ABSTRACT
In the 1960s blacks and women launched, in symbiotic relationships, powerful liberation movements that moved the nation toward greater equality. This chapter analyzes the constitutional and legal changes in the status of women since the 1960s, and the extent to which they have acquired the nine power bases. It shows that women have made some progress in acquiring the money, knowledge and authority bases, but there remain considerable gaps. The religious base of power is less important today and the morality of gender equality is nominally accepted. Overall, the status of women is higher than it was in the 1960s.
