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The strike, spearheaded by Betty Friedan, self-stated three primary goals: free abortion on demand, equal opportunity in the workforce, and free childcare. [3] The strike also advocated for other second wave feminist goals more generally, such as political rights for women, and social equality in relationships such as marriage.
A group of women's pro-peace organizations, including the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom and Women Strike for Peace, joined as to confront Congress on its opening day, January 15, 1968, with a strong show of female opposition to the Vietnam War." [9] At age 87, Jeannette Rankin led the march of some 5,000 women. [10]
Several abortion clinics (most known was the Alexandria Health Clinic) sued to prevent Jayne Bray and other anti-abortion protesters from voicing their freedom of speech in front of the clinics in Washington D.C. [299] Alexandria Women's Health Clinic reported that the protesters violated 42 U.S.C. 1985(3), which prohibits protests to deprive ...
The amendment proposed equal rights for women, and was first introduced to Congress in 1923, finally gaining Congressional approval in 1972. [5] Once Congress had approved the amendment, ratification by the states was requested and the typical 7-year time limit for ratification by two-thirds of the states was set in motion. [6]
Kent State University is marking another solemn anniversary of the National Guard shootings that killed four unarmed students and wounded nine others on May 4, 1970 Troops fired on Kent State ...
Pages in category "1970 protests" ... Women's Strike for Equality This page was last edited on 8 October 2020, at 18:10 (UTC). Text is available under the ...
The Vietnamese monk set himself on fire in Saigon in 1963 in protest of the persecution of Buddhists by the South Vietnamese government backed by the U.S. Several other monks followed his example.
A women’s rights demonstration in Kabul, Afghanistan, was violently dispersed on Saturday, August 13, as the Taliban fired their weapons into the air and detained protesters and journalists ...