Comparison Of Women's Rights Between 1945 And 1975

Between 1945 and 1975 there were two groups that were protesting, how they were treated, viewed, and being rejected in general by society in that day and age. These two groups fought for equality, and had to the drive to change the way society treated them: African Americans and women. Both groups wanted to be treated with fairness and equality and wanted to complete end of racism in the United States. 1950s and 1960s were two of the most important decades for these two groups, it was during the avil rights movement, one of the most famous and important court case came out during this time; the Brown vs The Board of Education, it started the end of the integrations between blacks and whites. It was the reason the courts were forced to overturn …show more content…
Women knew they were making a difference in their country. Women began working in the factories, instead of remaining at home as stay at home wives and mothers. Once the men returned from war, they were required to go back home and retake their roles in their household. In the 1950s women were upset about having to return home and the roles expected of them. Women during this decade, craved to be treated as equals to men and this is when women, decided to stand up and fight back. After the book, The Feminine Mystique was released, in 1963, it started the women’s movement. The book helped end the inequities between women and men, and was followed by a legislation and a new act called “The Equal Pay Act of 1963”. What this was, was a stimulation for women and men to receive equal pay in the work …show more content…
These white males, had all the rights to run, yet women and African American’s did not. White people, were also the only ones who could vote, so it gave them control over who was running. This issue alone, created so many more issues of equality, upsetting the women and African American people of our nation. Women were treated the same as the African American’s, it upset the women. Women also had the issue of how men got to do whatever they wanted, when and how they wanted. Women were forced to sit at home and take care of the families, unless they were lucky enough to keep their jobs during WWII. Women working sparked another outrage of how they were paid a whole lot less than men. African American’s were having the same issues as women, but a lot worse. A white man, made a ton more than a Black man, even though blacks were free, they were still treated horribly and received many benefits. The black women were treated even unfairly and disrespected even more than a black man