women's movement

The women’s movement has long overlapped with demands for consumer protection, and it was no different with the pill.

Ms. Wohl, the author of plays including Broadway’s “Grand Horizons” and the ingenious, nearly wordless “Small Mouth Sounds,” possesses a sharp wit that scrapes away some of the reverential attitude you might expect from a play about the nascent women’s movement.

As first lady, she founded the 31st December Women's Movement to empower women and teach them how to earn money to develop their communities.

In a documentary, “Unafraid,” Xenarios and Anderson describe their younger selves as “angry, idealistic, progressive,” and they assembled a staff of like-minded women who saw their work as an integral part of the women’s movement.

“Even though Easy is skeptical about a woman being a detective,” he explains, “he recognizes it’s the 1970s and, with the women’s movement, he’s willing to help her if that’s what she wants.”