the cwlu - serving as an inspiration
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From 1969-1977, CWLU members worked tirelessly to promote the average women's standing in society. Though initially focusing on a societal transformation, they evolved into being one of the country's largest, most active, and long-lasting organizations.
CWLU's goals from their online documents:
Driven by these goals, the CWLU had now made abortion legal. Women were now entering work fields formerly dominated by males. Women were battling against sexual harassment and unequal pay. Gays and Lesbians were emerging 'out of the closets'. The crisis centers created were no longer viewed as "counter-cultural" institutions.
There was even an attempt to pass an Equal Rights Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
CWLU's goals from their online documents:
- "free, humane, competent medical care with an emphasis on preventive medicine, under the service of community organizations"
- "peoples' control over their own bodies--i.e., access to safe, free birth control, abortion, sterilization, free from coercion or social stigma"
- "social respect for the work people do, understanding that all jobs can be made socially necessary and important"
- "redefinition of jobs, with adequate training to prepare people for jobs of their choice; rotation of jobs to meet the life cycle needs of those working at them, as well as those receiving the services"
- "political and civil liberties which would encourage the participation of all people in the political life of the country"
- "free, public quality education integrated with work and community activities for people of all ages"
- "support for internal development and self-determination for countries around the world"
Driven by these goals, the CWLU had now made abortion legal. Women were now entering work fields formerly dominated by males. Women were battling against sexual harassment and unequal pay. Gays and Lesbians were emerging 'out of the closets'. The crisis centers created were no longer viewed as "counter-cultural" institutions.
There was even an attempt to pass an Equal Rights Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.