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"The Equal-Rights Banner" An American anthem for women's voting rights, the lyrics were written by Reverend C. C. Harrah, sung to the tune of "The Star-Spangled Banner". The second verse mentions the evil of "License", referring to alcohol abuse by men, a central issue for women in the Temperance movement. [1] 1891 (text) c.1890s (music)
The Women's Strike for Equality was a strike which took place in the United States on August 26, 1970. It celebrated the 50th anniversary of the passing of the Nineteenth Amendment , which effectively gave American women the right to vote. [ 1 ]
Die Deutsche Frauen-Zeitung, German-language women's rights journal published by Mathilde Franziska Anneke (1852). [22] [23] [24] What Time of Night It Is, Sojourner Truth (1853) [25] Women's Rights, William Lloyd Garrison (1853) [26] The Una, feminist periodical published by Paulina Kellogg Wright Davis (1853). [27]
CBS was the first major network to cover women's liberation when it aired coverage on 15 January 1970 of the D.C. Women's Liberation group's disruption of Senate hearings on birth control as a small item in their broadcast. Within a week, the women's protests became leading stories on both CBS and ABC.
Die Deutsche Frauen-Zeitung, German-language women's rights journal published by Mathilde Franziska Anneke (1852) [56] [57] [58] Villette, Charlotte Brontë (1853) What Time of Night It Is, Sojourner Truth (1853) [59] Women's Rights, William Lloyd Garrison (1853) [60] The Una, feminist periodical published by Paulina Kellogg Wright Davis (1853 ...
Similarly in 1917, music was used again in the fight for women's rights when six women were arrested for protesting outside of the White House. [21] In response the women formed a song service which sparked song competitions across the country wherein the public could write and submit their own suffragist music.
In the early 1970s, there were large protests about a proposed nuclear power plant in Wyhl, Germany. The project was cancelled in 1975 and anti-nuclear success at Wyhl inspired opposition to nuclear power in other parts of Europe and North America. [134] Nuclear power became an issue of major public protest in the 1970s. [135]
Twenty-eight women, among them Betty Friedan, founded the National Organization for Women (NOW) to function as a civil rights organization for women. Betty Friedan became its first president . The group is now one of the largest women's groups in the U.S. and pursues its goals through extensive legislative lobbying, litigation, and public ...