First recorded in 1965–70
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Amid the women’s liberation movement, more women were breaking into the workplace.
From Salon ● Nov. 17, 2023
Two years later, activists entered the Royal Albert Hall in the UK and threw flour and rotten vegetables at the Miss World stage in support of women's liberation.
From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2023
At one point, soft-spoken Marie-Josephine follows the two pals to a clandestine political conclave where she delivers an impromptu speech in favor of women’s liberation.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 19, 2023
When the Source Family formed, the social and political climate in the United States was volatile, with an unpopular war in Vietnam, the women’s liberation movement, violence against Black citizens and assassinations of progressive leaders.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 12, 2023
I was no advocate of women's liberation; I simply found interest in many activities and subjects.
From Through these Eyes The courageous struggle to find meaning in a life stressed with cancer by Isaacson, Lauren Ann
In a statement posted on X Thursday, Elspeth Cypher, Women’s Liberation Front board president, called the new Justice Department investigations “a welcome advance.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 26, 2026
In the days immediately following the riots, gay men, lesbians, and bisexuals organized the Gay Liberation Front to work alongside the Black Panthers, the Puerto Rican Young Lords, Women’s Liberation Movement, and student anti-war movements.
From Slate ● Apr. 7, 2025
Lauren Bone, policy adviser for the feminist Women’s Liberation Front, cheered Kansas for establishing that “laws protecting all women cannot be changed outside of the democratic process.”
From Washington Times ● Apr. 27, 2023
The Women's Liberation Movement wanted many things in 1970, but one of the most important was freedom from "unpaid domestic servitude at home."
From Salon ● Aug. 8, 2022
Paradoxically, activists in the Women's Liberation movement are seriously considering the return to polygamy, as an alternative to the increasing number of deadbeat dads and the misery of abandoned wives and children.
From The Civilization of Illiteracy by Nadin, Mihai
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