The women's movement before the 1920s was characterized by the suffrage movement that led to women gaining the right to vote. From the 1890s and early part of the 20th century, much of the women's movement focused on general societal inequalities and, such as poor working and housing conditions, while also focusing on social ills such as alcoholism and prostitution. Black women in the Southwest of the United States, during the 1930s, for instance, joined labor unions such as the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union (ILGWU) to protest poor wages and work environments they had to endure. Apart from this general social activism and gaining the right to vote, gender-specific XXXXXX, XXXXXXXXX equality in XXXX and XXX, were not XXXXX XXXXX XXXXX.
XX the 1940s, women gained increasing employment XX men left XXXXXXXX XX XXXXX in World XXX XX. XX XXX World XXX II that XXX be argued XX XXX XXXXXXX XXXXXXX for the XXXXXX XXXX feminist movement XXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXX the war. XXXXXX XXX war years, XXX labor XXXXXX XXXX had XXXXX in the XXXXX became XXXX stronger XX women XXXXXX increasingly XXXXXXXX, particularly in XXXXXXXXXXXXX jobs required to support the war XXXXXX.
During XXX XXXXX, new work XXXXXXXX became available to XXXXX, XXXXXXXXX maternity XXXXX, daycare, and counseling. XXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXX XXXX substantially in XXXXXX, XX many countries there were devastated XX XXX, where XXXX of XXX male population XXX XXXXXXX.
XXXXXXXXXXXX, in XXX XXXXXX XXXXXX, XXXXX's participation in the labor force in World XXX II XXXXXXX a feeling among many XXXXX, XXXXX XXX war ended, XXXX they XXXX XXXXXXXX XXX same types XX rights XX men in jobs XXXX XXXXXX. This was highlighted by the XXXX XXXX many men who XXXX XXXX XXX XXXXXX XXXXX XXX jobs XXXX women who XXXX XXXXX them XXXXXX XXX XXX also were XXXXX XXXXXX salaries, XXXXXXX highlighting this XXXXXXXXXX.
XX XXX XXXXX, the economy began to XXXXXX, and the height of XXX red XXXXX or XXXX-communist XXXXXXXXX XXXXX XX XXXXXXXX feminist organization. XXXXXXX, XX the XXXXX late 1950s XXX 1960s, as XXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXX XXXX XXXX, there was XXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XX explore new XXXXX and XXXXXXXXX XXXXXXX, including the XXXXX rights XXXXXXXX, XXXX began XX XXXXXXXX establish social XXXXXXXXXX XXXX as segregation and XXXXXXXXXX in XXX XXXXXXXXX. By the early XXXXX, the social XXXXXXXXXX began XX XX conducive XXX a major feminist movement.
XXXXX XXXXX XXX II, XXXX XXXXXXX began XX question how women in society XXXX perceived and the role XXXX XXXXXX, particularly as the war had XXXXX XXXXX made valuable XXXXXXXXXXXXX and in many cases XXXXXXXXX XXXXX XXXXXXX to me. XX 1949, Simone de XXXXXXXX published XXX Second XXX, a XXXXXXXXXXXXXX book that questioned how society viewed women and the XXXX in which they played. In her XXXX, Beauvoir XXXXXX, “XXX XX XXX XXXX, XXX rather XXXXXXX, a XXXXX.” This XXXXX represents how XXXXXXX XXXXXXX XXX idea XX XXXX a XXXXX XXXXXX do and XXX, where gender XXXXX are learned XXX XXXXXX upon women. XXXXX XXXXX War II showed XXXX XXXXX XXXXX break out of XXXXX XXXXXX roles as was XXXXXXXX; XXX XXXX XXXXXXXXXX then XXX should XXXXX's roles that XXX them XX secondary to XXX in XXX XXXXXXXXX XXX home XX perpetuated when this XXX not XXX XXXX during the war.
After XXXX XXXX, XXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXX greater XXXXXXXX XXXXXXX XXXX XXXXXXX in XXX XXXXX. Betty Friedan XXX XXXXXXX XXX XX XXX XXXX influential XXXXXXX XX XXXX XXXX. XXXXX surveying her XXXXXXXXXX, XXXXXXX noticed that many XX her classmates XXXX unhappy in their XXXXXXXXX where XXXXX lives XXXXXXXX around XXXXXXXXX XXX housework. XXXX XXXXXXXXXXX prompted her XX write The XXXXXXXX Mystique in XXXX XXXXX she XXXXXXXXXX XXXXX, middle-class XXXXXX XX XXXXXX life XXX motherhood. She XXXXXXX mainly on XXXXXXXX XXXX because she believed it had XXXXXXX women and their XXXXXXXXXXX.
XX her XXXX, Friedan XXXXXXXX interviews with XXXXX who were unhappy in XXXXX home life, debunking the XXXXXX XX XXX XXXXX XXXX often showed a XXXXX XXXXXX XXXX XXX at XXXX and women focused XX XXXXXXXXX. XXX XXXX fundamentally questioned if XXX 1950s XXXXXX were in the XXXX interest of women.
Other XXXXXXX, XXXXXXXXX XXX introduction of the contraceptive XXXX XXX the XXXXXXXXXXXX XX XXXXXXXX in Europe, XXXXX to XXXX political ramifications. The XXXX, on the one hand, allowed XXXXX to XXXXX XXXXXXXXXX XXX XXXXXXXXX XXXXXXX in XXXX XXXXX. XXXXXXXX also XXXX XXXXX greater choices about XXXXXXX XXXXXXXX.
XX XXXX, Katy Millett XXXXX XXXXXX XXXXXXXX and wrote XXXXX the patriarchal XXXXXXXXX of XXXXXXX that controls XXX, sexual XXXXXXXXXX, XXX ultimately politics XXX XXX narrative of XXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXX. Sex XXX gender oppression are common XXXXXXX of political XXXXXXXXX found in society.
The ‘’XXXXXX wave’’ feminist XXXXXXXX proved to XX a major social transition XXX XXXXXXX countries XXX the United States XXXX the 1960s XXX XXXXX. XXXXX XXXXXX change, such as women's XXXXXXXXXXXXX in XXX labor XXXXX, and XXXXXXXXX prosperity XXXXXX a XXXXX XXXXXX awareness movement that questioned the roles XX XXXXXX in XXXXXXX. XXXXX works XX XXXXXXXXXX XXXXX XX XXXXXXXX perceived traditional XXXXXX XXXXX and XXXXXXX social problems created XX such roles on women. XXX XXXXXXXXX XXXXXXX within the broader second XXXX feminist movement, XXXXX XXXX XXX XXXX XXXXXXXXXX and XXXXXXX elements of feminism. XXXXX one XXXXXX XX XXXXXX society XXXX XXXXXX, using legislation and XXXXXX pressure, the other, radical movement XXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXX if XXXXXXX's hierarchical and XXXXXXXXXXX nature were XXX main XXXXXXX.
Ultimately, XXX second XXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX gave women the opportunity to XXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXX about how their social inequality and XXXXX to XXXXX about XXXXXX, XXXXXXXX, XXXXXXXXX, race, XXX XXXXX XX all XXXXXXX XXXXXXXXX factors. The so-called XXXXX XXXX, more greatly XXXXXXX XX XXX/lesbian and racial issues, it can be XXXXXX XX be informed XX XXX XXXXXX wave XXXXXXXX that XXX XXXXXXX late in the XXXXX as race XXX XXXXXXX social XXXXXXXXXX issues XXXXXXX.
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