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Second Wave Feminism | The campaign for women's rights in the 1970s
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The 1960s may have brought the pill and the sexual revolution but as the 1970s dawned equality of the sexes was still a long way off. Women could be paid less than a man for doing the same job, posts were advertised by gender and 'sexual harassment' was an unknown term.
No wonder then that the 1970s saw the self-titled second wave feminists motivated to abolish sexism wherever they found it. This collection of television and radio programmes remembers some of the major feminist thinkers of those years and highlights the issues they addressed and attitudes they contested.
Features
- Newsday: Germaine Greer
- Midweek: Sex Discrimination Law
- Voices from the Doll's House
Voices from the Doll's House
Bella the Welder
- PM: Kate Millett
Second Wave Feminism Collection
Tonight
Equality at Cambridge University
Do female students prefer feminism to femininity?
Six Sides of a Square
4: A Woman's World
'Have women really won equality?'
Nationwide
Pussy Cat Club
The 'Pussy Cat' women demonstrate how to be feminine again.
People for Tomorrow
Selma James: Our Time Is Coming
Will women's work always be underpaid and under-appreciated?
Analysis
Sisterhood is Powerful
'The obvious first question is: liberation from what?'
PM
Kate Millett
It's more about changing the recipe of the cake than getting an equal slice.
Nationwide
Coffee Bar ban on women
'Unaccompanied women' cannot be served coffee here.
Midweek
Sex Discrimination Law
Austin Mitchell investigates the issue of women's employment rights.
The Long March of Everywoman
The story of the struggle for women's rights.
Women at Work
The Lesser Half
Traditional and progressive views on women and work.
Argument
Women's Rights: Radical Change
The political divide within feminism.
Newsday
Germaine Greer
Germaine Greer considers the impact of an International Year for Women.
Women: Which Way Now?
Why Should a Woman Be Like a Man?
Ludovic Kennedy chairs a discussion on an historic day for women in Britain.
Start the Week
Betty Friedan
Surely the battle for women's liberation is now won?
Tonight
Feminism After 50 Years of Suffrage
Fifty years after women got the vote, how much has feminism really achieved?
A Woman's Place?
1: A Man's World
Questioning the myths and realities of a woman's role in society.
Open Door
In Praise of Femininity and the Feminine Woman
Down with feminism!
Nationwide
Cherwell Headline - Could You Rape This Woman?
An article in an Oxford University newspaper sparks controversy.
Voices from the Doll's House
Bella the Welder
The story of one woman's personal campaign for equality.
Woman's Hour
Marilyn French
'Everybody in our society, and in all societies, is woman-hating.'
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