The Second Wave of Feminism is a title that is often given to the feminist movement in the late 1960s and throughout the 1970s. Ryan Bergeron of CNN offers an overview this period in ‘The Seventies’: Feminism Makes Waves.
The 1976 "Man of the Year" edition of TIME named American women the "Women of the Year." Read the full issue from the TIME vault.
CMU students can register for free digital access to the New York Times by using their current CMU email address.
Around 12 minutes long, this short segment discusses the Equal Rights Amendment and Phyllis Shlafly's campaign against it.
The Mary Tyler Moore Show was unlike many television shows of the time because Moore portrayed Mary Richards, an independent, single, career woman who was not confined to a "traditional" role. Throughout the show's run, Moore tackled many social issues, including those relating to women's rights. In the first episode of Season 3, which aired in September 1972, Moore addressed the gender pay gap.
Read the cover story of the first 1971 issue of Ms., "The Housewife's Moment of Truth," written by Jane O'Riley. You can read the entire issue through Google Books.
In this 27-minute podcast episode, Kim Sajet, the director of the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, interviews Gloria Steinem and Suzanne Braun Levine (the former a Ms. magazine cofounder and the latter its first editor) about the motivation behind the launch of the groundbreaking magazine.
Listen to the full podcast using the controls above, read a transcript of the interview, or read the corresponding article by Chris Klimek (2023) in the Smithsonian Magazine.
December 1971 preview of Ms., appearing as an insert in New York magazine before its official 1972 launch as an independent magazine.
See The First Cover of Ms. Magazine to view an annotated version of the first Ms. cover.
1972 Women's Liberation March (Source: John Olson | LIFE Photo Collection | Google Arts & Culture)
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