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Encyclopedia Britannica

Encyclopedia Britannica: Britannica Kids: Women Who Changed the World: Women's Movement

For Students 9th - 10th
Encyclopedia Britannica provides an overview of the women's movement, which sought equality for women and the changing of a male-dominated power structure.
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Primary
Other

Early Documents: Now Statement of Purpose

For Students 9th - 10th
This primary source document is the statement of purpose for the National Organization for Women, established in 1966.
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Article
Other

The Chicago Women's Liberation Union: An Introduction

For Students 9th - 10th
Well-written essay that describes the conditions of American women and the early women's liberation movement. Links to many related articles, posters and interviews. Good resource.
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Primary
Duke University

Consciousness Raising / Women's Liberation Movement

For Students 9th - 10th
The text to this site is compiled from text, notes and comments from a speech by Kathie Sarachild on consciousness raising and the women's movement. Length and very informative, this is an excellent resource.
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Other

National Organization for Women Foundation

For Students 9th - 10th
The National Organization for Women Foundation is an organization "devoted to furthering women's rights through education and litigation." Check out information on upcoming and past conferences, special events, and political activism....
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National Women’s History Museum

National Women's History Museum: Betty Friedan

For Students 9th - 10th
Journalist, activist, and co-founder of the National Organization for Women, Betty Friedan was one of the early leaders of the women's rights movement of the 1960s and 70s.
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Primary
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Primary Source Set: The Equal Rights Amendment

For Students 9th - 10th
This collection uses primary sources to explore the Equal Rights Amendment.
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Digital History

Digital History: Feminism Reborn

For Students 9th - 10th
This comprehensive survey of the women's movement during the 1960s and 1970s documents women and politics, women's wages, legal discrimination against women, stereotypes of women, women's rights legislation, and women's rights...
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Website
University of Groningen

American History: Outlines: The Women's Movement

For Students 9th - 10th
An overview of the Women's Movement and the changes that took place during the 1950s, 60s and 70s.
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Website
PBS

Pbs: Independent Lens: Sisters of '77: The Conference

For Students 9th - 10th
The National Women's Conference, held in Houston in 1977, held discussions on a wide range of women's issues. Find out about those who attended, and find a list of the twenty-six resolutions voted on at the conference.
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Article
Other

H Net Online: The Media and the Movement

For Students 9th - 10th
Presented is a review of a book by Patricia Bradley that looks at the feminist movement in the 1960s and 1970s, and its relationship to the media. Read about how the media bolstered the ideas of the movement by way of the activism of its...
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National Women's Hall of Fame

National Women's Hall of Fame: Betty Friedan

For Students 9th - 10th
The National Women's Hall of Fame offers an outline of the life and accomplishnments of women's rights activist Betty Friedan, author of "The Feminine Mystique."
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Website
Independence Hall Association

U.s. History: Modern Feminism

For Students 5th - 8th
The beginning of the feminist movement in the early 1960s led to demands for equal treatment for women in many areas. Read about the literature, feminist leaders, and legislation that attempted to guide this movement.
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Website
Other

Now: Chronology of the Equal Rights Amendment

For Students 9th - 10th
A detailed timeline about the work done on the Equal Rights Amendment in the early years, and the National Organization for Women's recent work on the proposed amendment.
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Website
Other

National Organization for Women Pa Cs

For Students 9th - 10th
This site belongs to the National Organization for Women (NOW) Political Action Committees, including news, information, voter guides, and events.
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Website
Independence Hall Association

U.s. History: The Equal Rights Amendment

For Students 5th - 8th
Read about the early success of the Equal Rights Amendment and its ultimate failure to receive the requisite support of the state legislatures.
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Handout
Scholastic

Scholastic: A Brief History of Women's Rights Movements

For Students 9th - 10th
Find a history of the several movements that advocated for women's rights in voting, politics, and at work.