Women’s Health Issues Review Questions and Answers

Progressive Era 1890s to 1920s -Women gained the ability to vote ( 19th Amendment) -Women did not gain equal rights (the Equal Rights Amendment has yet to be passed) -Birth control movement began: the first birth control clinic opened in New York City, but clinics remained rare and birth control (and even talking about it) was mostly illegal. WWII and Postwar Years 1930s to 1950s - Women entered the workforce during WWII, but often lost their jobs when the war ended - The Kinsey Report: Nearly 6,000 women interviewed about their sexual behaviors. -Conclusion: women have sex and enjoy The Grassroots Movement 1960s-1970s - FDA approval of birth control pill - Civil Rights Act - Title VII-Protecting women against employment discrimination - Congressional Caucus for Women's Issues 1980s: Changing Public Policy - Office of Research on Women's Health (ORWH)-Ensures women's participation in clinical trials, strengthens research on diseases affecting women, and promotes the career advancement of women in science. - The Task Force on Women's Health-issued recommendation to increase gender equity in biomedical research & establish guidelines for the inclusion of women in federally sponsored studies -Money for health research: contraception, infertility, breast and ovarian cancer -Medicaid coverage of Pap smear screening and mammography 1990: Women's Health at the Forefront -Brought together Government, Healthcare Institutions, Academia, And Advocacy Organizations to analyze and promote women's health and well being. -1993: NIH(National Institute of Health) Revitalization Act- Congress required that women & minorities be included as subjects in all human subject research funded by NIH -Family & Medical Leave Act(1993)- gives employees unpaid medical leave for themselves or for the care of a family member, Newborn, or adopted infants. -Violence Against Women (1994)- mandated a unified judicial response to sexual crimes against women