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exhausted and, to « great extent, soopted, The winning of the vote sent
the movement into a lull that lasted for forty years,
In the 1080's, the Women's Lideration Movement was reborn, The first
Rational organisation in years was founded in 1966 by Betty Prieden called
the National Organisation for Women (Now). This group od its sister
organisation worked for political and oivil equality, They are composed
of basically professional white, middle-class women, Meanvhile, in
reaction to the New Left, -hite waleodominated politios of the Ciyil Right:
and AnticWar Movements and dus to a@ rising national interest in women, a
more loosely based younger women's movement arose. The latter was fairly
unstructured and aniseleadership. Its mein organizing tool was consoicuse
ness-raising implemented through the Pap group structure, The under-30
Women's Movement ms spontaneous and farereaching, Thousands of wonen
Game together to share thetr experiences ¢ {solation from each other and
discovered a common g~ und of oppression, Through sisterhood, they began
to reject the cynictem and alienation of the predominaG® white male culture,
and to build thefr own. Countless groups sprang up around the country
that focused on womenccentered issues such as birth control, day care,
and lack of equal oppe tunity,
The Feminist Movement has gen rise to a tremendous upsurge of
energy among women, That energy h | Spawned a vitality ed creativeness
much more encompassing than the New Left Movement of the sixties because
it haa reached more levels of society, Because the liberation of women
cuts across class md racial lines, it has unlimited potential to unify
all strata of people,
The Feminist Movement, up until this time, hae been white and middle.
Glase, It has centered on normally one of two issues; either gaining equal
economic opportunity or introspect iveeorlanted consoiLousness-raising,
The many romen's groups have formulated ideclogies that explain the reasons
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