Word: feminist
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Pauley credited Betty Freidan and other leaders of the feminist movement for creating an environment in which women are a necessary part of the work force, and for pressuring the Federal Communications Commission to create affirmative action guidelines in the broadcast industry...
...movement stresses the importance of the family. "At first, we all aspired to be Mary Richards [the unmarried reporter portrayed by Mary Tyler Moore in her television series]," she said, adding, "It is possible to have a career and think about a family and still be serious [as a feminist...
...said that the Review's stands against affirmative action, homosexual groups and feminist activities on campus have drawn the wrath of administrators who "don't like a second viewpoint going on to the alumni...
...national magazine. Hollywood labelled Cukor "the woman's director," because he presented women in his films, like Katherine Hepburn, Joan Crawford and Greta Garbo, as strong, commanding human beings. His men frequently took the passive role, and Rich and Famous takes this further, into the realm of a feminist film. Jacqueline Bisset, the film's star, also co-produced it, which may help explain why this "Cukor Film" sees men with feminine eyes...
...Acquaintance, the 1943 Bette Davis-Miriam Hopkins catfigh-ever fully grips one's emotions. It is a shifty little devil, never quite deciding whether it is trying to say something serious about the nature of fame and riches (and, more important, love and sex in the feminist age) or if it is just out for a good time. Still, when it relaxes and allows its bitchy nature full play, it can be entertaining...