Word: feminist
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...opening of the First Women's Bank in New York City twelve years ago was proclaimed a feminist triumph. Founded by a group of activists, including Author Betty Friedan, the bank was supposed to be run and owned primarily by women. But the institution's growth has been disappointing over the years, and now First Women's (current assets: $60 million) is getting a new infusion of capital, much of it from...
...college escort service that ensures students' late night safety has received more calls than usual since the alleged rape, said Eliza Kent, president of the college Feminist Alliance. The Feminist Alliance has held a silent vigil in which students walked around campus carrying candles, she said...
...some students at Williams disapprove of the role the Feminist Alliance is taking...
...Feminist Alliance has used the rape as a stepping stone to get a lot of publicity and show that they think women are treated badly," said Mark Schein, a Williams junior. "The majority of students have just viewed [the alleged rape] as something that happens...
...exploiting Monroe as an erotic object and as an object of greedy curiosity. On the other hand, one may consider this book, 1980s-style, as an advance for the lot of women. We must reason that since Marylyn Monroe's body long ago entered the public domain, an enlightened feminist, such as Steinem, should hardly be prudish about reaping profit (monetary or literary) therein. It stands to reason that if men can gang-rape a woman, women can also gang-rape a woman--it's a free country...