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I am particularly nourished by the history of art, the history of the Jewish people, and by the unwritten history of women.

The hearings ripped open the subject of sexual harassment like some sort of long-festering sore.

‘Question Authority.’ Those two words did for me what the burning bush did for Moses: they changed my perception of reality.

Then younger feminists came along with an analysis that included all females—a revolution and not a reform—and it made sense of my own life.

The idea was simply this: that a woman and man should share equally the responsibillity for their household and children in every way...

Anthony's home in Rochester—the centerpiece of this clip—remains a living symbol of the first stirrings of feminism in America.

This feminist disobedience, day after day, became a major story in the news, and by June we had secured an FDA warning to users of the Pill.

The cover of the first issue featured our artist's version of the Jewish superwoman, who managed to amalgamate almost all possible roles...

Unfortunately, we made the same mistake that many feminists were to make in the ensuing years: we sought respectability at the expense of the inclusivity.

As the commission delved into the issue, testimony it received from scholars showed that no Jewish legal barriers stood in the way of ordaining women.

We should not be dissuaded from seeking specifically Jewish and feminist perspectives on the most pressing issues of our time...

The facilitator was shocked when I informed her I could not possibly have an authentic experience or feel emotionally safe without more Jewish diversity.

I knew also that if this magnificent story had been “lost” for 90 years, much more must have also been lost.

I was rushing backward as fast as I could in order to get the shot of these proud and happy women energetically marching to the Houston convention center...

‘How can we include you in the circle?’ replaced the boundary line keeping the ‘abnormal’ out.

We wanted a fun magazine that portrayed women as diverse, smart, soulful, AND sexy—not airbrushed and anorexic—while still telling the truth. So, we created one ourselves.

In a sense, my first protest took place in 1946 when I refused to learn Yiddish (a decision that I of course regret) but insisted instead on learning Hebrew.

What captivated me was developing what amounted to a “unified field theory” by applying feminist methodology to explain all of Jewish history, culture, and psychology.

I can argue that my chosen path—to fight against physical harm, specifically the terror of violence against women—had its origins in what I had learned in Hebrew School...

Besides they told me, ‘only bad girls get abortions.’

The size and diversity of the gathering were strong evidence that we were not just disaffected individuals. We were a movement.