The Feminist Movement of the 60s and 70s by Jillian Peedin https://padlet.com/j_peedin11_1/Bookmarks HIS 112 Museum Display Project en-us 2021-04-25 23:44:48 UTC 2025-10-08 12:28:27 UTC hello@padlet.com FDA approves "the pill" j_peedin11_1 https://padlet.com/j_peedin11_1/Bookmarks/wish/1457451008 On May 9, 1960, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the world's first commercially produced birth-control pill. This granted woman of the America's greater reproductive freedom.]]> 2021-04-26 01:40:30 UTC https://padlet.com/j_peedin11_1/Bookmarks/wish/1457451008 President John F. Kennedy signs the Equal Pay Act of 1963 j_peedin11_1 https://padlet.com/j_peedin11_1/Bookmarks/wish/1457465578 The Equal Pay Act of 1963 protects both men and women from wage discrimination. This means that no matter the gender, if they work in the same workspace, they should be given equal pay.]]> 2021-04-26 01:46:25 UTC https://padlet.com/j_peedin11_1/Bookmarks/wish/1457465578 "Voice of the women's liberation movement" Newsletter j_peedin11_1 https://padlet.com/j_peedin11_1/Bookmarks/wish/1457498157 Jo Freeman's "Voice of the women's liberation movement" newsletter became the first ever national woman's liberation newsletter. It was the true inspiration for the name of the movement.]]> 2021-04-26 01:59:14 UTC https://padlet.com/j_peedin11_1/Bookmarks/wish/1457498157 Shirley Chisholm Campaign Poster j_peedin11_1 https://padlet.com/j_peedin11_1/Bookmarks/wish/1457521201 Campaign Poster for Shirley Chisholm's run for President in 1972. Chisholm was the first African-American woman elected to congress in 1968.]]> 2021-04-26 02:09:26 UTC https://padlet.com/j_peedin11_1/Bookmarks/wish/1457521201 1969 Miss America Protest j_peedin11_1 https://padlet.com/j_peedin11_1/Bookmarks/wish/1457552816 The Miss America Protest of 1969 organized by New York Radical Women lasted for 11 hours (1:00 pm-12:00 am). The protesters threw feminine products into the "Freedom Trash Can" as a symbol of them throwing away things that oppressed women.]]> 2021-04-26 02:23:38 UTC https://padlet.com/j_peedin11_1/Bookmarks/wish/1457552816 First Women's Studies Department j_peedin11_1 https://padlet.com/j_peedin11_1/Bookmarks/wish/1457585540 San Diego State University held the first ever women's studies department in 1970. This was soon followed by a program at Cornell.]]> 2021-04-26 02:37:45 UTC https://padlet.com/j_peedin11_1/Bookmarks/wish/1457585540 President of NOW meets with President Gerald Ford in the White House j_peedin11_1 https://padlet.com/j_peedin11_1/Bookmarks/wish/1457608644 NOW president Karen DeCrow and other woman's group leaders meet with President Ford to convince him to run in the 1976 election with a woman Vice President. DeCrow did this so Ford would support any legislation that affects women and veto any that is anti-women.]]> 2021-04-26 02:48:16 UTC https://padlet.com/j_peedin11_1/Bookmarks/wish/1457608644 The National Advisory Committee for Women j_peedin11_1 https://padlet.com/j_peedin11_1/Bookmarks/wish/1457624272 The National Advisory Committee for Women (NACW) was established by President Jimmy Carter. The purpose of this committee was to advise the President, on a regular basis, the initiatives needed to promote complete equality for American women.]]> 2021-04-26 02:55:43 UTC https://padlet.com/j_peedin11_1/Bookmarks/wish/1457624272