Indira Ghandi
- Indira Ghandi was a child of Nehru
- Elected as leader of the Indian Congress Party in 1955
- Became India's P.M. in 1965
- Declared marial law in 1975 amidst an election scandal
- Lost in the polls in 1977
- Returned in 1980 with a landslide victory
- Assassinated in 1984 by one of her own bodyguards
- Pushed for the end of poverty and for women's rights in India
- Also popular over the exploding of India's first nuclear weapon and their successful war over Pakistan in 1971
The Women's Rights Movement
- The modern women's rights movement began with Betty Frieden's "The Feminine Mystique" a book about women being dissatisfied with their role
- 1966 She founds the National Organization for Women (NOW)
- They fought for the Equal Rights Amendment, which prohibited discrimination by gender
- It was defeated
- 1973 the Supreme Court struck down laws which prohibited abortion
- 1970 Gloria Steinem took over NOW
- The group split over the abortion issue in the 1980s
Summary
Indira Gandhi was the child of Nehru and she was elected as the leader of the Indian Congress Party in 1955. She then went on the become India's Prime Minister in 1965, and declared martial law in 1975 amidst an election scandal. Two years later she lost in the polls, but returned in 1980 with a landslide victory. Although she was assassinated in 1984 by her own bodyguard during her lifetime she had pushed for the end of poverty and women's rights in India. She was also popular over the explosion of India's first nuclear weapon and their victory over Pakistan in 1971.