PROTESTS ACTIVISM AND CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE 1954 1973
THE WOMENS MOVEMENT
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People had decided it was about time that women received the same rights as everyone else.
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The bill would only pass if women were added to it too, and it did not just focus on race.
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It was proposed because it was believed if women were added to the bill it would for sure be defeated.
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President Johnson’s wife, Ladybird Johnson, was a strong supporter of women’s rights.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Addressing a joint session of Congress just after Kennedy’s death, Johnson urged members of Congress to honor Kennedy’s memory by passing a civil rights bill to end racial discrimination and segregation in public accommodations, public education, and federally assisted programs.
Detailed explanation-2: -The law prohibits employment discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex and national origin. However, the word “sex” was not added to Title VII until Rep. Howard Smith, a Democrat from Virginia, introduced it in a one-word amendment to the bill in the House of Representatives in February 1964.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibited discrimination based on race, religion, color, or national origin in public places, schools, and employment. However, discrimination based on sex was not initially included in the proposed bill, and was only added as an amendment in Title VII in an attempt to prevent its passage.
Detailed explanation-4: -But on February 8, 1964, a committed segregationist and opponent of the bill, Representative Howard W. Smith of Virginia, offered an amendment to add “sex” to the text. Smith’s amendment passed. 7 And ultimately so did Title VII, with “sex” included.