WST 3015 Final Wendland 2025/2026
Exam Questions Marking Scheme New
1
Update | A+ Rated
Briefly describe what happened to Kathrine Switzer when she ran the 1967
Boston Marathon. Give enough detail to demonstrate that you watched the
documentary. - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔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.
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,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
2
movement. - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔False
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. - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔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. - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔True
Betty Friedan's "The Feminine Mystique" - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔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
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,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.) - 🧠
3
ANSWER ✔✔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 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... - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔AOTA
-she needed and wanted the increased income to support herself
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, -she knew she was qualified for it
-she thought it would be fun and she knew she could do it
4
-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. - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔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. (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.) - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔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
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PRIVACY STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
Exam Questions Marking Scheme New
1
Update | A+ Rated
Briefly describe what happened to Kathrine Switzer when she ran the 1967
Boston Marathon. Give enough detail to demonstrate that you watched the
documentary. - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔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.
COPYRIGHT©PROFFKERRYMARTIN 2025/2026. YEAR PUBLISHED 2025. COMPANY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 619652435. TERMS OF USE.
PRIVACY STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
,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
2
movement. - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔False
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. - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔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. - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔True
Betty Friedan's "The Feminine Mystique" - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔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
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PRIVACY STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
,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.) - 🧠
3
ANSWER ✔✔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 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... - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔AOTA
-she needed and wanted the increased income to support herself
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, -she knew she was qualified for it
-she thought it would be fun and she knew she could do it
4
-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. - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔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. (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.) - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔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
COPYRIGHT©PROFFKERRYMARTIN 2025/2026. YEAR PUBLISHED 2025. COMPANY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 619652435. TERMS OF USE.
PRIVACY STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
