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Sisters’ Seders Spread Messages of Liberation

By Louise Bernikow ● Arts & Culture ● April 1, 2008

Passover, April 1975: Jewish women reinvent the seder ritual.

Barbara Seaman Raised Alarms, Answered Every Call

By Louise Bernikow ● Health & Science ● February 28, 2008

Feb. 27, 2008: Barbara Seaman dies in New York.

Friedan Demystified Women’s Middle-Class Malaise

By Louise Bernikow ● Arts & Culture ● February 1, 2008

Feb. 17, 1963: Betty Friedan articulates “The Feminine Mystique.” The women’s movement pioneer died two years ago this week.

Black Women Question Their Place in Movement

By Louise Bernikow ● Arts & Culture ● January 3, 2008

January 1971: Was women’s liberation only for white women?

Women in Prayer Jolted Judaism at Wailing Wall

By Louise Bernikow ● Arts & Culture ● December 4, 2007

Dec. 1, 1988: Jewish feminists challenge tradition and invoke wrath.

Women Carry ’77 Conference Torch Into Future

By Louise Bernikow ● Arts & Culture ● November 2, 2007

1977-2007: Thirty years of advancing the women’s rights agenda.

Women Lit the Fire That Burned Draft Cards

By Louise Bernikow ● Arts & Culture ● September 29, 2007

Oct. 15, 1969: The role of women in a massive anti-war demonstration was obscured in the public view, but they played a critical role in the movement to end the Vietnam War.

Dress Inflamed Passions at Women’s Convention

By Louise Bernikow ● Arts & Culture ● September 1, 2007

Sept. 8-10, 1852: Clothing provokes rage at Third Women’s Rights Convention.

Woman on White Horse Pressed for Suffrage

By Louise Bernikow ● Arts & Culture ● August 1, 2007

Aug. 6, 1918: Suffragists face down the White House in honor of fallen leader’s birthday.

With Vote on Hand But Not Equality, Paul Wrote ERA

By Louise Bernikow ● Arts & Culture ● June 29, 2007

July 20, 1923: Alice Paul introduces the Equal Rights Amendment.