“Women’S Liberation” Abc News Marlene Sanders (1970)
1970 · Short film · 24 min
Synopsis
A 1970 news segment about the various factions and interests of the Women’s Liberation Movement produced and hosted by ABC News correspondent Marlene Sanders. Sanders, as a female journalist breaking into the industry in 1960s, was the first female television correspondent in Vietnam, the first female anchor on a U.S. network television evening newscast, and the first female vice president of ABC News. “Women’s Liberation” was the first of her seven documentaries on the topic. A woman speaks to an audience how “boys are raised to be something” while girls are “raised to be housewives” (0:52). ABC News correspondent Marlene Sanders discusses the Women’s Liberation Movement questioning the role of women in society (1:16). Introduces the rising movement at University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill as they issue demands to the university. The students perform skits demonstrating the inequalities faced by women (1:50). Linda Fisher, a member of the movement at UNC, discusses what men can gain from the movement (5:10). A self-defense class in action and an attendee is interviewed about what the class means for women (6:15). A pro-choice march with attendees holding up banners of their demands (7:21). Attorney Nancy Sterns speaks to a marching crowd about the movement and the gains they have made so far (8:27). Folk singer Mary Sanders Shartle sings to the crowd (9:39). A coalition of women’s liberation groups invade the office of Jack Mack Carter, editor of The Ladies Home…
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- Running time
- 24 minutes
- Collection
- Ephemeral Films
Subjects on the Internet Archive
- Womens Liberation
- ABC News
- 1970s
- Feminism
- Pro Choice
- Stock Footage
- Periscope Film
