Ladies Home Journal Sit In

Women held a sit-in at the offices of Ladies Home Journal (2m 36s)

Civil Rights

African American women were not sure if the women's movement included them. (2m 58s)

1950 Housewives

Most middle class women of the 1950s became homemakers. Many women felt dissatisfied. (9m 14s)

MAKERS: Women Who Make America Trailer

Makers: Women Who Make America will air on PBS February 2013 (3m 43s)

Dr. Susan Love

Dr. Love on breaking surgery's glass ceiling and her approach to breast cancer (3m 3s)

The Womens Movement

The Women's Movement began to stack up victories in the 1970s. (27s)

Women in the Workplace

The 1980s brought about new ideas of what women were capable of. (5m 41s)

Women in the Military

Phyllis Schlafly leads the protest against the ERA (55s)

Title IX

Title IX compelled schools to offer sports programs to women. (2m 54s)

Stop ERA

The fight to ratify the ERA (10m 39s)

Southern Bell

NOW tackled job discrimination at Southern Bell (3m 55s)

Sarah Weddington

Sarah Weddington was a the attorney in Roe v Wade. Learn more about the landmark case. (3m 33s)

Roe vs. Wade

MAKERS: Women Who Make America airs February 26 at 8pm ET. (3m 16s)

Ms. Magazine

Gloria Steinem founded Ms. Magazine in 1972 (3m 28s)

MAKERS Preview

MAKERS: Women Who Make America is the story of the Women's Movement airing on PBS Feb. 26 (30s)

Judy Blume

Judy Blume is a best selling author. (2m 56s)

Gloria Steinem

Get to know Gloria Steinem. (4m 12s)

For All Women

African American women saw little in the Women's Movement that resonated with their lives

Flight Attendants

Airlines had strict rules as to what the 'ideal' flight attendants should look like. (3m 5s)

Feminism Today

While huge strides have been made the fight for equal rights is not over (8m 39s)

The Feminine Mystique

Betty Friedan wrote The Feminine Mystique in 1963, an expose on the happy homemaker myth. (3m 7s)

ERA

The Equal Rights Amendment passed both houses of congress in 1972 (2m 5s)

Conservative Backlash

Abortion would become the leading edge of the Conservative backlash. (6m 33s)

Boston Marathon

In 1967 Kathrine Switzer ran in the Boston Marathon. (3m 51s)

Battle of the Sexes

Billie Jean King beat Bobby Riggs in the 1973 Battle of the Sexes match. (3m 31s)

Barbara Burns

Get to know the story of Barbara Burns and how she broke into a male dominated industry. (2m 54s)

Awakenings

For the women of the 1950s the societal norm was to get married before college was over (4m 54s)

Abby Pogrebin

By the mid 1990's women who had grown up with the movement were coming of age (3m 4s)

MAKERS: Women Who Make America

Meet some of the Women who make America. (2m 18s)

Maria Pepe

Maria Pepe on her role in opening up Little League to girls and her legacy (3m 13s)

Billie Jean King

Billie Jean King on fighting for equality in professional tennis (3m 53s)

Sandra Day O'Connor

Sandra Day O’Connor on history-making appointment to the Supreme Court. (4m 31s)

Kathrine Switzer

Kathrine Switzer on her historic Boston Marathon run (3m 19s)

Sheryl Sandberg

Sheryl Sandberg on getting more women a seat at the power table (4m 19s)

Marissa Mayer

Marissa Mayer on discovering computer science and taking a risk on Google (3m 10s)

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Zainab Salbi on finding her calling helping women survivors of war. (3m 35s)

Ursula Burns

Ursula Burns on becoming the first African American woman CEO of a Fortune 500 company (3m 44s)

Michelle Rhee

Michelle Rhee on her mission to improve public education. (4m 4s)

Linda Alvarado

Linda Alvarado on her trailblazing success in the male-dominated construction business (3m 23s)

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