductive rights over their bodies. Prior to the Women's Movement of the 1960s and
1970s, women did not have free reign of their bodies. Women that fell pregnant and did not
want to be, had no options for safe termination, which led them to find unsafe ways to carry
out abortions. There were 33 states that prohibited abortions completely and another 13 that
only allowed abortions to take place under certain medical circumstances. Prior to 1972,
unmarried men and women were not granted access to birth control which led to many
accidental pregnancies. The culmination of these issuesled women to fight for the rights to their
own bodies and for their right to choose. In 1970 a woman, given the name Jane Roe by the
court, filled a lawsuit against Henry Wade who was the District Attorney of Dallas County in
Texas. She filled this lawsuit on the basis that state laws were unconstitutional and denied her
personal privacy that should be protected by the First, Fourth, Fifth, Ninth, and Fourteenth
Amendments. Her case was argued twice over the course of two years and ultimately the courts
came to a verdict in January of 1973. "The debate surrounding abortion entered American life
as never before when the Supreme Court’s ruling in Roe v. Wade legalized abortion in the first
trimester of pregnancy."(Trowbridge, 2017, p. 12.13) Roe won her case and with it came the
subsequent victory for all American women of the time, the right to choose.
