”The female doesn't really expect a lot from life. She’s here as someone’s keeper.” This quote gives insight for what life was like for women of the 1960’s and 1970’s. Only 38% of American women worked in the 1960’s and their jobs were mostly limited to secretary, teacher, or nurse. In 1962, Betty Friedan’s book The Feminine Mystique accurately captures the struggles of American women. The publishing of this book played a valuable part in starting the second wave of the American feminist movement. In the 1960’s and 1970’s women of America explored their rights, and fought for a change. The second wave of feminism really got its start in 1963. As stated earlier, the release of The Feminine Mystique in February 19,1963 really pushed women all over America to fight for the change they wanted. Betty Friedman, the author of The Feminine Mystique decided to write the book because she was tired of being a housewife and decided to see if other women felt similar. She surveyed graduates of Smith College to answer her question and after her study was finished the idea for The Feminine Mystique was born. The first …show more content…
Before this Act was passed it was legal for an employer to not employ a person based on their race, religion, sex, or national origin. This is one of the reasons women could not get the jobs and or jobs that were well paying. Women would be denied a job just because of their sex. It was hard for a white American women to get a job, but it was much harder for a women of color to get a job. This injustice was the reason Title VII of the Civil Rights was created, to protect American people of facing this injustice any longer. Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ending employment discrimination on the basis of an individuals religion, sex, national origin or color became illegal. Although this act helped eliminate some of the sexist biases it did not end