Women attempted to resist discrimination and today it still happens and we haven't realize it. Women stood up for themselves and fight back if they were discriminated. women often argued that they had no outlet of expressions other than " getting married and bearing children". The women's movement of the 1960s and 1970s drew inspiration from the civil rights movement. This was the second wave of feminism. Women had joined the worforce and organizations like the Peace Corps.
Women fought for what they most wanted that it was to vote. Women could not divorce, they had to stay married even though women were in an abusive marriage. Women didn't had any right to acquire any property during marriage; women couldn't do contracts. Women were domestic abuse and rape.Women took measures to improve their lot; 28 professional women established the National Organization for Women (NOW). This was established to take action to bring American women into participation in the American society. Similar organizations were created and it helped make women increasingly aware of their limited opportunities. There were no places for women to stay, if they were being abused; women stayed homeless. Feminist that were abused since a child were the first ones that established shelters specifically for battered women. Most of risked and lost their life for the movement.
Women had passed through a lot, and the women's movement has a lot to talk about, it has a very interesting history. Feminist had passes through discrimination, men believed women were not intelligent and how feminist acted was the best way to demonstrate they were very intelligent. Feminist knew how to handle that pressure. Women's liberation had transfixed and transfigured millions of feminist lifes.
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