Women's Rights

Women's Rights

PPT Activity

Multiple Choice

Who is the character that is listed in the picture?

• Doris the Doughnut

• Rosie the Riveter

Multiple Select

Feminism is the belief that men and women should be equal

• Socially

• Economically

• Politically

Fill in the Blank

What was the percentage of the workforce were women in the 1960s?

Multiple Choice

The Civil Rights struggle of the 1950s and 1960s prompted women to examine the ways that society discriminated against them as a group.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Title VII of the Civil Rights Act put into law job discrimination.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

1963 the Equal Pay Act was passed. It outlawed paying men more than women for the same job.

• True

• False

Fill in the Blank

What does NOW stand for?

Multiple Choice

In 1972 Congress enacted Title IX legislation that prohibits federally funded schools from discriminating against girls in all aspects of their operations, from admissions to athletics.

• True

• False

Fill in the Blank

When was the Equal Rights Amendment passed?

Multiple Choice

Studies suggest a “glass ceiling” exists that limits the advancement of women to higher paying jobs.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

The Supreme Court ruled that state gov’ts could no longer regulate abortion during the first 3 months of pregnancy, a time w/in a woman’s constitutional right to privacy

• Plessy v. Ferguson

• Roe v. Wade

• Brown v. Board of Education

Multiple Choice

What is the percentage of women in the workforce today?

• 30%

• 20%

• 50%

• 60%

Open Ended

Do you believe in feminism? Why or why not?