Category: Ana Matovic
Introduction
This project will outline women’s liberation struggles from the 1870’s to the late 1960’s specifically touching on women’s issues during these years regarding sexuality. The exhibition will highlight various women’s… Read more »
Women in the Gilded Age (1870’s)
Comstock Act (1873) See Source Here: https://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=llsl&fileName=017/llsl017.db&recNum=0639 This is the documentation of the passing of the Comstock Act in 1873 stating that the use of birth control had become completely illegal… Read more »
Women in the Progressive Era (1914-1921)
“The Morality of Birth Control” Speech by Margaret Sanger (1921) The meeting tonight is a postponement of one which was to have taken place at the Town Hall last Sunday… Read more »
Women in the Jazz Age (1920’s-1930’s)
“The Flapper” (1924) This is an image of “The Flapper” that was published on the cover of The Saturday Evening Post in 1923. this specific cover depicts a young woman… Read more »
Women After World War II (1950’s)
“Tide’s Got What Women Want!” Advertisement (1955) This 1955 Family Circle magazine advertisement depicts a happy woman hugging a box of tide detergent. In this advertisement, the brand leader Tide… Read more »
Women’s Liberation Movement (1960’s-1970’s)
You Don’t Own Me” by Lesley Gore (1963) Teenager and singer-songwriter Lesley Gore released the song “You don’t Own Me” in 1963 that represented strong themes of feminism and sent… Read more »
Bibliography
Primary Sources Author, Unknown. Women’s Liberation Demonstration. Photograph. New York City: Getty Images, January 1968. Christopher Newport University Library, Hulton Archive. Compton, Zebulon. “Lucille Bogan – Shave ‘Em Dry (1935)”. Legacy… Read more »