Furor over feminism; Wellesley 150 question first lady's 'choices'; Protest has struck chord across nation
May 3, 1990
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WELLESLEY, Mass. - Tartlets. Progressive women of the '90s. Spoiled little rich girls with rattles in hand.
The women of Wellesley College have been called this and much more in their harrowing spring of discontent.
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Wrestling with words; Men, women seem to need interpreters
Sept. 20, 1990
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He said: "What time is the concert?"
And she said: "You have time for a nap."
She said: "Don't the stars look particularly bright tonight?"
And he said: "You're looking at Venus. It's not a star, it's a planet."
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Author tangles with beauty and the sexism beast
May 15, 1991
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NEW YORK - Naomi Wolf knows the public will wonder what she looks like - once they know the name of her new book. That's why the beauty refused to have her picture on the cover of The Beauty Myth (Morrow, $21.95). The treatise is raising both plucked and unplucked eyebrows and causing a media frenzy.
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The response from women
July 15, 1991
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Naomi Wolf says men require women to be preoccupied with physical appearance to keep women from success. Reactions: - Mary Thom, executive editor of Ms. "I think the case she makes - that we are in a patriarchal environment that puts women prey to feeling they have to be more beautiful - is very powerful. She has all the fervor of a young woman who has seen these things."
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Women in politics: Changing of guard
July 15, 1991
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As a younger generation of political activists emerges to accept the torch from the "founding mothers" of the women's movement, the style of the movement will change.
The dual pressures of jobs and families in a pinched economy may leave less time and energy for political activity.
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Controversial new book; Feminism under fire; Author comes to defense of independent women; Fighting for ground lost in the '80s
Oct. 23, 1991
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Susan Faludi says she has good news for the single career woman past age 30.
If you want to get married, you probably will.
If you want to have children, you've still got plenty of time.
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NOW at 25; Women fight to hold ground; Feminists are on the defensive
Jan. 8, 1992
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Young women today can scarcely imagine what life was like for their mothers.
They looked for jobs in the "women's work" section of the classifieds.
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Re-psyched Steinem; A feminist's intimate 'revolution'
Jan. 14, 1992
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NEW YORK - Poor Gloria Steinem. In the past three decades, she co-founded Ms. magazine, wrote the best-selling "Outrageous Acts and Everyday Rebellions" and served as a feminist leader, changing the role of women in our society forever.
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Abortion battle embroils D.C.; Landmark 'Roe' ruling in question
Jan. 22, 1992
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The Supreme Court, hard to interpret and harder to predict, added to its aura of mystery Tuesday with a cryptic 16-line order on abortion.
Yes, the court said, it will consider the constitutionality of a Pennsylvania statute that restricts abortion access - a case advocates on both sides have urged the court to use as a vehicle to finally reaffirm or eliminate abortion rights.
