1945 - 1982 The Women's Movement

"Where would women's rights be today without this movement?"

In the 1960's women were working towards change with the Women's Liberation Movement. Women protested for jobs, personal choices and politics. During World War 2 women worked jobs that men typically worked, which meant when men returned from war they were expected to give up their job so men could work again. When women had to give up their job for men they were expected to return home and continue being house wives and stay at home moms. Women would still work outside of being a house wife to help pay bills but still remained as a part time house wife. There was a huge economic boom which meant that industries needed more workers. At that point more women were recognized on the job but it didn't change the fact that there was still inequity among women and men. Women wanted to be equal with men in all aspects and wanted to choose whether to be a stay at home mom or to dedicate themselves to a career. Two women groups, mainstream and radical, took on the challenge of making the rights become the norm, but mainstream and radicals both had different approaches. Mainstreams believed that laws needed to be changed and the radicals believed that a stronger approach needed to be taken, ie. Protesting. After the fight to equality women got some rights but not all and still suffered with inequality.

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