| After winning the right to vote in 1920, many women believed the struggle for women’s rights was over and returned to their normal lives. By 1960, social and economic conditions had helped to expand the role of women out of the home to the factory and office. This along with other social changes convinced women to demand equality. Women such as Gloria Steinem, Betty Friedan, and Kate Millett quickly filled the need for leaders in the movement. Steinem, previously a writer, founded Ms. magazine and helped to found the National Women’s Political Caucus and Women’s Action Alliance. In this excerpt from her “Address to the Women of America,” Steinem demands that there should be no roles “except those chosen.” |
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