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Women’s History Playlist:1960-1980

240 minutes

7 Items

Rachel Carson and Silent Spring

Essay

2075 Words

Women walk down a city street and hold signs that say Women Demand Equality and GWU Women's Liberation.

Betty Friedan and the Women’s Movement

Essay

2290 Words

Photograph of Betty Friedan.

Betty Friedan, The Feminine Mystique, 1963

Activity

40 Min

National Organization for Women (NOW), Bill of Rights, 1968

Activity

40 Min

Barbara Jordan, Speech on Impeachment, July 25, 1974

Activity

40 Min

The Birth Control Pill

Essay

2456 Words

Phyllis Schlafly and the Debate over the Equal Rights Amendment

Essay

2396 Words