women's liberation movement
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She reminisces on a childhood growing up in a repressive household during the 1960s, when second-wave feminism and the women’s liberation movement were just starting to achieve legitimacy.
From Salon ● Mar. 14, 2026
It was a group dedicated to fighting sexism, and Steinem - one of three co-founders - became the face of the women's liberation movement in the United States for the rest of the 20th Century.
From BBC ● Dec. 1, 2023
On Instagram, she has shared posts in support of the women’s liberation movement in Iran, Ukrainian children who have been displaced by the country’s war with Russia and more.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 16, 2022
Lives Lived: The Black feminist Dorothy Pitman Hughes raised her fist alongside Gloria Steinem in a 1971 photo, and helped inject issues of race, class and motherhood into the women’s liberation movement.
From New York Times ● Dec. 15, 2022
Schwarzer, the 78-year-old women’s rights activist, is the most prominent founding member of the German women’s liberation movement, both loved and loathed in the country.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 20, 2021
