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https://oklahoman.com/article/1969789/actor-alan-alda-makes-push-for-era-passage-in-state/amp Alan Alda arrived in Oklahoma to voice his views on the ratification of the ERA (equal rights amendment) so that legislators would ban discrimination based on sex. Alda quoted in the article that, " It would take us 400 years to get the kind of equality we now lack".
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https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2015/10/alan-alda-feminist/amp Once Alan started writing some of the episodes for M*A*S*H the role of Hawkeye Pierce was gradually changed from the womanizing mans man to and episode where Hawkeye had to face is own chauvinistic tendencies to be able to engage with another female surgeon. Alda goes on to describe the pay differences between actors and actresses. This article explains that Alda has been championing for equal rights since 1976, -
https://www.boxofficepro.com/this-changes-everything-fighting-systemic-sexism-in-hollywood/ Alan Alda inspiring others to realize their own feminism in others
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https://outsider.com/news/entertainment/mash-alan-alda-near-death-experience-polio-why-became-feminist/amp/ Alda realized that his sister saved his life after being diagnosed with Polio. Alda speaks about his time playing Hawkeye Pierce and being on the cover of Mr. Magazine along with writing an essay called "What Every Woman Should Know About Men".