JANE, THE CHICAGO WOMEN’S LIBERATION UNION AND ILLINOIS’ REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH ACT.
I remember Marilyn Webb from my SDS days.
She was one of the earliest voices I heard talking about women’s rights as a part of the sixties movements for change.
Of course, my Mom was a feminist and Grandma Esther was a feminist. But in the movement I was a part of in 1966, this was new stuff.
As was something called the Women’s Liberation Movement.
In yesterday’s NY Times, Nicholas Kristoff wrote a column that included Marilyn Webb’s story of being forced out of the University of Chicago for being a woman.
The U of C has finally, after five decades, agreed to give Marilyn Webb her doctorate.
I Googled Marilyn and came across a web site for a 2014 documentary called She’s Beautiful When She’s Angry.
Guess what we watched last night.
You can find it on Youtube and Amazon Prime. You should see it.
Marilyn Webb is CONTINUE READING: Jane, the Chicago Women’s Liberation Union and Illinois’ Reproductive Health Act. – Fred Klonsky