The Fight for Abortion Rights Was Won in the Streets
Half a century ago, feminists won Roe v. Wade with mass demonstrations and a sweeping national vision. A veteran of that movement argues that today’s fight requires the same strategy.
3 Article(s) by: Nancy Rosenstock
Nancy Rosenstock is a longtime socialist and feminist activist. She was a member of Boston Female Liberation and served on the national staff of the Women’s National Abortion Action Coalition. She is the author of Inside the Second Wave of Feminism: Boston Female Liberation, 1968–1972, An Account by Participants.
The Reproductive Rights Movement Has Radical Roots
Abortion rights in the US were won in the 1970s thanks to militant feminist groups that built campaigns from the ground up. As those rights are repealed, the fight against conservative reaction must return to the streets.
How the Strike for Equality Relaunched the Struggle for Women’s Liberation in the US
In August 1970, campaigners for women’s liberation mounted a huge demonstration that recharged feminism in the US. Ruthann Miller, the protest coordinator, was a socialist activist. She talks to Jacobin about the march, and the need to combine feminist and socialist politics.