CIVIL RIGHTS

WOMEN, HISPANIC-AMERICANS, NATIVE AMERICANS & DISABLED AMERICANS

WOMEN: GOALS

EQUAL RIGHTS

EQUAL PAY

RIGHT TO VOTE

END TO DISCRIMINATION BASED ON GENDER

PEOPLE Elizabeth Cady Stanton Lucretia Mott Susan B. Anthony Sojourner Truth

Betty Freidan (The Feminine Mystique National Organization of Women

(NOW)

EVENTS, ACTIONS, LAWSSeneca Falls

Convention

19th Amendment

WWII Jobs in Industry

Equal Pay for Equal Work

EVENTS, ACTIONS, LAWSTitle IX - female college

athletes receive the same financial assistance as males

Roe vs. Wade - woman’s right to terminate a pregnancy. Made abortion legal.

HISPANIC-AMERICAN GOALS:

Equal Opportunity in employment, education & housing

PEOPLE Cesar Chavez - famous labor

leader who started a labor union for migrant farm workers

Henry Gonzales & Elgio de la Garza serve in House of Representatives

Joseph Montoya serves in the Senate

EVENTS, ACTIONS, LAWS United Farm Workers Union - worked for

higher wages and better working conditions

Mexican American Legal Defense & Education Fund - Funding for Education

NATIVE AMERICAN: GOALS Raise standard of living

Improve Health

Return of Hunting & Fishing Rights

Fulfillment of broken US treaties guaranteeing Native American land claims

PEOPLE NATIVE AMERICANS ON

RESERVATIONS

EVENTS, ACTIONS & LAWS

Red Power

AIM (American Indian Movement)formed to further Native American goals(Occupied Wounded Knee SD for two

months)

Individual Self Determination and Assistance Act - gave Native Americans more control over reservations.

EVENTS, ACTIONS, LAWS1989 - Native Americans

awarded $80 million in compensation for lost land.

Secretary of Interior for Indian Affairs - Federal Post created by the government to protect Native American interests

NYS and Native Americans County of Oneida v. Oneida Indian

Nation of NYS Supreme Court ruled that Native

Americans had a right to sue to enforce original land rights.

DISABLED AMERICANS: GOALSFull Rights

Education and Training

Mainstreaming

Stop Neglect and Abuse

PEOPLE

Dorothea Dix

President Kennedy

EVENTS, ACTIONS & LAWSSpecial OlympicsAmericans with

Disabilities Act - prohibits discrimination in employment, public accommodations & transportation

Mainstreaming in Education

Celebrity causes (Michael J. Fox - Parkinson's)

Affirmative Action Taking positive steps to eliminate the

effects of past discrimination in hiring In practice meant giving preference to

members of minority groups when hiring or accepting applicants to schools

Women’s Rights Vocabulary Feminism… the belief that women

should have the same economic, social and political rights as men

Sexism… beliefs or practices that discriminate against a person on the basis of sex

Glass ceiling… upper-level, better paying positions unavailable to women