Women's Rights
This is a documentary film made about Chris Ernst and the Yale women's crew team.
Another good source of information about Title IX
ERA Debate Resources
NOTE: Other print resources will be available in class when you are preparing for the debate.
http://www.equalrightsamendment.org/congress.htm ERA introduced to Congress 2013
http://maloney.house.gov/issue/equal-rights-amendment Congresswoman Maloney introduced ERA in Congress 2011
http://www.archives.gov/legislative/features/griffiths/ Martha Griffiths and the ERA
BESIDES GETTING THE BASIC HISTORY, USE THESE NEXT THREE SITES TO HELP YOU THINK ABOUT WHY "STOP ERA" OPPOSED THE ERA:
http://www.equalrightsamendment.org/history.htm History of the ERA
• SCROLL DOWN TO "EQUAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT"
• READ THE 8TH PARAGRAPH
http://www.ushistory.org/us/57c.asp History of the ERA
• READ THE 6TH AND 7TH PARAGRAPHS
http://womenshistory.about.com/od/equalrightsamendment/a/equal_rights_amendment_overview.htm History of the ERA
• SCROLL DOWN TO "ARGUMENTS AND OPPOSITION" AND READ THOSE 3 PARAGRAPHS
http://historytogo.utah.gov/utah_chapters/utah_today/equalrightsamendment.html History of the ERA; state of Utah
READ ABOUT THE BASIC ARGUMENT OF "ERA YES"
http://www.now.org/issues/economic/eratext.html NOW website
• CLICK ON "CONSTITUTIONAL EQUALITY INFORMATION"
• THEN, CLICK ON "WHY WE NEED THE ERA"
http://www.the-exponent.com/era-the-past/ Pro ERA blog
READ ABOUT THE BASIC ARGUMENT OF "STOP ERA"
http://www.eagleforum.org/era/ Anti ERA website
• SCROLL DOWN UNTIL YOU SEE "ERA - DO YOU KNOW WHAT IT MEANS?" ON THE LEFT HAND NAVIGATION BAR - CLICK HERE
• READ THE BOLD PRINT ON TOP
• READ SOME EXAMPLES
• SCROLL DOWN BELOW WHAT THE "PROPOSED AMENDMENT" SAYS
• READ THESE PARAGRAPHS AND QUOTES
HERE IS A LIST OF SOME OF THE "NEW LAWS" THAT SUPPORTED WOMEN'S RIGHTS
(SEE SECOND WAVE READING FOR DETAILS):
• 1963 EQUAL PAY ACT
• CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964 - TITLE VII WHICH PROHIBITED EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION ON BASIS OF SEX
• TITLE IX
• EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY ACT
VIDEOS AND ASSIGNMENTS
HW AFTER LAST WOMEN'S RIGHTS LESSON:
THERE ARE FIVE 5 MINUTE VIDEOS TO WATCH THAT WILL HELP YOU WITH THE HISTORICAL BACKGROUND NECESSARY FOR THE REST OF UNIT 2.
• IT IS REQUIRED TO WATCH ALL FIVE.
• IT IS REQUIRED TO COMPLETE BOTH SIDES OF THE NOTES.
• BRING NOTES TO NEXT CLASS. YOU WILL NEED THEM!
• CLICK HERE.
Two good articles about recent changes in the way Hasbro will market their popular Easy-Bake Oven:
http://www.cnn.com/2012/12/18/living/hasbro-easy-bake-oven/
http://www.cnn.com/2012/12/06/living/gender-toy-marketing-petition/index.html
Use these lyrics to help you understand the video
Watch this video as a preview of our upcoming lesson on the push for voting rights for women. IN YOUR BLUE BOOK, please note at least 3 pieces of information or historical references you consider important.
Look at this political cartoon from 1909. Answer the following questions in your blue book:
How does this cartoon portray the man?
How does this cartoon portray the woman?
What is the message of this cartoon?
RESOURCES/LINKS
Ellen Swallow Richards was the first woman admitted to any scientific school in America and the first woman to graduate from MIT in 1870.
Read about activist and Massachusetts native Emily Greene Balch who went to college when few women did. Later in life she won the Nobel Peace Prize.
Read about activist, and Massachusetts native, Florence Luscomb who was involved in voting rights and politics her whole life.
Massachusetts voters deny women the right to vote in 1915.
Read about the founding (and other information) of Mount Holyoke Female Seminary in 1837.
Sophia Smith used her family's wealth to start a college for women in Massachusetts, Smith College, in 1870.
Read about Margaret Fuller and her writing, in 1845 (3 years before Seneca Falls and the D of S!), insisting that women be given the same opportunities as men.
Read about the First National Woman's Rights Convention in Worcester, MA in 1850.
Esther Howland created the first American-made Valentines and made a fortune in the process... starting in 1849!
Read about Susan B. Anthony and how she was arrested for voting in 1872.
Background on Alice Paul's picketing of the White House in 1917
An interview with Alice Paul from February 1974
Bureau of Labor Statistics May 2014 report with lots of data
2015 TedTalk with Dame Stephanie Shirley. She started her own programming company in England after WWII employing women. She gave them stable pay and flexible work schedules.
A New, "Real" Doll to Replace Barbie?
NYTimes story about an older women's soccer team in South Africa called Vakhegula Vakhegula (Grannies Grannies)
NPR story about women in the US Marine Corps.
Why are there fewer women in the field of computer science?
THE BOSTON GLOBE EDITORIAL ARTICLE ABOUT LEGOS FOR GIRLS IS IN THE ATTCHMENTS LIST CALLED "STAR WARS VS. HEARTLAKE CITY."
Progress on closing the gender gap...
Barbara Boxer talks about equality in Congress
This is a link for learning about women in the US Senate:
http://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/common/briefing/women_senators.htm
Both of the following links have to do with comments President Obama made during his 2014 State of the Union Address:
http://www.cnn.com/interactive/2014/01/politics/sotu-speech-decoded/