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 Working Women: Out of the Home and Into the Workforce

We will learn about how the rights and roles of American women have changed over fifty years. Juliette Gordon Low made a place for many girls by created the Girl Guides, or GIRL SCOUTS; Betty Friedan wrote __The Feminine Mystique__, challenging the way women were seen, but how did these ladies and others help change the rights/roles of women? We'll learn about important events and legislature decade by decade.


 * Question: What allowed for women to transition from working in the home to working in the workforce? || Thesis: Opportunities for women have grown over the past fifty years due to some passionate leaders, important events, and ground-breaking legislature. || In the fifties, women were homemakers and teachers turned factory workers, but now women have jobs as scientists, construction workers, and can even join the military! ||