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Period 9: Contemporary Women's Issues, 1970-Present
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WAPUSH: Period 9: Contemporary Women's Issues, 1970-Present
Resources for students and teachers interested in the creation of an AP Women's U.S. History course
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Period 1: Indigenous Societies, Origins-1491
Period 2: Colonization and Impact on Women’s Experiences (1492-1775)
Period 3: American Independence and Women in the Early Republic (1776-1848)
Period 4: Seneca Falls, Civil War, and Reconstruction, 1848-1876
Period 5: Inequality and reform in the Gilded Age & Progressive Era, 1877-1913
Period 6: World Wars & the Early Cold War 1914-1970s
Period 7: The Women’s Liberation Movement, 1963-1973
Period 8: Feminist Waves & the Backlash, 1973-1991
Period 9: Contemporary Women's Issues, 1970-Present
9.1: Contextualizing Period 9
The 19th on the SAVE Act
The Anti-Gender Transnational Movement
Ms. Magazine: "Who Shot Andy Warhol?"
An article about the 1996 film about Valerie Solanas by longtime Ms. Magazine writer Jennifer Baumgardner. Published in 1996
National Museum of Women in the Arts
WAPUSH Interview with Dr. Julie Dubrow
Dr. Julie Dubrow is an expert in women's history and media studies
WAPUSH Interview with Sarah Schulman
An original interview with Act Up historian Sarah Schulman by SHP student Brooke Soderbery
9.2: Third and Fourth wave feminism
Feminism: The Fourth Wave by the National Women's History Museum
Ms. Magazine" "Nomy Lamm"
A 1997 profile of notable third wave feminist Nomy Lamm
Ms. Magazine: "How NOW?"
An article about the National Organization for Women published in 1996 and written by Helen Zia
Ms. Magazine: "Patenting Life"
A 1992 publication about ecofeminism by B. Julie Johnson
Ms. Magazine: "Xena: She's Big, Tall, Strong--and Popular"
An article about Xena: Warrior Princess published in Ms. Magazine by Donna Minkowitz from 1996
Thin and Thick Conceptions of the Nineteenth Amendment Right to Vote and Congress’s Power to Enforce It
Richard Hasan and Leah Litman
WAPUSH Interview with Dr. Breanne Fahs
Dr. Breanne Fahs is an expert on feminist history and wrote a widely read book on Valerie Solanas
WAPUSH Interview with Karon Jolna
Dr. Karon Jolna works at Ms. Magazine and is a scholar-activist involved in a wide variety of women's issues
9.3: Transnational feminism
Ms. Magazine: "Will War Crimes Against Women Finally Count?"
An article from Ms. Magazine published in May/June 1996 about violence against women
Transnational Feminism in Development
Review: Transnational Feminism in a Globalized World
30 People Protecting Women's Rights Around the World
9.4: Struggle for equal rights in the 21st century
Erasure of LGBTQ+ history
Profile of Charlotte Clymer
Race-ing Roe: Reproductive Justice, Racial Justice, and the Battle for Roe v. Wade
Melissa Murray
Represent Women
The Rights of Women: Reclaiming a Lost Vision
Erika Bachiochi
Silicon Valley Imperialism
Erin McElroy
WAPUSH Interview with Dr. Ileana Jiménez
Dr. Ileana Jiménez has been an educator for decades and is a national advocate for feminism in K-12 schools
WAPUSH Interview with Father Anne
9.5: Women and the U.S. government
Milestones for Women in Politics
Milestones in the Gay Rights Movement
Ms. Magazine: "How Women Live, Vote, Think"
An article about women in politics that ran in the July 1984 edition in Ms. Magazine. The introduction was written by Gloria Steinem
WAPUSH Interview with Gloria La Riva
In this interview, Gloria La Riva discusses her campaign for the U.S. presidency
Women and American Politics: A Research Agenda for the 21st Century
The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act
Ms. Magazine: "Sandra O'Connor and the Supremes, Will the First Woman Make a Difference?"
Published in October 1981
Ms. Magazine: "Pat Schroeder"
A 1997 profile of Representative Pat Schroeder
9.6: Founding figures of Period 9
Ms. Magazine: The Women of Black Lives Matter
An essay published in 2015 by Brittney Cooper
The Riot Grrrl Manifesto
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