Ellie Smeal helped architect the movement to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment. In the final episode of Looking Back, Moving Forward, she shares stories from the frontlines and offers lessons—and optimism—for the fight ahead. Listen to the latest episode of Looking Back, Moving Forward, "The Feminist Fight For The Equal Rights Amendment Is Far From Over—and More Urgent Than Ever (with Pat Spearman, Ellie Smeal, Carol Moseley Braun, Kathy Spillar, and Ting Ting Cheng)" on Spotify, Apple ...| Ms. Magazine
We can’t cede the United States or our collective notion of patriotism to President Trump and his MAGA supporters. Almost 200 years ago, Frances Wright, an early feminist, abolitionist and utopian visionary, gave a Fourth of July address that celebrated true patriotism as the embrace of change, moving always toward the improvement of humanity. In 1828, women didn’t speak in public—and when they did, it was only for other women. Wright was one of the first to break those barriers, g...| Ms. Magazine
New Mexico state Sen. Angel Charley's journey to elected office began with feminist organizing. Now she's centering Indigenous women's rights during a historic moment for gender representation in New Mexico politics. 'I’m a mom. I’m a daughter of parents that are getting older. I’m a wife and a partner, but I’m also an Indigenous woman. I’m a Native woman before I’m anything else in this world. ... I’m constantly asking: How is this going to affect tribes, nations and pueblos? H...| Ms. Magazine
Monday, June 23, marks the 53rd anniversary of Title IX, the 37 words that changed everything for girls and women in the United States. A year after Title IX became law, another historic moment unfolded, not in Congress, but on a tennis court in the Houston Astrodome. On Sept. 20, 1973, Billie Jean King faced off against Bobby Riggs in what was billed as the “Battle of the Sexes.” Title IX was a beginning, not an end. On its 53rd anniversary, let’s recommit to finishing the fight for e...| Ms. Magazine
At the 1964 Democratic National Convention, civil rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer gave an impassioned account of the violence she and others suffered while attempting to register to vote. In| Ms. Magazine
