Second Wave Feminism
Gloria Steinem
Writer, Activist, First editor of Ms. Magazine
Gloria Steinem in the Encyclopedia Of World Biography
Gloria Steinem in the St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture
Betty Friedan
Activist, Author of The Feminine Mystique, First President of NOW
Betty Freidan in American Decades
Betty Friedan in the Encyclopedia of World Biography
bell hooks
Author, Professor, Activist
bell hooks in the Encyclopedia of World Biography
bell hooks in The 21st Century
Alice Walker
Writer, Activist, Pulitzer Prize Winner
Alice Walker in the Encyclopedia of African American History
Alice Walker in The 21st Century
The Second Wave of Feminism 1963-1980s
*Addressed the equality of the sexes in the workplace, women's right to choose, feminine sexuality, political action to bring women's issues in a patriarchal society to light.
June 10, 1963
*Equal Pay Act passed
1964
*Title VII of the Civil Rights Act made gender and racial discrimination in the workplace illegal
1966
*National Organization of Women created
1973
*Roe vs. Wade passed
1978
*Pregnancy Discrimination Act passed
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