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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 ]
The 1990s also saw a sizable movement of pro-women's rights protest songs from many musical genres as part of the Third-wave feminism movement. Ani DiFranco was at the forefront of this movement, protesting sexism, sexual abuse, homophobia, reproductive rights as well as racism, poverty, and war. Her "Lost Woman Song" (1990) concerns itself ...
Part 2: Next Stop is Vietnam - The music of the Vietnam War peace movement in the 1960s; Part 3: Fight the Power - Protest music in the 1970s and the 1980s; Part 4: Say it Loud - An overview of politics in black music, from Paul Robeson to Ms Dynamite; Part 5: We Are The World - the big aid concerts of the 1990s
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.
There are a record high number of women in Congress, but men hold the power over the ERA. Op-Ed: Now, as in the 1970s, it's men, not women, who will defeat the Equal Rights Amendment Skip to main ...
"Mississippi Goddam" is a song written and performed by American singer and pianist Nina Simone, who later announced the anthem to be her "first civil rights song". [1] Composed in less than an hour, the song emerged in a “rush of fury, hatred, and determination” as she "suddenly realized what it was to be black in America in 1963."
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