First recorded in 1965–70
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The urgency women now feel about regaining their lost freedom echoes the grassroots uprising of the women’s liberation movement in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2024
It was a group dedicated to fighting sexism, and Steinem - one of three co-founders - became the face of the women's liberation movement in the United States for the rest of the 20th Century.
From BBC ● Dec. 1, 2023
Amid the women’s liberation movement, more women were breaking into the workplace.
From Salon ● Nov. 17, 2023
“Blues for Mama” was the rare protest song that could galvanize multiple social justice movements — civil rights, women’s liberation and Black Power — at once.
From New York Times ● Aug. 2, 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
In the 1960s, information about reproductive and sexual health was dispersed as the Women's Liberation Movement picked up speed.
From Salon ● Sep. 17, 2023
In April, the Women’s Liberation Front reported that 27 male-born inmates were being housed at Edna Mahan with no requirement for gender-reassignment surgery along with about 800 female prisoners.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 18, 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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