https://padlet.com/allan_j_mcneill/Womens_Movt Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, George H. W. Bush, Bill Clinton. en-us 2019-04-24 00:52:41 UTC 2026-01-27 08:45:05 UTC hello@padlet.com jduns29 https://padlet.com/allan_j_mcneill/Womens_Movt/wish/353588910 1993-2001]]> 2019-04-24 01:45:22 UTC https://padlet.com/allan_j_mcneill/Womens_Movt/wish/353588910 nruss57 https://padlet.com/allan_j_mcneill/Womens_Movt/wish/353589457 Was originally pro-choice but changed his mind in 1988 presidential election. Stating 'abortion is murder'. This pleased conservative Republicans

]]> 2019-04-24 01:49:18 UTC https://padlet.com/allan_j_mcneill/Womens_Movt/wish/353589457 cmoma0 https://padlet.com/allan_j_mcneill/Womens_Movt/wish/353589523 His wife did more for the movement than he did and claimed he did nothing to help women.

]]> 2019-04-24 01:49:42 UTC https://padlet.com/allan_j_mcneill/Womens_Movt/wish/353589523 jfrie47 https://padlet.com/allan_j_mcneill/Womens_Movt/wish/353589702 Bush nominated conservative Clarence Thomas as a replacement for Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall.]]> 2019-04-24 01:50:43 UTC https://padlet.com/allan_j_mcneill/Womens_Movt/wish/353589702 tcona7 https://padlet.com/allan_j_mcneill/Womens_Movt/wish/353589703 Women's Liberation movements became quieter after defeat of the ERA in 1982.]]> 2019-04-24 01:50:43 UTC https://padlet.com/allan_j_mcneill/Womens_Movt/wish/353589703 nruss57 https://padlet.com/allan_j_mcneill/Womens_Movt/wish/353589735 Stopped doctors working in federally-funded clinics from providing abortion advice, stopped military hospitals performing abortions, cut off US funding to UN agencies that tried to decrease poverty by using contraceptives and abortion]]> 2019-04-24 01:50:58 UTC https://padlet.com/allan_j_mcneill/Womens_Movt/wish/353589735 jduns29 https://padlet.com/allan_j_mcneill/Womens_Movt/wish/353589782 -Companies were forced to compensate women for discrimination
- by early 90's 6 states had passed equal pay laws 
-Paid work was more important due to more single mothers and divorcee
- pushed unsuccessfully for state-funded childcare
- 1993: Supreme Court denied Louisiana state law prohibiting abortion]]> 2019-04-24 01:51:15 UTC https://padlet.com/allan_j_mcneill/Womens_Movt/wish/353589782 tcona7 https://padlet.com/allan_j_mcneill/Womens_Movt/wish/353589957 Conservative, more traditional feminist views were brought back into the mainstream, with fashion and women's magazines reflecting traditional values. Divorce rates lamenting and people believed that working mothers damaged children. ]]> 2019-04-24 01:52:14 UTC https://padlet.com/allan_j_mcneill/Womens_Movt/wish/353589957 bmunr29 https://padlet.com/allan_j_mcneill/Womens_Movt/wish/353589965 - was pro women's rights and pushed for them as well
- still is to this day 
- basically a feminist
- He brought to topic women's discrimination in: the work force and general society
- Brought to topic domestic abuse
- His political career during presidency and after was to rid of discrimination of women.
   President from 1977-81]]> 2019-04-24 01:52:19 UTC https://padlet.com/allan_j_mcneill/Womens_Movt/wish/353589965 jduns29 https://padlet.com/allan_j_mcneill/Womens_Movt/wish/353590126 - more good childcare facilities
- longer maternity and paternity leave
- more penalties for men not paying child support
- women argued that this was just turning them into "successful men"
- some though "new aims" were needed]]> 2019-04-24 01:53:15 UTC https://padlet.com/allan_j_mcneill/Womens_Movt/wish/353590126 cmoma0 https://padlet.com/allan_j_mcneill/Womens_Movt/wish/353590149
- Women's rights had already changed a lot form the 60's
- Women only earned 73% of men's salaries even in the same job
- His Wife, First Lady Betty Ford championed Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) and was Pro-Abortion]]> 2019-04-24 01:53:22 UTC https://padlet.com/allan_j_mcneill/Womens_Movt/wish/353590149 tcona7 https://padlet.com/allan_j_mcneill/Womens_Movt/wish/353590206 Women earned 72% of what men earned ]]> 2019-04-24 01:53:39 UTC https://padlet.com/allan_j_mcneill/Womens_Movt/wish/353590206 tcona7 https://padlet.com/allan_j_mcneill/Womens_Movt/wish/353590258 Abortion was most divisive social issue. Operation Rescue, anti-abortion organisation founded in 1988, staged militant block-ins of abortion clinics and even killed medical practitioners. ]]> 2019-04-24 01:53:54 UTC https://padlet.com/allan_j_mcneill/Womens_Movt/wish/353590258 jfrie47 https://padlet.com/allan_j_mcneill/Womens_Movt/wish/353590294 Thomas became controversial as he was accused of by an Oklahoma University law professer of liking pornographic movies, discussing sexual prowess with female aides and sexually assaulting her. A cross examination was held against the Oklahoma professor and this confirmed Thomas's nomination by 52-48]]> 2019-04-24 01:54:06 UTC https://padlet.com/allan_j_mcneill/Womens_Movt/wish/353590294 jduns29 https://padlet.com/allan_j_mcneill/Womens_Movt/wish/353590393 - 1993 Family and Medical Leave Act: increased employer's flexibility of parental leave, 
- pro-choice
- reversed Bush's abortion policies right away]]> 2019-04-24 01:54:40 UTC https://padlet.com/allan_j_mcneill/Womens_Movt/wish/353590393 tcona7 https://padlet.com/allan_j_mcneill/Womens_Movt/wish/353590635 Social conservatism increased,  such as Supreme Court ruling Bowen v. Kendrick that denied federal funding to pro-choice programs. Reagan believed that 'chastity clinics' encouraged women to avoid sex and make less abortions a thing, but couldn't persuade Democrats to abolish abortion. ]]> 2019-04-24 01:56:20 UTC https://padlet.com/allan_j_mcneill/Womens_Movt/wish/353590635 cmoma0 https://padlet.com/allan_j_mcneill/Womens_Movt/wish/353590746 2019-04-24 01:56:59 UTC https://padlet.com/allan_j_mcneill/Womens_Movt/wish/353590746 jfrie47 https://padlet.com/allan_j_mcneill/Womens_Movt/wish/353590951 Feminist movement went quiet however the ordeal against Thomas mobilized women of sexual harassment and many campaigned for laws and protection.]]> 2019-04-24 01:58:08 UTC https://padlet.com/allan_j_mcneill/Womens_Movt/wish/353590951 tcona7 https://padlet.com/allan_j_mcneill/Womens_Movt/wish/353591040 Reagan's Democrat opponent chose a woman as a running mate. Because were concerned about that so they chose Reagan because sexism. ]]> 2019-04-24 01:58:42 UTC https://padlet.com/allan_j_mcneill/Womens_Movt/wish/353591040