American History on the Web: Legal Rights For Women

The next site focuses on Arkansas, but it provides insight into national law and politics for women in the mid 20th-century. Read the information at http://www.ualr.edu/~arwomen/law.htm. Then, read the text of Title VII at http://www.ed.gov/pubs/TitleIX/index.html and the text of Title IX at http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/cor/coord/titleixstat.htm.

1		How did laws advance the movement for women's rights in the 1960s and 1970s?
2		Create a likely 21st-century court case, and write the plaintiff's opening statement. Argue that your client is a victim of employment discrimination on the basis of sex. Tell the court how the defendant violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act.
3		Explain how Title IX affected your life in high school.