Many women were just known as housewives and mothers. 1960 was the decade to change things for this. It was both the best of times and the worst of times for many in this generation. Women couldn't open a bank account or establish a line of credit unless they had a husband or another man like their father to cosign for them. Women were not allowed to serve a on jury, or ever get a credit card without their husband present. Some women had the grade good enough to attend a school like Princeton and other private schools, but since they were women it excluded them from attending the schools like this. When they wanted a divorce they had a difficult time trying to have a “no fault” divorce. This meant that women were always at fault and were proved for wrongdoing in the relationship causing the divorce. They decided that it was stereotyped and sexist. They wanted a change. The women's rights movements started in 1848, but with the continuous protesting and marching many things changed and more things were produced to help women have a choice with their life. The basic goal for this decade was to get equal pay at work, end domestic violence, endsexual harassment at work, curtailment of severe limits on women in managerial or higher jobs, and lastly start sharing responsibilities for housework and taking care …show more content…
The women started to protest by “Burning the Bras”, this was to show independence from men and to make a statement about women's rights. Women threw things such as bras, girdles, curlers, tweezers, high heels, and anything else they thought of into the fire pits to be burned. Many even protested a Miss America pageant in New Jersey. This raised more awareness and was the first media event, with a lot of larger newspaper reports about it and what the women were doing. They believed that they were being treated like animals just to show men how good they can look for