by Lois nner
On July 19,1848, in the village of Seneca Falls, New York, some 300 people crowded into a small Methodist chapel, drawn by an announcement in the daily Seneca County Courier. The notice pro- claimed something unheard of-a two-day "Woman's Rights Conven- tion." Despite a request that men stay away until the second day, about 40 curious males showed up at the start.
The organizers of the convention-Lucretia Mott, a 55-year-old Quaker activist from Philadelphia, and Elizabeth...
ot;Don't forget to be a good boy," wrote a mother in rural Ten- nessee to her 24-year-old son Harry Bum, the youngest represen- tative in the Tennessee legislature, "and help Mrs. Catt put 'Rat' in Ratification."
Bum's vote meant everything, because the legislature was oth- erwise evenly divided. If he voted in favor of the Nineteenth Amend- ment, Tennessee would become the final state needed for ratification. If he voted against it, the amendment would probably fail, for the remaining...
the afternoon of March 22, 1972, a packed gallery in the United States Senate erupted in applause, cheers, and cowboy yells as the roll call vote revealed that, 49 years after it had first been proposed, the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) had been approved by a lopsided margin of 84 to 8. Within a half-hour, Hawaii's state legislature became the first in the Union to ratify the amendment.
'There seems little question now," the Washington Evening Star observed after the Senate vote, "that...
America's social and sexual rearrangements is like eating a bowl of overcooked spaghetti with chopsticks.
a com- mon perspective but a highly divisive question: What does it mean to be fe- male-historically, biologically, and cul- turally? Add feminist goals and stir: It is no wonder that meetings of the National Women's Studies Association often take on the tenor of a United Nations emer- gency session.
Much of the controversy in and around women's studies harkens back to the early feminists' naturelnurture quan- dary-are women by nature the same as men (only nurtured to be different) or are they...
This is the century of spies. Yet, though Carre's talents cry out to be employed in they are said to be almost everywhere, the creation of a real novel." Burgess we seldom see them, except on televi- went on to lament "the myth that the sion, giving press conferences, or being only literature the British can produce led, in manacles, from car to courtroom. on a world scale is sub-art about spies." Knowing that most of the successful One can hear in these remarks more ones work in...
, as Finnish diplomat Max Jakobson observed, emerges "only occasionally and for brief moments above the horizon of international news media.'? Yet Finland, with no more people (4.9 million) than the state of Wisconsin, maintains a unique position on the world scene: a prosperous Western democracy living next door to the Soviet Union. To Americans, says Jakobson, this looks like an Indian rope trick: "a clever thing to do, but not quite believable." Here, Keith W. Olson surveys the...
Don Juan (starring John Barryrnore), the first film ever made with synchro- nized, pre-recorded sound. The "talkies" revived the flagging ap- peal of Hollywood's products and created new stars for the young to idolize and imitate. Today's movies, seen on the screen, on TV, and, lately, on videocassettes, reach an even wider audience. Na-tional Lampoon's Animal House sparked a collegiate craze for food fights and toga parties; Star Wars gave us "the Force" and a name for President...
ty years ago, American moviegoers were dazzled by Don Juan (starring John Barryrnore), the first film ever made with synchro- nized, pre-recorded sound. The "talkies" revived the flagging ap- peal of Hollywood's products and created new stars for the young to idolize and imitate. Today's movies, seen on the screen, on TV, and, lately, on videocassettes, reach an even wider audience. Na-tional Lampoon's Animal House sparked a collegiate craze for food fights and toga parties; Star Wars...
Vampires from outer space, pirate treasure, time machines, cowboys defending homesteaders, dinosaurs, a half-naked warrior vanquishing hordes of enemies, a house that turns into the biggest popcorn machine in history.
These are the images you would have seen in some of Holly- wood's major productions of the past year-in Lifeforce, The Goo- nies, Back to the Future, Silverado, My Science Project, Rambo: First Blood Part 11, and Real Genius.
This list may remind some older Americans of the kinds...