My mother lived through the second wave of feminism that occurred during the 1960's and 70's. Feminists of this time brought on a social movement that made great and promising accomplishments for equality and women's rights. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 banned discrimination because of race, nationality, religion or sex. This enforced a change in the way American's viewed women. A few years later the birth control pill was legalized thus spawning the "sexual revolution" and of course the still controversial United States Supreme Court Ruling of Roe v. Wade which determined that women have the right to terminate a first trimester pregnancy.…
