13175_4226_seventies_feminism
On feminism in the 1970s, centering around the 1975 UN conference in Mexico. Mostly women and some men, well-dressed, file down aisle in an auditorium. CU black woman in white headwrap. CU one white and one black woman, each with an earpiece. MS of women in military uniform . VO says that ‘militants’ (apparently ‘militant’ feminists) attacked the conference as ‘cosmetic.’ Margaret Thatcher at a table. Shot of Indira Gandhi. Shot of men passing around leis to put on her. Isabel Peron kisses a young boy with officials in the background, whom the VO says lacks the charisma of her husband. Shot of women picketing about abortion, on both sides of the issue. CU and MS of women in Iran picketing for job rights.