Women’s Liberation Movement

Women’s Liberation Movement What Were Women Fighting For? • Women wanted equal rights to men legally, socially, and economically. • Though women were allowed to work, they were getting paid meager amounts compared to men and were restricted in their available career paths. • Prior to the 1960s, young single women were expected to get married, have children, and take care of their families. • The movement focused on changing the idea that women could only be mothers – women could and should be anything they wanted to be, just like men had the right to. • The civil rights movement coincided with the women’s movement. African – American women were an especially ignored faction of society