Gender Movements

Gender Movements

Exploring the 1960s: An Interdisciplinary Approach

Woman now allowed to serve in combat roles in military

(Imbornoni, 2014)

Woman now allowed to serve in combat roles in military

(Imbornoni, 2014)

1996 US v. Virginia, states that an all-male military school must allow women to enroll (Imbornoni, 2014)

1996 US v. Virginia, states that an all-male military school must allow women to enroll (Imbornoni, 2014)

Title VII of Civil Rights Act against discrimination in employment based on race and sex (Imbornoni, 2014)

Title VII of Civil Rights Act against discrimination in employment based on race and sex (Imbornoni, 2014)

19th Amendment to the Constitution gives women the right to vote (Imbornoni, 2014)

19th Amendment to the Constitution gives women the right to vote (Imbornoni, 2014)

1920 | 1945 | 1964 | 1985 | 1996 | 2000 | 2013 | 2014 |

1920 | 1945 | 1964 | 1985 | 1996 | 2000 | 2013 | 2014 |

Gender Movements

On August 26, in the year of 1920, Secretary of State Bainbridge Colby signed the 19th Amendment to the Constitution into law, which grated women the right to vote. This didn’t move the women’s movement very far, however, until World War II. During the war, the businesses needed workers to continue producing their products and much of the United States men were deployed and so there was only the women left. They were offered the jobs but at a much smaller rate of pay. The woman became encouraged that there was more to life than staying at home and realized that they were capable of much more. After the war, the women were forced to go back home to open up the positions for the returning men, which didn’t sit well with the women because they now wanted more. Finally, in 1964 Title VII of the Civil Rights Act was put into place that would stop discrimination in employment by not only race but by sex as well. This was a huge step in the women’s movement that would provide the ability for women to obtain...