women's movement

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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

Hurtado primarily worked on the exhibition’s featured pieces while living in Santa Monica in the 1970s, embroiled in the beginnings of the L.A. women’s movement that shaped her artistic identity.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 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

When the women's movement hit the United States—along with the Civil Rights Act, which prohibited discrimination based on race or gender—things started to change.

From "Women in Space" by Karen Bush Gibson