The women's liberation Movement a The Women's Liberation Movement was a broad based social movement in the United States in the 1960s and 1970s which sought to combat gender discrimination and gain rights for women equal to those granted men in the legal system, in education in the workplace and elsewhere throughout society Though the Equal Rights Amendment (ERa) which would have given women a constitutional guarantee of such rights was never passed, the womens liberation was largely successful in making the treatment of women in the U.S. much more similar to that given menThe Women’s Liberation Movement ◼ The Women’s Liberation Movement was a broad￾based social movement in the United States in the 1960s and 1970s which sought to combat gender discrimination and gain rights for women equal to those granted men in the legal system, in education, in the workplace and elsewhere throughout society. Though the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) which would have given women a constitutional guarantee of such rights was never passed, the women’ s liberation was largely successful in making the treatment of women in the U.S. much more similar to that given men