WST 3015 FINAL WENDLAND EXAM QUESTIONS | GUARANTEED ACCURATE ANSWER
Briefly describe what happened to Kathrine Switzer when she ran the
1967 Boston Marathon. Give enough detail to demonstrate that you
watched the documentary. - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Katherine
Switzer was a distance runner who attended Syracuse University in
1967. Her school did not have a women's track team so she begun
training with the men's team under trainer Barney Briggs. She decided
with Barney that she was going to run in the Boston Marathon and this
was taboo because for 70 years women had been excluded from the
marathon. She registered for the race as K. Switzer to keep herself
unknown as a woman runner. While competing in the race, the race
director jumped off the press bus and tried to grab her out of the race.
Her boyfriend defended her and pushed him away. She was determined
to finish this race for all women out there in the world, and she
completed the race in 4 hours. People asked her why she did this and she
answered "I just want to run!". She ultimately changed women's sports.
Lesbians and women of color were heartily welcomed in the early years
of the feminist movement and easily saw a place for themselves in the
movement. - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ False
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Among other things, Betty Friedan's THE FEMININE MYSTIQUE
argued that women (and therefore men and society at large) suffered if
women were confined solely to the role of housewife/mother instead of
having other options. - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ True
In the 1950s and into the 1960s, it was both legal and common to limit
jobs to either women or men. For example, job ads in newspapers were
divided into jobs for women and jobs for men. And most jobs for women
were low-level with little chance for advancement or promotion -- e.g.,
secretarial. - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ True
Betty Friedan's "The Feminine Mystique" - ACCURATE
ANSWERS✔✔ revealed and explored the dissatisfaction that many
(largely white, largely educated) women felt at being confined to the role
of housewife
According to Aileen Hernandez, the only woman on the Equal
Opportunity Employment Commission at the time, the first gender-based
case under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act dealt with what industry/job?
Briefly describe the issue brought to the EOEC. What was the outcome
-- i.e., did the EOEC take action or not? (1 point for each element of this
question.) - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ The first gender-based case
under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act dealt with what the Airline
industry, specifically the job of being a stewardess. Stewardesses were
told to be cleanly dressed, wear full hair and make-up, and be in
outstanding shape. They were completely objectified in this job position
and they were only valuable when they were still "young". Once these
women reached 32 years old, they were fired. Stewardesses marched to
,WST 3015 FINAL WENDLAND EXAM QUESTIONS | GUARANTEED ACCURATE ANSWER
Washington to file a claim with the EOEC on this age discrimination.
The EOEC ultimately did nothing and this made Aileen Hernandez quit
her job with the EOEC.
Lorena Weeks applied for a position as "switch-man" with Southern
Bell, a job for which she was the best qualified according to Southern
Bell's own seniority rules. Her application was turned down and she was
told that the job was reserved for men only in part because "men are the
breadwinners" and because the job required lifting items that weighed as
much as 30 pounds (a weight considered too heavy for women to lift).
Lorena wanted this job because... - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ AOTA
-she needed and wanted the increased income to support herself
-she knew she was qualified for it
-she thought it would be fun and she knew she could do it
-she knew that if a woman could lift a baby a woman could lift the
required 30 pounds with little problem
-she hated men and wanted to take jobs away from men
All feminism is the same and all feminists think the same way. -
ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ False
Without referring to any person or event already covered in this quiz,
choose a segment (person, event, concept) of the MAKERS
documentary that really spoke to you. Describe that segment
(sufficiently so that we know you actually watched the documentary)
and then describe why this segment was a learning experience for you.
, WST 3015 FINAL WENDLAND EXAM QUESTIONS | GUARANTEED ACCURATE ANSWER
(The answer "This was a learning experience because I didn't know this
before I took this class" will earn ZERO points. Your answer should
connect to course concepts and issues.) - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ I
enjoyed the segment of Part 1 of MAKERS Awakening that talked about
the Ladies Home Journal sit-in. This magazine was known to publish
belittling advertisements towards women and degrading articles. These
women had enough of this and took action. They discretely piled into
magazine director John Mack Carter's office in groups of three to not
raise suspicion that they were up to something. Once they were all in his
office, they refused to leave until they were given a whole issue in the
magazine to write whatever they please. After 11 hours, an exhausted
John Mack Carter agreed to give the ladies 8 pages in the issue to write
about anything they want. This may have been a small detail/victory in
the documentary but it spoke volumes to me. I know it probably took a
lot of time and energy to argue with this man and to stay put for 11 hours
until a compromise was reached that satisfied the group. I respect that
they took to a large magazine like this and demanded to be published
and get their voice/words out there for the public to see and understand.
This was a great example of determination on the part of these women
and it was very inspiring to learn about for me as a young woman.
Gloria Steinem took a leading role at NOW when Betty Friedan was no
longer able to bridge rifts in the movement and, according to most,
transformed the women's movement because - ACCURATE
ANSWERS✔✔ AOTA
-She had advanced media skills and was able to speak well on talk
shows and at public appearances.
-Her own journey to feminism had taken years and hence she wasn't
foreign to the issues that many women faced
Briefly describe what happened to Kathrine Switzer when she ran the
1967 Boston Marathon. Give enough detail to demonstrate that you
watched the documentary. - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Katherine
Switzer was a distance runner who attended Syracuse University in
1967. Her school did not have a women's track team so she begun
training with the men's team under trainer Barney Briggs. She decided
with Barney that she was going to run in the Boston Marathon and this
was taboo because for 70 years women had been excluded from the
marathon. She registered for the race as K. Switzer to keep herself
unknown as a woman runner. While competing in the race, the race
director jumped off the press bus and tried to grab her out of the race.
Her boyfriend defended her and pushed him away. She was determined
to finish this race for all women out there in the world, and she
completed the race in 4 hours. People asked her why she did this and she
answered "I just want to run!". She ultimately changed women's sports.
Lesbians and women of color were heartily welcomed in the early years
of the feminist movement and easily saw a place for themselves in the
movement. - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ False
,WST 3015 FINAL WENDLAND EXAM QUESTIONS | GUARANTEED ACCURATE ANSWER
Among other things, Betty Friedan's THE FEMININE MYSTIQUE
argued that women (and therefore men and society at large) suffered if
women were confined solely to the role of housewife/mother instead of
having other options. - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ True
In the 1950s and into the 1960s, it was both legal and common to limit
jobs to either women or men. For example, job ads in newspapers were
divided into jobs for women and jobs for men. And most jobs for women
were low-level with little chance for advancement or promotion -- e.g.,
secretarial. - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ True
Betty Friedan's "The Feminine Mystique" - ACCURATE
ANSWERS✔✔ revealed and explored the dissatisfaction that many
(largely white, largely educated) women felt at being confined to the role
of housewife
According to Aileen Hernandez, the only woman on the Equal
Opportunity Employment Commission at the time, the first gender-based
case under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act dealt with what industry/job?
Briefly describe the issue brought to the EOEC. What was the outcome
-- i.e., did the EOEC take action or not? (1 point for each element of this
question.) - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ The first gender-based case
under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act dealt with what the Airline
industry, specifically the job of being a stewardess. Stewardesses were
told to be cleanly dressed, wear full hair and make-up, and be in
outstanding shape. They were completely objectified in this job position
and they were only valuable when they were still "young". Once these
women reached 32 years old, they were fired. Stewardesses marched to
,WST 3015 FINAL WENDLAND EXAM QUESTIONS | GUARANTEED ACCURATE ANSWER
Washington to file a claim with the EOEC on this age discrimination.
The EOEC ultimately did nothing and this made Aileen Hernandez quit
her job with the EOEC.
Lorena Weeks applied for a position as "switch-man" with Southern
Bell, a job for which she was the best qualified according to Southern
Bell's own seniority rules. Her application was turned down and she was
told that the job was reserved for men only in part because "men are the
breadwinners" and because the job required lifting items that weighed as
much as 30 pounds (a weight considered too heavy for women to lift).
Lorena wanted this job because... - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ AOTA
-she needed and wanted the increased income to support herself
-she knew she was qualified for it
-she thought it would be fun and she knew she could do it
-she knew that if a woman could lift a baby a woman could lift the
required 30 pounds with little problem
-she hated men and wanted to take jobs away from men
All feminism is the same and all feminists think the same way. -
ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ False
Without referring to any person or event already covered in this quiz,
choose a segment (person, event, concept) of the MAKERS
documentary that really spoke to you. Describe that segment
(sufficiently so that we know you actually watched the documentary)
and then describe why this segment was a learning experience for you.
, WST 3015 FINAL WENDLAND EXAM QUESTIONS | GUARANTEED ACCURATE ANSWER
(The answer "This was a learning experience because I didn't know this
before I took this class" will earn ZERO points. Your answer should
connect to course concepts and issues.) - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ I
enjoyed the segment of Part 1 of MAKERS Awakening that talked about
the Ladies Home Journal sit-in. This magazine was known to publish
belittling advertisements towards women and degrading articles. These
women had enough of this and took action. They discretely piled into
magazine director John Mack Carter's office in groups of three to not
raise suspicion that they were up to something. Once they were all in his
office, they refused to leave until they were given a whole issue in the
magazine to write whatever they please. After 11 hours, an exhausted
John Mack Carter agreed to give the ladies 8 pages in the issue to write
about anything they want. This may have been a small detail/victory in
the documentary but it spoke volumes to me. I know it probably took a
lot of time and energy to argue with this man and to stay put for 11 hours
until a compromise was reached that satisfied the group. I respect that
they took to a large magazine like this and demanded to be published
and get their voice/words out there for the public to see and understand.
This was a great example of determination on the part of these women
and it was very inspiring to learn about for me as a young woman.
Gloria Steinem took a leading role at NOW when Betty Friedan was no
longer able to bridge rifts in the movement and, according to most,
transformed the women's movement because - ACCURATE
ANSWERS✔✔ AOTA
-She had advanced media skills and was able to speak well on talk
shows and at public appearances.
-Her own journey to feminism had taken years and hence she wasn't
foreign to the issues that many women faced
