It is the belief that all sexes should be economically, politically, socially and sexually equal by examining forces like class, gender, race and sex within society.
What is feminism?
100
She wrote the book, "The Feminine Mystique," a book that changed gender relations forever.
Who is Betty Friedan?
100
What company did NOW and Lorena Weeks sue and for what?
What is Southern Bell and workplace discrimination.
100
This group was formed to be the face of the Women's Liberation Movement. It was started by Betty Friedan, Rev. Pauli Murray (the first black female Episcopal priest) and Shirley Chisholm. The group performed public protests, as well as helped win legal battles for women.
What is NOW, the National Organization for Women.
100
This woman was the first female to run in the Boston Marathon.
Who is Katherine Switzer?
200
A system of society or government in which men hold the power and women are largely excluded from it.
What is patriarchy?
200
This woman led the counter-revolution--a conservative response to the Women's Liberation Movement. She is a staunch anti-feminist. Among other things, she helped stop the Equal Rights Amendment to the Constitution.
Who is Phyllis Schlafly?
200
This amendment to the Civil Rights Act of 1964 made discrimination in the workplace based on race, color, religion, sex or national origin unconstitutional. The amendment gave feminists the legal momentum to advance women's place in the workplace.
What is Title VII?
200
This magazine was the target of a NOW "sit-in." After the sit in, NOW convinced the chief editor to give them 8 pages in its next issue to feature stories and editorials for women and women's rights.
What is "The Ladies Home Journal?"
200
Billy Jean King played this man at tennis in "The Battle of the Sexes," where King won the match.
Who is Billy Riggs?
300
These rights rest on the recognition of the basic right of all couples and individuals to decide freely and responsibly the number, spacing and timing of their children and to have the information and means to do so, and the right to attain the highest standard of sexual and reproductive health. They also include the right of all to make decisions concerning reproduction free of discrimination, coercion and violence.
What are reproductive rights?
300
A journalist and actress, this woman became the fresh, young face of the Women's Liberation Movement after Betty Friedan began speaking out against homosexuality and alienated people of color. This woman, while still alienating the same population, became the popular leader of the Feminist movement in the late 1960s and early 1970s. She also helped start "Ms." magazine.
Who is Gloria Steinem?
300
This law gave women equal access to academic and extra-curricular opportunities in schools, colleges and universities. Most notably, it allowed women to play sports that men could play, but also lifted "quotas" at law and medical schools.
What is Title IX?
300
At what major American event did Women's Rights activists demonstrate outside of with things like "the freedom trashcan," as well as break inside of and drop banners that read "Women's Liberation!?"
What is the Miss America Pageant?
300
This medication gave women the ability to exercise their sexual freedom.
What is "The Pill?"
400
The feeling of "having it all": the house, the husband, the kids, the car, the wealth, etc.; and yet feeling discontent, unhappy and unsatisfied with this "picture perfect" life.
What is the "problem with no name?"
400
The host of classic children's show, "Romper Room," this woman started the national debate on abortion and the woman's right to choose after choosing to have an abortion because of the birth defects the drug Thalidomide produced. She was fired from her job, denied medical treatment, and was described as being "unfit to be around children" because of this choice.
Who is Sherri Finkbine
400
This Constitutional amendment would have given blanket protections to women in American law by guaranteeing equal protection.
What is the Equal Rights Amendment.
400
While many anti-feminist, "pro-life" activists came out against violence, these tactics were used by the "Pro-Life" movement to protest abortion and women's reproductive rights.
What are bombings, burning buildings, harassment and picketing?
400
Only one woman was on this important group designed to protect Americans' civil rights in the workplace.
What is the EEOC, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission?
500
This term sums up oppression in our society by describing the power held by a specific racial, gender and class group and system(s) that reinforce it. All the terms together describe the complexity of oppression in our society.
What is the "White Supremacist Capitalist Patriarch?"
500
She was the first African-American woman to hold a spot in Congress, as well as to run for president. As a feminist, she bridged the gap between the mainstream Women's Liberation Movement and black feminists by being an outspoken advocate for human rights within the United States.
Who is Shirley Chisholm?
500
This court case legalized abortion in the United States.
What is Roe vs. Wade?
500
This event was the first since Seneca Falls in 1848 to gather like-minded women who fought for their rights. This event was upstaged by Phyllis Shlafley and her anti-ERA conference.
What is the National Conference for Women's Equality in Houston?
500
Less than 2000 of these are in the United States currently, making it more dangerous and extremely difficult for women to exercise their reproductive rights.