Before the 70's women fought for many years to be able to vote in the United States. The reason was from the creation of the Declaration of Independence were it says that all men are created equal and women wanted to be in the Declaration was well. In the 1920's women got the right to vote through Women's Suverage. Jumping to the 50's the female job was to take care of the children, house and have the dinner ready for the husband. Into the 60's Betty Friedan asked is this all that women do in their life, which got a lot of women thinking. Into the 70's that idea started to take more action. Due to the fact that many women were not wanting to play the housewife role anymore. So many women went to college and took on careers. At the same time many women were paid only 59cents of the dollar for the same job men would work. This brought out the word sexism in America. Also in the 70's many women would use Ms. to show that they could be married or single. In the 70's birth control came out to give women the power of when to have children. This was taken to the Supreme Curt were the curt made it illegal to do this to women, because in some state the state wanted to make it illegal. Overall the 70's was a turning point for women that would be seen for many decades to come.
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PoliticsMore women take on many different jobs that was never seen before. From this birthrate dropped in the United States.
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Fight for Reproductive RightsAs written above Birth Control gave women the power of when to have children. For during the 70's many women were trying to climb the career ladder. It was taken to the Supreme Curt in the case of Griswald v. Connecticut. The Supreme Curt made it legal to take birth control and illegal for states to do this to women. As a result premarital sex increased in America and birthrates fell.
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Effect of the MovementWomen were able to have careers but were paid less than men and that fight still continues today. Women were given the power of when to have children and being able to control when was the right time.
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