" This was one of the events that led up to the "Woman's Strike for Equality" on August 26th of 1970. At the event, Betty Freidan encouraged all housewives to stop cooking, cleaning, and even stop talking to their husbands for the day. She also encouraged them to attend protests for women's rights. They held up signs saying "I am not a Barbie doll" and "Don't call me Chick." They finally got through to everyone that they weren't going to settle for just anything, they wanted their rights. .
They also began to acquire more "manly" jobs. A market of new cosmetics and clothes were being sold for the more "man like" woman. But most of these products were turned down anyway.
Women finally got more rights and privileges than before, and were also more respected. They also gained abortion rights, because of the rapidly increasing birth rate in the country. Even though their rights were granted, they still were turned down jobs and gained less money then other men. It seemed for about every dollar that a man got, a woman would get around 70 cents. Luckily, only a little bit later a law was passed that sex discrimination for all types of jobs was illegal. Another law was also passed that said that all college sports both male and female must be funded equally. It was called Title IX. .
Politics of the 70's.
The biggest part of the 70's was without question the Vietnam War that had been going on years before the 70's even came around. There were protests and arguments all the time. They all became worse and worse as the months went on. The war was sometimes even televised at six o"clock on some channels. In May the presidents of 37 different colleges wrote a protesting letter about the Army drafting men into the war. On May 4th there was an open fire on 15 college students, and four of them were killed. It was noted that of all of the four students killed, they were all shot in the back.