The National Organization for Women(NOW)was created in 1966.It reflected a growing concern of many women that?

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they were treated unfairly.For example some believed that the education of girls was not viewed as being as important as the education boys.Describe the perspectives of women in the 1960s that contributed to the creation of NOW regarding each of the following:employment,political representation.social studies test 10points

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Women were hesitant to leave the home before the 1960s because they felt guilty leaving their children all alone. By the 1960s, women started to get over this feeling of guilt and left the house more frequently to go to women’s clubs or meetings, then subsequently to work.  Childcare became an issue for working mothers.

Equal pay - women were typically payed much less for the same work being done by a man. Employers thought that she was bringing home a second paycheck and didn't require as much.

You are right about education - it was thought that most women would either get married and have children, or would work in typically office settings such as clerical or secretarial. So higher education was stressed for males, not women.  

In the 1960s, there were very few women bus drivers, welders, firefighters, news anchors, CEOs or Supreme Court Justices. Women professors, doctors, scientists or lawyers were rare. Also employers would tend to hire men over women, because women could get pregnant and have to leave, or could have problems getting a babysitter etc.

Political representation for women's issues were just starting in the 60s, having to do with abortion and productive rights and equal rights in the workplace. But, there were very few women in politics then.

One major achievement for women in regards to the work place was in 1964, when “Title VII of the Civil Rights Act barred employment discrimination by private employers, employment agencies and unions based on race, s*x and other grounds. And by 1965, President Johnson’s Executive Order 11246 ordered “federal agencies and federal contractors to take ‘affirmative action’ in overcoming employment discrimination”.

Sexual harrassment was more common in the workplace in the 60s.  Women did indeed feel that if they didn't give in to unwanted gestures by a male in an higher authority position, they would lose their job. (and often did if they resisted).

Domestic violence in the 60s was looked upon more then as a right by the husband to keep a wife in line.  The wife was considered more a piece of property.  It was not viewed as violence against a woman back then.  

Same applies to the crime of rape.  A lot of people used to think that if a woman was raped, somehow she was asking for it, by being in the wrong place, or dressing a little too provacatively and the rapist was somehow justified in reacting to that.

Unmarried women and pregnancy - If an unmarried girl got pregnant, she was an outcast.  Everything to do with that was horribile for the girl or woman.  She had to go away - out of town somewhere, where no one knew her to have the baby.  And most times she put the baby up for adoption, thinking she would never have contact with the child again.  It was never spoken about afterwards.  Again, all of the responsibility and blame (instead of half of it) was placed on the girl or woman.  

Fortunately, we have made great strides in these issues.

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