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la ee ee Se eR ta ee we ke exhausted and, to e great extent, soopted. The winning of the vote sent ‘: the movement into a lull that lasted for forty years, ve In the 1980! 8, the Vomen's Liberat!on Movement was reborn, The first Rational organisation in years was founded in 1966 by Betty Frieden called the Net!onal Organisation for ionen (N07), This Group ad its sister organisation worked for Political and efvi) equality, of basically professional white o Middle-class women, Meanwhile, in Teaction to the New left, white male-dominated politics of the Civil Rights and Antievar kovements and due to a rising national interest in women, | more loosely based younger women's mover at arose, “ Mmetructured and ans-leadership, a The latter was fairly Its main organising tool was sonso:ouse nesseraising {mplemenied Wrouch the rap group structure, The under-S0 Women's Movement ws sp-ntaneous and farereaching, Thousands of woren came together to share their experiences ¢ {isolation from each other and @iscovered a common ground of oppression, Through Sisterhood, they began to reject the cynicism and alienation of the predcnina and to build their own, QF white male culture, Countless groups Spranc up around the sountry that focused on womenecenteres issues such as birth control, and lack of equal opp@tunity, day care, The Feminist Movement has sven rise to a tremendous upsurge of energy among women, That energy has spawned e vitality and creativencas much more encompassing than the New Left Movement of the sixties because it has reacred nore levels of society. Because the liberation of women cuts scross class md racial lines, it has unlinited potential to wify all strata of pecple, ; . The Feminist “ovement o Up until this time, has been white and ‘middlee clase, It has centered on nermally one of two issuesy either Faining equal economic cprortunity or intrcspect {veeorianted Sonsoiousnesseraising, ‘The many vonen’s croups have formulated ideclogtes that explain the reasons They are composed — | SO ME et es, ry Tr ne ee een,