USA HISTORY

PROTESTS ACTIVISM AND CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE 1954 1973

THE WOMENS MOVEMENT

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which of the following words describes the typical relationship between wives and their husbands in the United States in the 1950s?
A
independent
B
free
C
equal
D
dependent
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Gradually, Americans came to accept some of the basic goals of the Sixties feminists: equal pay for equal work, an end to domestic violence, curtailment of severe limits on women in managerial jobs, an end to sexual harassment, and sharing of responsibility for housework and child rearing. .

Detailed explanation-2: -The first wave of feminism in the United States began with the Seneca Falls Convention, the first women’s rights convention, held at the Wesleyan Chapel in Seneca Falls, New York, on July 19 and 20, 1848.

Detailed explanation-3: -Leaving aside the antiwar movement of the 1960s, which I think played an important role in bringing the war to an end, the women’s movement was the most successful movement of the 1960s and 1970s. The idea that women should enjoy full equality with men was a startlingly radical idea then.

Detailed explanation-4: -It was the largest and broadest social movement in US history. The second wave was based around a sociopolitical-cultural movement. Activists fought for gender issues, women’s sexual liberation, reproductive rights, job opportunities for women, violence against women, and changes in custody and divorce laws.

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