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American women have been able to vote for less than 100 years. Title IX of the Education Amendments and Roe v. Wade are not yet 40. The first bill President Obama signed into law dealt with equal pay for women. Meanwhile, Title IX remains a work in progress, Roe v. Wade is under fire, and women still earn 77 cents to a man’s dollar. This inspiring, thought-provoking collection spotlights the early suffragists, unsung heroes, and prime movers behind the modern movement and considers the future of women’s rights in America and the world.
Featuring:
Gloria Steinem on 25 Years of Ms. Magazine
Victoria Woodhull: The First Woman to Run for President—in 1872
Margaret Sanger: The Pill Turns 50
Shirley Chisholm: Portrait of a Pioneer
For Elizabeth Cady Stanton, All Women Were Not Created Equal
Remembering Bella Abzug • Susan B. Anthony’s Pioneering Vote
and much more.
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NPR explores the issues, struggles, and triumphs of the American women’s movement, from the early pioneers to the leaders of today who fight to preserve hard-won rights.
Nationally renowned broadcast journalist SUSAN STAMBERG is special correspondent for NPR. Stamberg is the first woman to anchor a national nightly news program, and has won every major award in broadcasting. She has been inducted into the Broadcasting Hall of Fame.Internationally acclaimed, NPR produces and distributes programming that reaches a combined audience of 26.4 million listeners weekly, and, unlike other media, NPR’s audience continues to grow. NPR member organizations operate 784 stations, and another 117 public radio stations also present NPR programs, for a total of more than 900 stations nationwide who broadcast NPR programming.
NPR American Chronicles: Women's Equality (NPR American Chronicles)
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NPR explores the issues, struggles, and triumphs of the American women’s movement, from the early pioneers to the leaders of today who fight to preserve hard-won rights.
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