Women's Movement/U
WRC Film Catalogue A A Century of Women: Work and Family (1994; 98 mins, B&W, Color) Directed by: Silvia Morales Produced by: TBS Production, Inc. Distributed by: Turner Home Entertainment Genre: Historical Documentary Issue: Social history of American women and labor issues in 20th century Rating: Feminist; educational and informative; recommended for classroom use Note: Less focus on racial and ethnic diversity among ―American‖ women Combining archival footage, photographs, interviews, and fiction, the film presents an overview of the social history of women‘s movement in the U.S. focusing on worker‘s rights and traditional labor division. It features biographies of earlier activists as well as interviews with contemporary feminists. Figures include Pauline Newman, Clara Lemlich, Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Frances Perkins, Mitsuye Yamada, Dolores Huerta, Betty Friedan, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and Hillary Clinton. A Fine and Long Tradition (1996; 7 mins, B&W, Color) Produced by: National Women‘s History Project Distributed by: National Women‘s History Project Genre: Music Video, 135 Historical Images Issues: Brief comprehensive look at women‘s history; through women‘s achievements and various women‘s movements across the United States. Rating: Good A short video illustrating how women have made history during the course of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. This video encapsulates women‘s activism from suffrage, to the women‘s movement to contemporary feminist activism. A Girl’s World (1995; 49 mins, Color) Directed by: Laurie Hepburn Distributed by: Laurie Hepburn Productions Produced by: Laurie Hepburn Production Genre: Educational Video Issue: Career guidance for young women and girls Rating: Encouraging and somewhat instructional The video introduces three professional women: an 1 airplane pilot, glass artist, and veterinarian.
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