Women's Movement" (1972), circulated nationally in women's liberation circles. Apparently, the pamphlet first uses the term "socialist feminism," which came to identify a section of the feminist movement that drew upon Marxist and socialist ideas while criticizing them for inattention to gender.The CWLU did not participate in electoral politics; instead work groups took on city government to advocate for women's rights. Together with the Chicago chapter of the National Organization for Women (NOW), DARE (Direct Action for Rights in Employment) sued the city and eventually won a major sex discrimination wage case on behalf of city janitresses.How does this apply to the play?There are two great scenes with Peter ad Heidi in front of the Chicago Art Institute. Debbie, a radical feminist, and her women are protesting the museum for things they feel are sexist. Chicago was a booming place for womans rights activists for the simple fact that it was one of the most progressive cities in the "west". Since two main scenes happen in Chicago, I felt it important to find out what the scene was like. The playing Debbie and Heidi at the time would need to know the circumstances of what is going on at the timeFreeman, Jo" The Women's Liberation Movement: Its Origin, Structures and Ideals" http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/wlm/womlib/In the early sixties feminism was still an unmentionable, but its ghost was slowly awakening from the dead. The first sign of new life came with the establishment of the Commission on the Status of Women by President Kennedy in 1961. Created at the urging of Esther Petersen of the Women's Bureau, in its short life the Commission came out with several often-radical reports thoroughly documenting women's second class status. It was followed by the formation of a citizen's advisory council and fifty state commissions.Many of the people involved in these commissions became the nucleus of women who, dissatisfied with the lac...
