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Question 1 – Document-Based Question (continued)
Example of unacceptable contextualization:
• “The treatment of women in an inferior matter is only a part of a string of discriminations that had
developed in the 1900s. During the United States’ involvement in Vietnam during a period of anti-
communist sentiment, the common people were in discontent with the foreign affairs as seen with
young people protesting against the war in a third world country, having no effect on their well-
being, but still having to participate in the draft. This grew into a string of revolutions, one of which
was the counterculture; another was the Native American Revolution for proper treatment.”
o This information in this excerpt could certainly be used to add contextualization. However,
the response never explains how this information is immediately relevant to the question.
Another sentence or so that would connect the counterculture and/or the Civil Rights
movement to the women’s rights movement would be necessary to warrant this point.
b) Evidence Beyond the Documents
Responses earn a separate point for providing an example or additional piece of specific evidence beyond
those found in the documents to support or qualify the argument (1 point). Examples might include the
following:
• Bella Abzug
• Affirmative Action policies, 1960–1970s
• American Women Report, 1963
• Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex, 1949
• Birth control pill, 1961
• Shirley Chisholm
• Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title VII
• Coalition of Labor Union Women (CLUW), 1969
• Consciousness-raising
• Eagle Forum
• Equal Pay Act, 1963
• Betty Friedan, The Feminine Mystique, 1963
• Ruth Bader Ginsburg
• Houston Conference, 1977
• Billie Jean King, tennis match against Bobbie Riggs, 1973
• Lesbian feminism/rights
• Mexico City World Women’s Conference, 1975
• Ms. Magazine
• Pauli Murray
• National Association for the Repeal of Abortion Laws (NARAL), 1969
• National Organization for Women (NOW), 1966
• National Women’s Political Caucus, 1971
• No-fault divorce, 1970s
• Our Bodies, Ourselves
• Equal Rights Amendment
• Esther Peterson
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Question 1 – Document-Based Question (continued)
• President’s Commission on the Status of Women, 1961
• Reed v. Reed, 1971
• Roe v. Wade, 1973
• Eleanor Roosevelt
• Rosie the Riveter
• Phyllis Schlafly
• Second Wave
• Gloria Steinem
• STOP ERA
• United Nations International Year of the Woman, 1975
• WAVES, WAACS
• Women’s Strike for Equality, 1971
Examples of providing an example or additional piece of specific evidence beyond those
found in the documents to support or qualify the argument:
• “Another influence on the rise of women's rights movement in the 1960s was the introduction of
the birth control pill in 1961. The pill allowed women absolute control over birth control in a way no
other contraceptive ever had. This contributed to the growing push for women to be allowed
greater say in all aspects of their lives, as freedom from unexpected pregnancy meant freedom to
pursue a career and plan for the future as freely as men could.”
• “Many inspirational pieces of literature came out during this time to promote a women’s rights
movement. However, the most significant for women’s rights was The Feminine Mystique. This
book was monumental in the creation of the movement. The book was written by America’s
everyday woman. She was an at-home mother doing the everyday mother things. As she
interviewed some of her old friends she realized she was not the only one feeling stuck in a
‘comfortable concentration camp.’ As she published her work, women all over America realized
they were not alone.”
Example of improperly providing an example or additional piece of specific evidence beyond
those found in the documents to support or qualify the argument:
• “Socially, women have received the short straw. In the U.S., many women are very frustrated with
their current role in society. Betty Friedan’s The Feminine Mystique highlighted this frustration
and gave birth to the movement.”
o While Betty Friedan’s book The Feminine Mystique could certainly be used effectively as
evidence beyond the documents, here the response is not doing much more than naming
the book.
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