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ElderRoseDeer38 I would like you to read the “Women’s Movement”  and watch the…I would like you to read the “Women’s Movement”  and watch the posted videos. In your response, I would like you to comment on the 12 rights women did not have in the 1970s and the videos. “Boston Marathon,” Kathrine Switzer: First Woman to Enter the Boston Marathon | MAKERS.com”I am Woman,” Helen Reddy I am Woman”Dolores Huerta,” Dolores Huerta is the fearless labor activist who coined the positive protest slogan 'si se puede'”1970s Women’s Liberation Movement” 1970s Women’s Liberation MovementIn your comments and connections, what stands out to you?Were you aware of the restrictions on women during the 1960s and 70s?Do you see any examples of these struggles today?Image transcription textWomen Protesting in America Women in America have longstruggled for equal rights. American women were not allowed toown or control their own property until the mid to late… Show more… Show moreImage transcription textMany feared that letting women vote would ruin America. Somereasons given were that women would vote for candidates basedon their looks and that husbands would tell their wives… Show more… Show moreImage transcription textWomen’s Rights in the 1970s In 1971 a woman could not: 1. Get aCredit Card or open a bank account in her own name. It wasn’tuntil 1974 that a law forced credit card companies to i… Show more… Show moreImage transcription text2. Be guaranteed that they wouldn’t be unceremoniously fired forthe offense of getting pregnant. That changed with the PregnancyDiscrimination Act of 1978. Before the Pregnancy Dis… Show more… Show moreImage transcription textKathrine Switzer: First Woman to Enter the Boston Marathon |MAKERS.com “I Am Woman” is a song written byHelen Reddy. The first recording of “I Am Woma… Show more… Show moreImage transcription text12. Girlfriends Couldn’t Legally Live With Their Boyfriends. Today,many dating couples don’t think twice about living togetherbefore getting married. However, during the 1970s, m… Show more… Show moreImage transcription text10. Run in the Boston Marathon. Many men believed, for nomedically proven reason, that running or playing sports woulddamage a woman’s uterus and make it difficult for her … Show more… Show moreImage transcription text6. Obtain health insurance at the same monetary rate as a man.Sex discrimination wasn’t outlawed in health insurance until 2010and today many, including sitting elected officials at th… Show more… Show moreImage transcription text4. Take legal action against workplace sexual harassment. Indeedthe first time a court recognized office sexual harassment asgrounds for any legal action was in 1977. During the 1… Show more… Show more Arts & HumanitiesEnglish