This video provides an explanation and overview of the Second Wave of Feminism in the US 1960 - 1980. It covers the following:

• the significance of film and television in defining the role of the housewife and mother
• the contribution and impact of feminist writers and activists, including:
• Betty Friedan, Gloria Steinem and Martha Lear
• the campaigns of the National Organization for Women (NOW)
• the impact on women’s rights of equality legislation and Supreme Court rulings, including:
• the Equal Pay Act 1963, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 and the Equal Educational Opportunities Act of 1974
• Reed v. Reed 1971 and Roe v. Wade 1973