Women’s Storied Lives

Women's Liberation Movement Pamphlets and Documents

Women's Liberation Movement Pamphlets and Documents (1970s)
The Ohio State Rare Books and Manuscripts Library - Ephemera Collection
Box 1, Folder 35

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This collection of pamphlets and a calendar from the 1970s Women's Liberation Movement highlights the type of promotion used to call women into the feminist movement. Women in the 1970s started to focus their activism on the ideals of equality within the workforce and in society in general. While at this point women had more rights than in earlier periods of history, there was still a large gap between men and women in terms of roles and expectations in society. 

One of the more interesting items of this collection is the Liberated Woman's Appointment Calendar. Each page of the calendar features some form of media or information about women's rights, feminist ideals, or the accomplishments of women.The June opening highlights the achievement of women finally breaking into the sphere of elite male colleges. At this point women had been admitted into co-ed public universities, but some elite colleges had yet to make this change. The feminist theses featured on the October opening highlights sexism within the church. This graphic mirrors Martin Luther's Ninety-five Theses that were nailed to the door of the church at Wittenberg. The Feminist Theses calls into question the practices of the church and how their traditions portray women as inferior to men. This illustration uses the backdrop of Luther's theses to create a Feminist Reformation from within the church. 

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