{"id":614,"date":"2017-07-21T13:20:45","date_gmt":"2017-07-21T13:20:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/schoolshistory.org.uk\/topics\/?page_id=614"},"modified":"2025-10-19T21:08:59","modified_gmt":"2025-10-19T21:08:59","slug":"womens-rights","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/schoolshistory.org.uk\/topics\/world-history\/america-c1945-1971\/womens-rights\/","title":{"rendered":"Women&#8217;s Rights"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Women&#8217;s Rights in the USA.<\/h3>\n<p>Equal opportunities at work were granted to women in the USA through the 1964 Civil Rights Act. This forbade discrimination in the workplace. In 1966 the National Organization for Women was established. This group aimed to improve the rights of women.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_615\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-615\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-615\" src=\"https:\/\/schoolshistory.org.uk\/topics\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/usa_Womensrightsbadge-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Women's Liberation Movement Badge from the 1960's\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/schoolshistory.org.uk\/topics\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/usa_Womensrightsbadge-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/schoolshistory.org.uk\/topics\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/usa_Womensrightsbadge-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/schoolshistory.org.uk\/topics\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/usa_Womensrightsbadge-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/schoolshistory.org.uk\/topics\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/usa_Womensrightsbadge.jpg 432w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-615\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Women&#8217;s Liberation Movement Badge from the 1960&#8217;s<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Since the 1970&#8217;s there have been further improvements, with the following changes taking place:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Greater freedom in reproductive choice (1973);<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Minimum wage protection for domestic workers (1974);<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Prohibitions against discriminating in employment against pregnant women (1978);<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Tougher child support laws and protection of pension rights for widows and divorced women (1984);<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Provision of federal funds for child care (1990);<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Employment protection for workers needing extended time off to care for family members (1993);<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Protections against violence (1994).<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mQTC6uvHNko\" width=\"480\" height=\"390\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>America in the 1920s and 1930s<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/schoolshistory.org.uk\/topics\/world-history\/america-c1920-1941\/usa-start-20th-century\/?amp=1\">USA at the start of the 20th Century<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/schoolshistory.org.uk\/topics\/world-history\/america-c1920-1941\/economic-boom-in-the-1920s-causes\/?amp=1\">Causes of the Economic Boom<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/schoolshistory.org.uk\/topics\/world-history\/america-c1920-1941\/impact-of-economic-growth-in-the-1920s\/?amp=1\">Impact of Economic Growth in the 1920\u2019s<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/schoolshistory.org.uk\/topics\/world-history\/america-c1920-1941\/agriculture-in-the-1920s\/?amp=1\">Agriculture in the 1920\u2019s<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/schoolshistory.org.uk\/topics\/world-history\/america-c1920-1941\/roaring-twenties\/?amp=1\">The \u201cRoaring\u201d Twenties<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/schoolshistory.org.uk\/topics\/world-history\/america-c1920-1941\/prohibition\/?amp=1\">Prohibition<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/schoolshistory.org.uk\/topics\/world-history\/america-c1920-1941\/ku-klux-klan\/?amp=1\">Ku Klux Klan in the 20\u2019s<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/schoolshistory.org.uk\/topics\/world-history\/america-c1920-1941\/causes-wall-street-crash\/?amp=1\">Causes of the Wall Street Crash<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/schoolshistory.org.uk\/topics\/world-history\/america-c1920-1941\/consequences-wall-street-crash\/?amp=1\">Consequences of the Wall Street Crash<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/schoolshistory.org.uk\/topics\/world-history\/america-c1920-1941\/the-great-depression\/?amp=1\">The Great Depression<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/schoolshistory.org.uk\/topics\/world-history\/america-c1920-1941\/the-new-deal\/?amp=1\">The New Deal<\/a>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<a 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