Then younger feminists came along with an analysis that included all females—a revolution and not a reform—and it made sense of my own life.

In the 1970's, when I joined a feminist consciousness-raising group, I heard other women's stories. I recognized that I was not alone.

The histories of the women in the Bible were nothing if not those of women ferociously pioneering for the rights of females.

The idea was simply this: that a woman and man should share equally the responsibillity for their household and children in every way...

Anthony's home in Rochester—the centerpiece of this clip—remains a living symbol of the first stirrings of feminism in America.

This feminist disobedience, day after day, became a major story in the news, and by June we had secured an FDA warning to users of the Pill.

The cover of the first issue featured our artist's version of the Jewish superwoman, who managed to amalgamate almost all possible roles...

Standing on top of the world, with a true and equitable representation of its women, seemed a harmonious interchange between dreams and actions, work and belief.

When I decided to study for the rabbinate, I never thought much about being a pioneer, nor was it my intention to champion the rights of women. I just wanted to be a rabbi.

B'not Esh has provided a model for how separatist feminist spaces can generate ideas and energy that spill over in to a larger community.

More than ever, I believe in a feminism that does not run from the full complexity of women's lives, from the vital differences between us as well as the connections that bind us.

Unfortunately, we made the same mistake that many feminists were to make in the ensuing years: we sought respectability at the expense of the inclusivity.

That mythical portal had been revealed exclusively to women at the '73 conference: now we'd partner with our brothers and walk through together.

Our intention in turning it into a poster was to invite the world to look at a one-breasted woman and exult in her health and vitality.

I might never have heard of Maud Nathan if I had not found these books, just as we know that too much of Jewish women's history has gone untold.

From 1980 on, the celebration of Women's History Week, and later, Women's History Month, spread to every state, every county, and most communities in the U.S.A.

This stone symbolizes for me the loving feminist reclamation of our great grandmothers' folkways.

The sound of applause—not just for me but for women rising to a position of power—reverberated through the hall, like the sound of an orchestra.

I never wanted to simply be a female rabbi. I want to be a part of a Judaism that is transformed by feminism.

As the commission delved into the issue, testimony it received from scholars showed that no Jewish legal barriers stood in the way of ordaining women.

We should not be dissuaded from seeking specifically Jewish and feminist perspectives on the most pressing issues of our time...