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[ore Qoolt exhausted and, to a great oxtont, coopted, Tho winning of the vote sent ) the movement into a lull that lasted for forty years, oe: _ Ss in due 1980's, the | “onent s Liberation Hovenont was robora, Tho firat national! organization ! in years was founded in 1956 by Betty Frieden called the National Organization for Vionen (NOW) This group aa its sister organizations worked for political and civil equality, They are composed ‘ ~ TO ee ee t of " basically professional white, middle-class WOLION » ‘Bosnintle, in ie Sr “reaction to the New Left, white maleedoninated politics of the Civil ‘Right _ and fntievar Kevements and due to a. rising national interest in. werton, & “more loosely based younz er wonen! 6 mover. ..1t- Brose. The latter was fairly unstructured and an'ss~loadorship. Its main organizing tool yas consotous- ness-raising ’ implemented Wirour eh the rap group structure. the under-30 vomen! gs Movement vas spontancous and far-reaching, Thousands of women - cemo together te share their exporioences ff isolation from each other and discovered a common ground of oppressicn, Through ‘Sistorhcod, thoy began to reject the cynicism and flienation of the predeminala white mais eultur and to build their om, Countless groups-spranz up around tha country that focused on wonenecentered issues such as birth control, day care, and lack of equal oppa-tunity. 7 | The Feminist Kovewont has giv on ‘pise to a tromondous upsurge ‘of onorey among . VvOmoNn. That energy has spavmod a vitality and creativoness tuch wore encompassing than tho low Left Hovemont of tho sixties because at has reached more levols of society. Bocause ‘the ‘Liberation of wonen guts’ ¢ across ‘glass ma racial linos, it h has ‘unLinited potential | to y unity aa oll strata of pocplds - oy oe aaa oy Peaaces he PRB aaa the? may ntat ? “overent 5 wD wnbil t this thre, has been. white ‘end | niddie. elaag,” it hag contored. on nermally one oF tro iasuca; either gaining egy: . econenite eprertunity or _Intreapect Ave-orimntod consofcusnoss~raia’ inge