Question

The legacies of the 1960s include _____.

a. the return of school prayer.
b. a transformation in the status of women.
c. an end to the welfare state.
d. mass conformity.
e. fewer personal freedoms.

Answer 1

b) a transformation in the status of women.

Step-by-step explanation:

The decade of the 1960's is considered to the golden age for the women of the United States. After the second world war there was a boom in the economy of the United States there were greater employment opportunities for the women. Women organizations became strong and their demands organized resulting in the National Organisation for Women and other such women-centered organizations. There was a demand for greater participation and equal opportunities for women. Some achievements were the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in 1965, approval of birth control pills, divorce laws, greater participation in education, etc.