On the Road
The Women's Movement
In the 1970s, women began to use skills honed in the Civil Rights and antiwar movements to advance their own causes. Fifty years after the Nineteenth Amendment gave women the right to vote, men still dominated every social, economic, and political sphere from the home to the House. To mark this anniversary and raise consciousness about their contemporary status, women staged marches in cities across the country.
The following items are displayed in the exhibit; due to copyright restrictions, however, images of the objects cannot be displayed online.
- Betty Friedan, The Feminine Mystique. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., 1963. (HQ 1420 .F7 1963)
- Ms. New York: Ms. Magazine Corp., 1972. Spring preview issue that preceded the first newsstand issue of July 1972. Marvin Tatum Collection of Contemporary Literature (HQ 1101 .M55 1972)
- Marcia Cohen, The Sisterhood: The True Story Behind the Women’s Movement. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1988. (HQ1426 .C626 1988)
Nearly five thousand people participated in the Women’s March for Equality in New York City on August 26, 1971.
Associated Press photo, image #5059286 (0075Y)