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...than to get married. America was facing a “man shortage,” the article said, citing new research by two Yale University sociologists and a Harvard economist.The results of the study, which were received with a flood of attention, perplexed Pulitzer-prize winning journalist and feminist Susan C. Faludi ‘81. It was then-in response to the cover of Newsweek, rather than the glossy pages of a fashion rag-that the investigation that eventually produced Faludi’s best-selling book, “Backlash: The Undeclared War Against American Women...
...vote to add the words “gender and sexuality” to the name of the Committee on Women’s Studies. In an interview later, Mansfield said the change would “make obvious what they were all along, which is a department of feminist studies...
DIED. Lawrence Lader, 86, journalist turned abortion-rights activist, whom feminist Betty Friedan called the "father" of the movement; in New York City. He became fascinated by the issue while writing about birth-control pioneer Margaret Sanger, and his landmark 1966 book, Abortion, was cited by the Supreme Court in its 1973 ruling to legalize abortion. He co-founded the pro-choice group now known as NARAL; lobbied for the manufacture of the abortion-inducing drug RU-486 in the U.S.; and targeted abortion opponents in lawsuits, including an unsuccessful challenge of the IRS for giving tax exemptions...
...notably New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd—as female Ivy League alums are accused of “opting out” of high-powered career jobs in favor of housewifery. These women are lambasted by many for selfishly casting aside the hard-earned rewards of the feminist movement—namely, unprecedented educational and job opportunities...
...After all, there are no pictures of a bloody fetus or Bible quotes saying how all sinners will burn in the lake of fire—the staple components to pro-life advertisement. In fact, Murray saw this poster as a sort of “feminist statement...that a girl can grow up to be a racecar driver.” Feminist arguments aside, Elena was a highly visible reminder of the potential in a bundle of cells. An unassuming fetus has somehow become the well-known public face of HRL.“Harvard being such a liberal...