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=Women of the mid 20th century=

Overview
There were many drastic changes from the early 20th century to the mid 20th century. Women were becoming more "useful" in the society. Going from a house wife to a working mother was one of the changes. Women used to be the ones who stayed home to cook, clean, and care for the children. Now women went to college to get degrees. they used these degrees to get jobs out in the work fields. In 1950, the time of the baby boom, there were twice as many women in the work force than there was in the 1940's. The huge growth of women workers were mostly well educated married women that came from middle class families. Around the 1960's and the 1970's there was a rise in feminism. This sparked the Civil Rights movement. All women wanted to be treated just as equally as men.

=Influential Women=

Betty was an influential women during the second wave of feminism. On August 26th, 1970 it was the 50th anniversary of the 19th amendment. This gave women the right to vote. On this particular day Friedan organized a nation-wide women s strike for equality. Gloria Steinem was another women that was around for the second wave of feminism. She wrote many books on feminism and also was a member involved in the women s strike. (right Betty Friedan) (left Gloria Steinem).
 * ==Betty Friedan and Gloria Steinem==

December 1, 1955 Rosa Parks was arrested. She was on a bus home from work that day and was sitting down in a seat on the bus. White passengers got on the bus and told her to stand up so they could have her seat. She did not stand up and she stood her ground. The bus driver called the police and Rosa Parks was arrested for this action. After this incident the Montgomery Bus Boycott took place. Rosa Parks is also known as the "Mother of Modern-day Civil Rights Movement".
 * ==Rosa Parks==

On July 7, 1981 president Ronald Reagan appointed Sandra Day O'Conner to the Supreme Court of the United States of America. She was the first woman ever to be on the Supreme Court. She served from 1981 to 2005 when she retired.
 * ==Sandra Day O'Conner==

Conclusion
Women During the mid 20th century played a very big part in our nation. Going from the house keepers to being on the Supreme Court. As our nation progresses women keep becoming a more powerful voice in the nation. Someday the United States will have its first Women President.