For many years now, women have been making strides toward equal employment. The Boston TV News Digital Library has reels and reels of original footage about the women’s liberation movement, many focusing on equal job opportunity in particular, including coverage of the Women’s Strike for Equality. The Strike for Equality was a series of demonstrations around the United States, sponsored by the National Organization for Women. In addition to fighting for equal opportunities in the job market, these women called for more political rights and social equality, especially in marriages. At the time there were both men and women who responded negatively to these causes, thinking that women could not handle what they were asking for and/or would lose their femininity and delicacy if they got equal opportunities. Along with the original footage in the collection, we also have a short edited story covering a specific dispute, which occurred in 1970. more
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