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protected by the Fourteenth Amendment's equal protection clause. The Commission stated that because women were already entitled to constitutional protection against discrimination, it did not "now" endorse a constitutional amendment. However, some key members of the Commission said privately that they would support an equal rights amendment if the Court refused to extend the Fourteenth Amendment to cover women.
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PCSW Commission and committee members came from professional organizations, trade unions, and religious groups, as well as presidents of colleges and the Secretaries of all the relevant executive branch agencies. An effort was made to diversify membership, although most were white. Several men served
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Legislation related to women in the workplace up to this time had usually taken the form of protective legislation. Protective legislation advocated gender-based workplace restrictions specifically for women on the belief that their biological differences needed to be accommodated in the workplace.
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so that white women would be protected by the Civil Rights Act. Smith, a long-time supporter of the Equal Rights Amendment, noted in his campaign literature in November 1964 that he was responsible for this amendment. The Act passed into law without additional floor debate. For the first time, the
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Reflecting the then-position of labor and Kennedy's labor ties, the report avoided a flat statement about the Equal Rights Amendment. Instead, it stated that constitutional equality between men and women was essential and should be achieved through a Supreme Court decision holding that women were
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The PCSW research on women's status, as well as the research conducted by state commissions, demonstrated that discrimination against women was a serious problem. In 1964, the U.S. Department of Labor began to bring members of state commissions to Washington annually to discuss best practices to
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When PCSW began in 1961, Congress began considering 412 pieces of legislation related to women's status. The PCSW's very existence gave the federal government an incentive to again consider women's rights and roles as being a serious issue worthy of political debate and public policy-making.
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initiative to free up women's talents for national security purposes. To win the global challenge against the Soviet Union, America needed the talents of all its citizens. Discrimination against women could mean that they were barred from important positions that they could fill.
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On October 11, 1963, coinciding with what would have been Eleanor Roosevelt's 79th birthday, the PCSW issued its final report, entitled "American Women", documenting the status of American women and making recommendations for further action.
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By 1962, the creation of a national commission encouraged states and localities (cities, colleges and universities, etc.) to begin studying women's status in their areas. All fifty states had commissions in operation by 1967.
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Because the women interested in pressuring the EEOC were not allowed to pass such a resolution at the 1966 meeting of the state commissions on women, they decided they needed to create an independent organization—an
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In 1970 these commissions formed the Interstate Association of Commissions on the Status of Women (IACSW) and in 1975, the IACSW became the National Association of Commissions for Women (NACW) (
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Until the 1970s, trade unions/organized labor opposed the Equal Rights Amendment (which would have prevented laws holding different standards for men and women).
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The report criticized inequalities facing the American woman in a "free" society while acknowledging the importance of women's traditional gender roles.
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At the 1966 meeting of commissions in Washington, several of the attendees began talking with each other about their frustrations with the
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ran a four-part nationwide story on the final report recommendations, and a 1965 mass-market book was published of the findings.
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Supported by many 19th and early 20th century progressives including some we would now call feminists (
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for women" which would press for enforcement of this law and for achieving other objectives.
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While running for the presidency in 1960, John F. Kennedy had earlier approached
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United States had a law against all sex discrimination in private employment.
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for political support. Roosevelt refused to support him, remaining loyal to
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The Kennedy administration itself publicly positioned the PCSW as a
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The PCSW was the results of years worth of lobbying and activism by
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United States delegate, United Nations General Assembly (1946–1952)
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PCSW influences the creation of the National Organization for Women
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Prospects of Mankind with Eleanor Roosevelt; What Status For Women?
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Moving the Mountain: The Women's Movement in America since 1960
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International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
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National Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs
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The Presidency and Women: Promise, Performance, and Illusion
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On Account of Sex: The Politics of Women's Issues, 1945–1968
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On Account of Sex: The Politics of Women's Issues, 1945–1968
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on issues concerning the status of women. It was created by
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Mrs. Ellen Body, Rancher and civic leader, Henrietta, Texas
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Chairwoman, Presidential Commission on the Status of Women
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No Permanent Waves: Recasting Histories of U.S. Feminism
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A portion of a verbal presentation by Judith Nies on
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Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act of 1961
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President's Commission On the Status of Women

Prospects of Mankind with Eleanor Roosevelt; What Status For Women?
Eleanor Roosevelt
John F. Kennedy
Arthur Goldberg
Open Vault from WGBH
President's Commission
President of the United States
John F. Kennedy
Executive Order
10980
John F. Kennedy
Equal Rights Amendment
Eleanor Roosevelt
Adlai Stevenson II
Esther Peterson
United States Women's Bureau
difference feminists
social feminists
International Confederation of Free Trade Unions
Executive Order 10980
Cold War era
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Eleanor Roosevelt
Richard A. Lester
Princeton University
Esther Peterson
Robert F. Kennedy
Orville L. Freeman

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