Whose book called The Feminine Mystique challenged the idea that women’s home lives should make them happy?
Betty Friedan
Jane Roe
Phyllis Schlafly
Which organisation set up in 1966 protested against inequalities experienced by women?
STOP ERA
National Organization for Women (NOW)
Civil Rights Act
By what percentage did the number of women at work in the USA increase between 1950 and 1960?
Less than 10 per cent
Over 90 per cent
35 per cent
Which law disappointed Betty Friedan as it only focused on women’s roles at work?
1963 Equal Pay Act
1964 Civil Rights Act
Equal Rights Amendment
What did the National Organization for Women achieve for women between 1966 and 1970?
$30 million in backpay that hadn’t been paid properly
An amendment to the US Constitution
Abortion in all states
Which state made abortion legal in 1970?
Texas
Connecticut
New York
Where did Phyllis Schlafly often promote her STOP ERA campaign?
Beauty pageants
Churches
Strikes
In 1960 what was the most common role for women at work?
Clerical
Military
Journalistic
What year did more extreme feminists protest at the Miss America beauty pageant?
1968
1966
1973
What was made legal throughout the USA by a Supreme Court ruling in 1965?
Abortion
Equal rights for women
Contraception