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Women Politics and Birth Control – In Memory


History of Birth Control in the United States Sunday     Milwaukee, Wisconsin

New York University History Professor Linda Gordon argues that there were few controversies regarding birth control until political pressure for women’s suffrage began 175 years ago.  She gives a brief history of the controversies, including the re-emergence of birth control as an issue during the 2012 Republican Presidential nomination process.  This interview was recorded at the annual meeting of the Organization of American Historians.   More Info »

 

American Artifacts: Alice Paul & the Women’s Suffrage Movement Sunday, December 12, 2010     Washington, DC

C-SPAN visited the Sewall-Belmont House and Museumon Capitol Hill to learn about the protests that helped lead to the 19th Amendment.   More Info »

Women in Politics and the 1970s Thursday, July 5, 2012     Denver, Colorado

Democrat Pat Schroeder of Colorado served in the U.S. Congress for 24 years. When she was first elected in 1972, she was a 32-year-old mother of two young children. When she arrived in Washington, she was one of only fourteen women in the House. In this speech at the History Colorado Center in Denver, she talks about the obstacles that women and other minorities faced in the 1970s, and describes her work as a representative at the height of the women’s movement.   More Info »