You will write a paper of 2-4 type written pages with normal margins. It will be well written and
thoroughly proof read. It will be a paper you are very proud of and will want to show to people who love you. Specifically, you will take your newly acquired knowledge of American history and apply it to “Susan Brownmiller, In Our Time” book.
The Final Paper topic for Brownmiller is:
In 1964, almost all women in the United States were excluded by quotas from professional schools, want ads were divided into male and female categories, women needed a husband’s signature to
qualify for a credit card, auto insurance, or a bank loan, and basic forms of birth control were illegal to possess, even by married women. Within twenty-five years, the condition of women in this
country had changed dramatically. In contrast to other social movements, the Women’s Movement made its progress without tightly organized national campaigns. Using three specific reforms
covered in Brownmiller, account for the success of the organizing strategy used by feminists to
bring some measure of safety and justice to women in the United States.
Successful papers on this topic, in addition to showing a mastery of the evidence in Brownmiller, will consider carefully the reasons why women were able to effect such profound change without
national campaigns. This wil require you to think about how various ideas spread throughout the
nation and the different strategies women used to make national impacts without organizing nationally. e sure to take your three reforms from different parts of the book. These suggestions are not meant to be an outline for your paper. Indeed, if they are used as an outline, your paper will not be very good. They are intended to help you start thinking about the paper topic. Be certain
to demonstrate to the reader that you completed and thought about the entire assignment in
Brownmiller by using specific and cited evidence from all parts of the book