women's movement

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Civil rights activist Angela Davis traced the start of the Black women’s movement to the creation of Saar’s 1972 assemblage piece, “The Liberation of Aunt Jemima.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 3, 2026

The women’s movement has long overlapped with demands for consumer protection, and it was no different with the pill.

From Slate • Nov. 11, 2025

In a documentary, “Unafraid,” Xenarios and Anderson describe their younger selves as “angry, idealistic, progressive,” and they assembled a staff of like-minded women who saw their work as an integral part of the women’s movement.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 10, 2025

It turns up almost every time there's a major shift in the economy or a powerful women’s movement that challenges traditional patriarchal power.

From Salon • Oct. 25, 2024

She may have respected Woodhull, but she also realized that tensions were rising and the debate was dividing the women’s movement and weakening the National Woman Suffrage Association.

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling