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"In 1966, 28 professional women, including Betty Friedan, established the National Organization for Women (NOW) 'to take action to bring American women into full participation in the mainstream of American society now.'"
The 1960's was an explosion of change: the Civil Rights Movement, birth control and other changes, and of course the Women's Movement. With a push from Betty Fredian's book,The Feminine Mystique, women began to stirr in their traditional roles; being only defined as a housewife would no longer suffice. The National Organization for Women was established in the latter half of the mid sixties, founded by Betty Friendan along with twenty seven other professional women. The sixties was the rebirth of the Feminist movement, women were starting to see a glimmer of change in their feild and they were not about to let it go. This is also an important change in women's clothing. For the first offical time, jeans were accepted for women to wear, while the trouser had been creeping into women's closet since the 1930's, the rebirth of feminism 'aloud' women to wear jeans.

"The Women's Movement." Country Studies. N.p., n.d. Web. 31 October 2010. <http://countrystudies.us/united-states/history-131.htm>.