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Part Three: Charting a New Course
Part Three: Charting a New Course
Makers: Women Who Make America
By the 2000s, the movement was again under attack from conservatives seeking to rollback abortion and contraception laws, and by younger women fleeing the very word “feminism.”
Part Two: Changing the World
Part Two: Changing the World
Makers: Women Who Make America
In the early 1970s, feminism became a force that reshaped the relationships between men and women in the most fundamental ways.
Makers: Women Who Make America
Makers: Women Who Make America
Makers: Women Who Make America
Review the story of how women have helped shape America over the last 50 years through one of the most sweeping social revolutions in our country’s history, in pursuit of their rights to a full and fair share of political power, economic opportunity, and personal autonomy.
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Boston Marathon
Boston Marathon
Makers: Women Who Make America
In 1967 Kathrine Switzer ran in the Boston Marathon, and had to enter under her initials as women were not allowed in the race. By proving that women could finish the race she changed the sport of running forever.
Civil Rights
Civil Rights
Makers: Women Who Make America
Radicalized by their experiences for Civil Rights, women began see there needed to be a women's liberation movement.
Dr. Susan Love
Dr. Susan Love
Makers: Women Who Make America
In 1980, Susan Love became the first female General Surgeon on the staff of Boston’s Beth Israel Hospital. Realizing that women were not getting the best care in the treatment of breast cancer she decided to specialize and has drastically altered the equations surrounding the disease. 1990’s Dr. Susan Love’s Breast Book is now in it's fifth edition.
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