freedom Of Choice

1. “The time has come for a new movement toward true equality for all women in America,” declared the 1966 Statement of Purpose of the National Organization for Women. What specific measures did the document call for to provide the women of the United States with “opportunity and freedom of choice”? Over a half a century has passed since Betty Friedan wrote those words. How far have we come in achieving her goals?   (450 words) 2.When the founders of the United States thought about freedom and liberty, they often spoke of “rights.” The Civil War generation went beyond that. They created the first national definition of citizenship and national definition of equality.  The activists of the 1960s era also emphasized rights and equality, but the term that they used more often was “civil rights.” This is why their movement for racial equality was often called a “civil rights movement.” Read Martin Luther King Jr.’s 1955 speech from Montgomery, Alabama (Give Me Liberty!, chapter 24) and the “Statement of Purpose, National Organization for Women,” from chapter 25). Can feminism be understood as a civil rights movement as well? If so, what were and still are its most important goals?(100 words)