PSC 113 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Civil Rights Act Of 1964, Equal Rights Amendment, Eleanor Roosevelt
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Equal rights amendment (1920s) added since the 14th amendment didn"t include gender rights. Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the united states or by any. Suddenly back in the news in 2018. Get women into the workforce (military manufacturing process) to help the men win the war. When wwii was over, the federal and civilian policies replaced women workers with men. Patriotic thing for women step aside to allow soldiers to come home to a job. 75% of those women wanted to keep their jobs after the war. Married women (or women with children) more likely to leave their jobs when men came home. By the 1960s more women were working than during wwii. Families suddenly needed a second income to keep up. Kennedy"s commision to the status of women (1961) Lead to sex into title of 1964 civil rights act. Eleanor roosevelt chaired an important commission on women"s rights ending illegal discrimination.
