Gloria Steinem at a news conference, 1972 (Courtesy Library of Congress)
Gloria Steinem at a news conference, 1972 (Courtesy Library of Congress)
Gloria Steinem, 1960 (LOOK Magazine Photograph Collection, Library of Congress)
Gloria Steinem, 1960 (LOOK Magazine Photograph Collection, Library of Congress)
Gloria Steinem, 1962 (Copyright Glamour Magazine)
Gloria Steinem, 1960 (Copyright Glamour Magazine)
First Ladies Rosalynn Carter, Betty Ford and Ladybird Johnson at the National Women's Conference, Houston, Texas, 1977 (Courtesy National Archives)
First Ladies Lady Bird Johnson, Betty Ford, and Rosalynn Carter, on stage with Coretta Scott King, and Susan B. Anthony’s niece at the National Women's Conference in Houston, Texas, 1977 (Courtesy National Archives)
Eleanor Smeal of the Feminist Majority, the Rev. Jesse Jackson, of the Rainbow Coalition, and NOW president Patricia Ireland lead demonstrators in front of the White House, Washington, D.C., 1996 (Courtesy Library of Congress)
Fourth annual Suffrage Parade, New York City, NY, 1913. (Courtesy National Archives)
March for equal rights, Washington, D.C., 1970 (Courtesy Library of Congress)
Caricature shows Gloria Steinem as St. George in full armor, standing over the body of a man, 1974 (Courtesy Library of Congress)
Advertisement for cleaning product, S.O.S, 1950’s.
Advertisement for men’s ties with the slogan “Show her it’s a man’s world,” 1950’s
The Feminine Mystique by Betty Friedan, 1963
Poster for National Women's Liberation Conference, Wellington, New Zealand, 1970 (Courtesy Library of Congress)
Feminist Poster “Women Power,” 1970 (Courtesy Library of Congress)
The Female Eunich by Germaine Greer, 1970
First issue of Ms. Magazine, 1972
Feminist Poster “I do not refer to myself as a housewife for the reason that I did not marry a house.” 1970 (Courtesy Library of Congress)
Gloria Steinem article for Show Magazine: A Bunny's Tale, 1963 (Courtesy Show Magazine)
Poster advertising the Women's Strike for Peace in New York City, NY, August 26, 1971 (Courtesy Library of Congress)
Bella Abzug a march for equal rights sponsored by the National Woman’s Party, Washington, D.C., 1977 (Courtesy Library of Congress)
Congresswoman Bella Abzug at a press conference for National Youth Conference, 1972 (Courtesy Library of Congress)
Betty Friedan, 1960 (Courtesy Library of Congress)
Phyllis Schlafly, demonstrating with other women against the Equal Rights Amendment in front of the White House, Washington, D.C., 1977 (Courtesy Library of Congress)
Demonstrators opposed to the Equal Rights Amendment in front of the White House, Washington, D.C., 1977 (Courtesy Library of Congress)
Women outside the U.S. Capitol holding signs supporting the National Organization for Women's "Rally for Women's Lives" and against sexual harassment, Washington, D.C., 1995 (Courtesy Library of Congress)
International gathering of women's suffrage advocates in Washington, DC., 1888. The two most prominent women in the photograph are Susan B. Anthony, second from the left, and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, third from the right. (Courtesy Library of Congress)
March for equal rights sponsored by the National Woman’s Party, Washington, D.C., 1977 (Courtesy Library of Congress)
March for equal rights sponsored by the National Woman’s Party, Washington, D.C., 1977 (Courtesy Library of Congress)
March for equal rights sponsored by the National Woman’s Party. Women carry a banner that reads,, "Equality of Rights Under the Law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any state on account of sex" , Washington, D.C., 1977 (Courtesy Library of Congress)
March for equal rights sponsored by the National Woman’s Party. Women carry a banner that reads, "Equality of Rights Under the Law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any state on account of sex”, Washington, D.C., 1977 (Courtesy Library of Congress)
March for equal rights sponsored by the National Woman’s Party, Washington, D.C., 1977 (Courtesy Library of Congress)
Suffragettes protest outside the White House, Washington, D.C., 1918 (Courtesy National Archives)
Women's Suffrage Day demonstration, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1973 (Courtesy National Archives)
Fourth annual Suffrage Parade, New York City, NY, 1913 (Courtesy National Archives)
Women holding banner, “If Men Got Pregnant Abortion Would be Sacred” at the National Women’s Conference in Houston, Texas, 1977 (Courtesy National Archives)
Women embark on the “Relay for ERA” from Seneca Falls, New York (the site of the first women’s rights convention), to Houston, Texas for the National Women’s Conference, 1977 (Courtesy National Archives)
Bella Abzug, Betty Freidan and Billy Jean King help lead the Torch Relay Runners to open the National Women's Conference in Houston, Texas, 1977 (Courtesy National Archives)
A member of the "Stop ERA" organization handing out literature at the National Women's Conference, Houston, Texas, 1977 (Courtesy National Archives)