in what ways did the successes of the Civil rights movement paved the way for the Women's rights movement?

The civil rights movement influenced the women's liberation movement in four key ways. First, it provided women with a model for success on how a successful movement should organize itself. Second, the civil rights movement broadened the concept of leadership to include women. Third, by fighting for equality, the civil rights movement changed the culture of advocacy and made social justice a legitimate cause. Finally, by eventually excluding women, the civil rights movement spurred women to organize their own movement. Without the civil rights movement, the women's movement likely would never taken off on its own.

The civil rights movement (and the activists involved) gave women a model for success. The method the civil rights movement ... show more content ...

Black women eventually earned college and graduate degrees and sought full time employment in higher rates than either black men or white women, while maintaining a community service ethic.