Multimedia Collection
The Spirit of Women: The Struggles and Triumphs in the Battle for Equal Rights
VHS
55 minutes
HQ1403 .N34 S67 2003
On an historic weekend in November of 1977, twenty thousand women and men left their jobs and homes in cities and small towns around the country to end discrimination against women and promote their equal rights.
For four days at the first National Women's Conference in Houston, Texas, they caucused, argued and finally hammered out resolutions that revolutionized the women's movement.
Archival footage breathes life into heated debates over controversial issues like the equal rights amendment, reproductive freedom, lesbian rights, sexual preference and minority rights.
Former First Ladies Rosalynn Carter, Betty Ford, Lady Bird Johnson, and activists including Coretta Scott King, Bella Abzug and Barbara Jordan led and inspired so many to develop a Plan of Action.
Current interviews with Gloria Steinem, Ellie Smeal, Ann Richards, Carmen Delgado Votaw, Liz Carpenter, and Betty Friedan bring a deeper understanding to the legacy of the Conference.
Produced by Circle R Group and Media Projects, Inc., in Association with The Women's Museum: An Institute for the Future. Distributed by Media Projects, Inc. (www.mediaprojects.org).
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