Women’s Movements Have Destroyed The Family And Society As A Whole
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Top 10 Women’s Movements Over the Last 100 Years
Written by Katie Johnson, WIN Staff
Women have experienced many movements and three (some debate four) waves of feminism throughout the last 100 years. These movements range from seeking out legal rights to personal freedom and equal opportunity. This past Sunday we celebrated International Women’s Day. It is a day defined as being “about unity, celebration, reflection, advocacy, and action for women.” The first National Women’s Day was observed across the United States in 1911.
International Women’s Day was born out of the first wave of feminism, caught in the midst of the rise of radical ideologies and a period of booming expansion. Women everywhere were coming together for one cause: to gain equal legal rights. Although the first wave of feminism was well on its way by the first National Women’s Day, other monumental movements and significant events representing the interests of women have continued to occur throughout the last 100 years. As Gloria Steinem said, “The story of women’s struggle for equality belongs to no single feminist nor to any one organization but to the collective efforts of all who care about human rights.”
100 years ago women’s rights in the United States were severely limited. Women were bound to only a few jobs, and the right to vote wasn’t granted until late 1920. Only 50 years ago, the lives and opportunities of women were drastically different then the lives we have now still. In 1970, women could only dream of one day having a female Speaker of the House or Secretary of State. There were no women with a realistic shot at becoming President and no women heading Fortune 500 companies. The first woman to sit as an acting Supreme Court justice wouldn’t happen until 1981. But what were the movements that deciphered change? Here we outline the top ten women’s movements since 1920 that have helped create a more perfect union and establish better opportunities for all women.
1920
Passage of the 19th Amendment
On August 18, 1920, Congress ratified the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, declaring “the right to citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any State on account of sex.” It was nicknamed the “Susan B. Anthony Amendment” in honor of her work on behalf of women’s suffrage. In theory, it granted the right to women of all races, but in practice it remained difficult for black women to vote, especially in the South until 1965.
1942
Women Take Over
During World War II, women had to take over many of men’s roles in order to maintain the economy. This time period was immortalized by Rosie the Riveter and the iconic poster with the catchphrase, “We can do it!” showing off her arm muscles. After World War II, women’s lives changed drastically. Although there was tremendous growth in the service sector, and women proved that they could do the same jobs as men with the same efficiency, women’s roles in society were restricted by cultural attitudes and legal precedents.
1963
Mystique Movement
February 19, 1963, Betty Friedan’s The Feminine Mystique came out and sold over 3 million copies within 3 years. This phenomenon came to be associated with the second wave of feminism. Unlike the first wave which solely sought out legal rights for women, the second wave sought not only equal rights, but also equal opportunities and greater personal freedom for women. It’s goal was to change the way society thought about women. The Feminine Mystique railed against systemic sexism or “the problem that has no name.” It brought to light that women are taught that their place was in the home and if they were unhappy in this role, society deemed her broken and perverse.
Friedman argued that the fault didn’t lie with women, but with a narrow-minded society that refused to let women tap into their creativity and intellect. It was not revolutionary in it’s thinking, but it was revolutionary in it’s reach. 3 million readers now had justification to be angry and were ready to rally for a unifying goal: social equality.
This rally cry brought about systemic change both socially and politically for women over the next 15 years. These include: passage of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act which bars discrimination in employment on the basis of race and sex, the founding of the National Organization for Women (NOW) by a group of feminists including Betty Friedan, and signing Title IX into law which gave women the equal opportunity to education.
1963
Equal Pay Act
On June 10, 1963, John F. Kennedy signed the Equal Pay Act into law. It was a landmark piece drafted by Ester Peterson, head of the Women’s Bureau of the Department of Labor. It prohibited employers from paying employees differently, on the basis of gender, for work that required “equal skill, effort, and responsibility.” This was the very first anti-discrimination law to address gender-based pay disparities. President Kennedy acknowledged the bill would not solve all the economic equality issues surrounding pay, but was an important first step to affirm “our determination that when women enter the labor force they will find equality in their pay envelopes.” Unfortunately as the pay gap shows, over fifty years later and we still haven’t gotten there.
1973
A Woman’s Right to Choose
On January 22, 1973, the monumental Supreme Court 7-2 Roe v. Wade decision, declared that the Constitution protects a woman’s right to an abortion. The right of a woman to terminate a pregnancy has always been controversial, primarily because of religious concerns regarding the potential personhood of embryos and fetuses. Prior to Roe v. Wade, abortion was illegal in America and many women were forced to choose between untenable pregnancies and potentially dying from dangerous procedures. The practice was so unsafe that approximately 17 percent of all deaths due to pregnancy were because of botched, illegal abortions. Now, it is estimated that less than 3 percent of women experience any serious complications due to abortion. In a later case surrounding abortion in 1992, the Supreme Court noted, “the ability for women to participate equally in the economic and social life of the Nation has been facilitated by their ability to control their reproductive lives.” Access to safe, legal abortions made it possible for many women to pursue employment, educational and personal opportunities that were often impossible and unreachable prior to Roe v. Wade.
The Third wave of feminism embraced all kinds of ideas, languages and aesthetics that the 2nd wave rejected. There was no central goal like the first two waves, and there were disputes as to when the third wave began, whether it was 1991 or later. Overall, it can be defined as queer, sex-positive, trans-inclusive, body-positive, and most of all: digitally driven.
1991
The Anita Hill Effect
In October 1991, Americans were riveted by the hearing of Anita Hill, an African-American law professor who had accused Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas of sexual harassment. Her testimony would have lasting consequences that endure today. The all-white, all-male Senate Judiciary Committee questioned Hill, covering uncomfortable and unthinkable subjects. Her testimony had special significance as it was the first time someone had so publicly shared her account of workplace harassment and abuse. Women across the nation resonated with her experience.
In 1992, following her testimony, a record number of female politicians were elected into office. Twenty-four women won election to the House of Representatives which more than doubled the total number of female representatives at the time. It’s important to note, the impressive gains of women in 1992 were not the product of any one event, but instead, the confluence of demographics, global politics, scandal, and the ripple effect of the women’s liberation movement.
1998
Employers are held accountable
June 26, 1998, the Supreme Court ruled on a pair of cases that would change the way U.S. law sees sexual harassment. The rulings for Faragher v. City of Boca Raton and Burlington Industries v. Ellerth, meant that employers would be held responsible for the acts of its supervisors and should be encouraged to prevent harassment. Jump-started by the media attention surrounding Anita Hill’s testimony, the number of workplace sexual harassment cases skyrocketed.
Unfortunately, in the end, the intention of the ruling was less than clear. But in the Supreme Court’s words, the employer may not be liable if it can make the case that it “exercised reasonable care to prevent and correct promptly any sexually harassing behavior” and that “the plaintiff employee unreasonably failed to take advantage of any preventive or corrective opportunities provided by the employer or to avoid harm otherwise.” Despite the intention to help victims move ahead, the decisions also contributed to key reasons why workplace sexual harassment lawsuits are still hard to file today. The courts set a high bar for victims to prove that harassment conduct was sufficiently “severe and pervasive”.
2004
March for Women’s Lives
On April 25, 2004, 1.4 million participants took to the streets of Washington D.C. The demonstration was led by seven groups: National Organization for Women (NOW), American Civil Liberties Union, Black Women’s Health Imperative, Feminist Majority, NARAL Pro-Choice America, National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health, and Planned Parenthood Federation of America. The march was intended to address topics such as abortion rights, reproductive healthcare, women’s rights, and others.
In 1992, NOW had organized the first March for Women’s Lives, with a turnout of 750,000 participants. The second March for Women’s Lives was organized with a broader coalition that included groups that focused on LGBT rights, immigrant women, indigenous women, and women of color. With a more inclusive movement, the turnout surpassed expectations and showed the power of a new, more comprehensive women’s movement.
2014
HeForShe
Kick-started September 20, 2014, at the Headquarters of the United Nations in New York, the HeForShe campaign was initiated by the UN in the hopes of achieving equality by encouraging both genders to partake as agents of change and take action against negative stereotypes and behaviors. Emma Watson promoted the campaign through a widely circulated speech that called to involve men and boys in promoting gender equality. It was a bold outcry and invitation for men and people of all genders to stand in solidarity with women, grounded in the idea that gender inequality affects us all socially, economically, and politically.
UN Women made a call to mobilize the first 100,000 men in the campaign. The goal was reached within just three days.
2017
Women’s March
On January 21, 2017, in response to numerous factors: continued attempts by lawmakers to restrict access to abortions, persistent employment disparities, and contentious comments made by President Trump in a leaked video, among others, more than 200,000 people rallied in Washington D.C. to protest and advocate for women’s rights. Despite some ideological conflicts between event organizers over inclusion and diversity, the nationwide protest was a huge success with over 3 million participants across the nation, marking it one of the largest and most peaceful protests in U.S. History.
That same year, the #MeToo Movement began as a response to sexual assault allegations against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein. Although the term was first coined in 2006 by Tarana Burke, it gained popularity when actress Alyssa Milano used the social media hashtag in 2017. The focus of #MeToo is to bring attention to sexual assault and harassment in the workplace and elsewhere.
The third wave of feminism has brought on a number of movements much like the second wave. Other recent movements conceived and propagated online include: #YesAllWomen, Mattress Performance, #StandWithWendy, Slutwalks, and Time’s Up.
Since women first got the right to vote in 1920, the country at large has changed vastly. 100 years ago, there were 0 women in Congress. In 1992, when women were first elected to Congress in mass numbers, there were a total of 33 women representing their states and communities. Today there are 127 women in the United States Congress. Although it’s only 23.7% of the seats, there is power in the numbers. Women continue to take on more leadership roles, run for office, and graduate with more advanced degrees than their counterparts. We continue to stand on the shoulders of giantesses who have paved the way for us, so that someday soon, hopefully, the timeline will end with gender parity.
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