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Ms.Magazine and the growth of the feminist movement

By jazzie88
  • The day Gloria Steinem was born

    The day Gloria Steinem was born

    http://www.mercyweb.org/st_vincent.aspxGloria Steinem was born in 1934 and she is 78 years old.
  • New York Magazine

    New York Magazine

    http://nymag.com/In the late 1960s, she helped create New York magazine, and wrote a column on politics for the publication.
  • Women speak out

    Women speak out

    On March 18, 1970, about a hundred women stormed into the male editor’s office of Ladies’ Home Journal and staged a sit-in for eleven hours, demanding that the magazine hire a female editor-in-chief.
  • Gloria testifies

    Gloria testifies

    In 1970 she testified in the Senate on behalf of the Equal Rights Amendment.http://voicesofdemocracy.umd.edu/steinem-testimony-teaching-learning-materials/
  • First issue

    First issue

    Ms. Magazine WebsiteIn 1972 the first issue of Ms. magazine was published.
  • Ms. Magazine became national

    Ms. Magazine became national

    A 1976 cover story on battered women made Ms. the first national magazine to address the issue of domestic violence.
  • First national publication

    First national publication

    Ms. became the first national publication to feature the subject on its cover in 1976.
  • Ms. Magazine nominated for national magazine awards

    Ms. Magazine nominated for national magazine awards

    http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2009/03/national-magazine-awards-nominees-and-winners/307362/Ms. magazine was nominated for the national magazine awards for Martha Mendoza's article "Between a Woman and Her Doctor". But they did not win.
  • 40th Anniversary

    40th Anniversary

    http://www.msmagazine.com/press/MsWonderWomanRelease.pdfIn Spring of 2012 it was Ms.magazines 40th anniversary since it had started in 1972.
  • Gloria Host a crowd of female journalists

    Gloria Host a crowd of female journalists

    In early 1971, Gloria Steinem and Brenda Feigen hosted a crowd of female journalists in their apartments to brainstorm ideas for a possible publication for women.