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Women's Strike for Equality
The Women’s Strike for Equality was a strike which took place in the United States on August 26, 1970. It celebrated the 50th anniversary of the passing of the Nineteenth Amendment, which effectively gave American women the right to vote.〔Gourley, Catherine. ''Ms. and the Material Girl: Perceptions of Women from the 1970s to the 1990s''. 1st. Minneapolis, MN: Twenty-First Century Books, 2008. 5-20. Print.〕 The rally was sponsored by the National Organization for Women (NOW). More than 20,000 women gathered for the protest in New York City and throughout the country. At this time, the gathering was the largest on behalf of women in the United States.〔 The strike primarily focused on equal opportunity in the workforce, political rights for women, and social equality in relationships such as marriage. It also addressed the right to have an abortion and free childcare, but these were more controversial positions which more conservative women, including pro-life feminists, generally did not at the time agree with.〔"Nation: Women on the March." ''Time Magazine'' 07 Sept 1970. Web. 6 Nov 2009.〕
==Historical context==
At the time of the protest, women still did not enjoy many of the same freedoms and rights as men. Despite the passage of the Equal Pay Act of 1963, which prohibited pay discrimination between two people who performed the same job, women comparatively earned 59 cents for every dollar a man made for similar work. In some areas of the country, women with college degrees earned significantly less than men with an eighth grade education. Women were further restricted in terms of their access to higher education, such as medical or law school, and the job market after receiving subsequent degrees. Only 5–10% of women were allowed in institutions of higher education. Sandra Day O'Connor, the first female Associate Justice of the US Supreme Court, who graduated at the top of her class from Stanford Law School, was offered only secretarial jobs in Los Angeles law firms despite her prestigious degree.〔 In 43 states, women were limited in the number of hours they could work and the amount of weight they could carry (generally no more than , the size of a toddler, as some feminists noted). In many states, women were also unable to obtain credit cards, make wills, or own property without a husband.〔Douglas, Susan J. ''Where the Girls Are: Growing Up Female with the Mass Media''. New York, New York: Three Rivers Press, 1994. 163-180. Print.〕 The right to serve on a jury was denied to women in some states.
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