Events of 60's That Changed My Life

How The Events of 1960’s Changed My Life

Final Project

During the 1960’s this was a time of change, which caused a lot of turmoil and drama for many people. Many events occurred in the sixties that caused change in the American culture and social society. There was a lot of discrimination, hatred toward different races and gender, people fought for their rights and freedom to do as they choose. We had the Vietnam War where many people who protested against it. We had the Civil Rights Movement, school integration, woman’s movements just to name a few there were other acts and events that were implemented during the sixties. The event that I think has changed my life is the Equal Pay Act of 1963.

Growing up in the sixties I grew up in an area that was pretty much not like the south where there was a lot of segregation or discrimination. As being a child I remember my mother staying at home being a homemaker and my father was the bread winner, times have changed since then where there have been a lot of divorces causing a woman to have to work. Women had been always considered the weaker sex to men woman were stereotyped as “that a woman’s place was in the home.”

I think that there were a lot of events of the sixties that had a great impact in a both positive and negative way on society even into today’s times. As a female when it was time to work I chose positions that were for a woman to do however today woman are doing jobs that a man could do. After many years of being a stay at home to care for my children because I chose to raise them I was blessed to be able to do so. Being faced after 10 years of being out of the work force caring for my children it was difficult to be a sole bread winner on little pay. The Equal Pay Act of 1963 changed my personal life and career choice knowing that I could work the same job as a man and receive the same pay. However being out in the workforce I do not see that we as woman are getting equal pay as men....