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Women of the 60s
The
of
in
American
changed
dramatically
in
the
1960s
.
At
the
of
the
,
women
were
portrayed
on
and
in
as
happy
homemakers
,
secretaries
,
,
and
.
Women
who
did
not
get
were
depicted
as
,
unfortunate
spinsters
,
and
those
who
asserted
themselves
were
as
nagging
shrews
.
Women
were
to
strive
for
,
elegance
,
marriage
,
,
and
a
well
-
run
home
.
,
popular
culture
the
fact
that
all
women
did
not
fit
the
mold
that
had
prescribed
for
them
.
One
of
the
events
that
to
the
change
in
women's
roles
in
society
was
the
of
Enovid
,
the
birth
pill
,
in
1960
.
With
the
increasingly
widespread
of
birth
control
,
women
gained
greater
control
and
they
would
be
having
,
allowing
many
women
to
enter
the
workforce
who
would
have
otherwise
been
rearing
children
.
were
by
Betty
Friedan's
book
,
The
Feminine
Mystique
,
which
the
of
many
women
who
were
unfulfilled
by
their
efforts
to
conform
to
ideal
of
,
living
for
and
children
,
and
their
own
and
.
to
Friedan
,
"
the
feminine
mystique
has
in
millions
of
American
.
"
In
a
call
to
action
,
she
urged
women
to
"
break
of
the
household
trap
and
truly
fulfillment
as
and
mothers
?
by
fulfilling
their
possibilities
as
separate
human
beings
.
"
In
addition
,
like
"
Women
Strike
for
Peace
"
,
in
by
Bella
Abzug
and
Dagmar
Wilson
,
and
the
for
Women
,
"
NOW
"
,
founded
in
by
Betty
Friedan
,
brought
women
to
influence
and
social
.
In
addition
to
for
for
black
Americans
and
anti
-
war
demonstrations
,
women
worked
toward
gains
in
.
One
major
was
the
Equal
Rights
Amendment
,
or
the
ERA
.
Beginning
in
,
NOW
members
worked
to
help
get
the
ERA
passed
,
but
they
were
ultimately
in
their
to
get
the
ratified
.
As
the
role
of
women
in
American
society
the
1960s
,
the
of
in
the
and
popular
culture
to
reflect
those
.
Television
shows
largely
featured
female
,
but
movies
began
to
portray
women
who
did
not
fit
into
the
molds
.
Fashions
among
young
women
changed
from
,
well
-
pressed
to
tie
-
dyed
and
.
Women
up
in
the
1960s
a
number
of
women
playing
roles
the
home
,
in
,
,
the
media
,
and
other
sectors
.
The
of
in
the
,
sciences
,
and
humanities
were
also
increasingly
.
Although
popular
culture
had
yet
to
embrace
the
idea
of
the
"
modern
liberated
woman
"
,
America
more
to
a
broader
of
women's
in
society
.
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