My Topic

I joined the Women learning community. I was interested in writing a paper about how far women have come throught history and how hard they had to fight to earn their equal rights. The topic of my paper has to do with the "second wave" of feminism. During the 60s and the 70s, women were inspired to stand up for themselves and their rights. In 1961 President John F. Kennedy created the President's Commission on the Status of Women and appointed Eleanor Roosevelt to lead it. The report documented discrimination against women in America. They were being discrimnated against when it came to employment, education, etc. This started a whole new movement for womens' rights. I plan to research how these women felt and what they did to make a difference in society.