EP 666 Feminism Comes in Many Forms to Bring Change

  The term feminist has been maligned by both the right and the left, for different reasons, even though the concept of equality for women is a generally accepted principle and one that many women, no matter their politics, fought to insure.  The ideas of feminism were first articulated by women personally involved in the American Revolution.  In her book, “Fearless Women: Feminist Patriots from Abigail Adams to Beyonce”, our guest Elizabeth Cobbs introduces us to women who exemplified the activism and struggles throughout our history to be afforded the opportunity to learn, speak, compete, lobby, vote, have equal treatment under the law, and physical safety.  This latter point as evidenced by the Me#Too movement in still a work in progress.  And there is a new groundswell to pass the Equal Rights Amendment to the Constitution, now many decades dormant.  Given the recent Supreme Court ruling overturning Roe v. Wade and limits placed on women’s health in many states, the struggles of women in our society still go on. With women achieving in fields and endeavors previously closed to them it is a good time to look at how we got here and what’s ahead for feminism.

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