I read the book True Legend by Mike Lupica. To keep a book alive and interesting authors use three different character types. Those character types are static, dynamic, and stereotype. Mike Lupica did a very good job at keeping the reader focused. Drew was the dynamic character because he had some important decisions that had a big impact on what would happen.
As mentioned before, many feel as though women still face discrimination in the workforce. However, it is no question that attitudes towards the feminist movement have become less critical overtime. In fact, 51% of men and 69% of women currently identify as feminists, according to the 2015 poll by YouGov. Many celebrities have pushed for women’s rights, which has contributed to its recent acceptance. Overall, there were several components to the rise of the women’s rights movement in the period 1940-1975.
One of the most well-known entertainers of the world, Beyoncé, is part of the best singers in the music industry. She is, somehow, considered to be a great example of the Feminist movements for showing off the talents of the femininity. The Feminist Movement started in the 1840’s, but it didn’t really expand until the 1960’s after Betty Friedan’s book The Feminine Mystique was published. In that book, Betty encourages women to change the way society view them as the ideal employment for them is to stay at home mom and wife voice their opinions and fight for equality of the sexes.
The Women’s Movement was a symbolic movement in achieving political and civil equality. It assisted women lifestyles in the United States, granting them equal opportunities as men. Therefore, the Equal Rights Amendment guaranteed equal rights with men and the Equal Pay Act guaranteed equal pay. But these opportunities rarely helped women since they were prohibited and discriminated from universities and communal school, young girls have to be taught at home by mothers due to the segregation from males and females. In the 1960s, organizations were predominantly constructed for women since they were driven away from society of men and can’t attend schools and colleges.
Through programs aired on television during the 1950s and 1960s, women were encouraged to engage in domestic jobs as housewives, but as time progressed, the role of the female on television developed, encouraging women to view actresses as empowering. A prime example of the stereotypical label of a woman during the time can be seen through the television program, “I Love Lucy,” on CBS. Released on October 15, 1951, this sitcom reached an audience of ten million households, while also ranking number one in America for three years consecutively (Stark 26). The lead star, Lucille Ball, triumphed as one of the first females to appear as a lead role, representing women in the entertainment business.
Unfortunately, nearly no one could watch it since most people had only black-and-white televisions. (4) During that time, magazine articles urged women to leave the workforce and embrace their roles as wives and mothers. The idea was that a woman’s most important job was to take care of their children, but it began to generate a great deal of dissatisfaction among some. This dissatisfaction contributed to the rebirth of the feminist movement in the 1960s.
The Progressive movement began as an idea to fix the cities, however, it involved a lot more than just fixing up the cities. Many reform efforts that ranged from cutting down on poverty, improving the conditions of urbanized housing, and labor reform. The Progressives wanted impactful rules by the government on industry. During the Progressive movement, women were one of the major groups that battled hard for reform. Women were involved with many of the reforms like clean water sanitation, collection of garbage in areas stricken with poverty, and education of underprivileged children.
Before many lived amongst this earth, the way of living was completely different than how it is today. Some feel as if the United States has become a better place to live over the past 45 years, and others feel as if things have fallen apart. In the 1970’s few laws have been passed to better both, society and association. In early 1970’s, Title IX, the Education Amendments Act has been signed. Back in the days, living for women was much more difficult than it was for men.
Women in the Progressive Era began with little to no rights at all. They didn't have any other role in society especially for poor white women except to stay at home and do what their husbands tell them to do. Over time women began to give themselves an identity, and rights through feminism, icons, and taking action. They began to make a change and make a bang culturally. Jane Adams on of the first most prominent female activists created this idea of "the new woman," during the Progressive Era.
The 1970’s was a time for radical change. Within the radical change was feminism, sex and sexuality, and drugs. Although this may not have been part of everyone’s lives, it was there, and it was prevalent. However, in 1970’s television none of this was talked about. Even though the 1970’s was a turning point in censorship in American television, the ideas and values were still moderately the same as the previous decades.
During the 1960s and 1970s, women fought for equal treatment throughout the work environment. Laws such as the Civil Rights Act of 1964 attempted to block discrimination based on gender, but women continued to receive unequal payment and faced prevalent roadblocks in certain jobs. Women joined labor movements to improve these conflicts and fought in court against unfairness. Paving the way for the future working women, organizations and women helped change laws and perspectives, making workspaces more equal over time. The significance of the Women's Rights Movement led to increased awareness and efforts to address unequal pay, limited career opportunities and harassment based on gender.
Years of the 1960 decade were of social reforms, demonstration and protest. African American people were demonstrating for civil rights, women were demonstrating for equal rights and there was a protest against Vietnam war. In a way 1960s years marked the beginnings of several happenings on political and social front. As mentioned in “The Seventies” article on CNN “So much of what began in the 1960s only fully developed in the 1970s. The seeds may have been planted but they didn't truly begin to bear fruit until the subsequent decade.”
The Feminist Movement 1960s Imagine, you are living in the 1960s as a female. You want to go live your life, you do not want to be stuck in a house with children all day long, but you can not go get a job because you are a woman. You can not go and vote because you are a woman, we could not do much because we are women. Feminism, the Equal Pay Act, and the National Organization of Women (NOW) are all part of why we have freedom today as women in our nation.
The Women’s Rights Movement was a time of hardship and people were willing to risk everything to support their cause. The 1960s was not a fair time for women. The women during this time would not stop until they were heard for one of the largest causes during this time, the women’s rights. The Women’s Rights Movement helped mold society by standing up for equality, making this have influence on our lifestyle today.
Television played big role in shaping the women’s movements in the 1970s. It covered feminist sit-ins at leading women’s magazine, mass marches, and demonstrations and held debates on men and women’s changing roles and identities. Hollywood however, had difficulty dealing with women’s issues and was forced to focus their attention to changes in women’s conscious by both the women’s movements and powerful actresses because Hollywood for a time in 1970s seemed to have banished most women form the screen. The rise of independent women’s cinema produced films like Joyce at 34 and Union Maids dealt with women portraying themselves through work.
