Women's History Month 2022

From the Equality Archives: These websites are about women, organizations, movements and more, from the past to the present. Great resource for women’s history in the U.S..

From the Equality Archives: Issues for women’s equality explained.

Additional videos (English and Spanish) available. Free short videos from the Equal Rights Amendment Education Project.

“The Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) is a proposed amendment to the United States Constitution designed to guarantee equal legal rights for all American citizens regardless of sex. It seeks to end the legal distinctions between men and women in terms of divorce, property, employment, and other matters.” - ERA

"Did you know that women still don't have equal rights under the law in the United States of America? If you didn't, you're not alone! 96% of Americans think men and women should be equal but the problem is that 72% of them think women are already equal under our Constitution!" - Equal Means Equal

Video available from Kanopy.
"bell hooks is one of America's most accessible public intellectuals. In this two-part video, extensively illustrated with many of the images under analysis, she makes a compelling argument for the transformative power of cultural criticism." - Kanopy
"The issue is not freeing ourselves from representations. It's really about being enlightened witnesses when we watch representations." - bell hooks

From the Opposing Viewpoints Database. “Gail Collins speaks with four women about what's left in the fight for gender equality.” (The Feminine Mystique by Betty Friedan was written in 1963) Great discussion! 32 min. Transcript is below the video.

A short video from 2009

thoughtful personal essay by a young African-American woman about abortion and how the politics of abortion reflect a socio-historical context within our class, economic and racial contexts. In Gale Academic OneFile database.