Ms.Magazine and the growth of the feminist movement

The day Gloria Steinem was born

Mar 25, 1934

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

New York Magazine

Nov 22, 1960

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

Mar 18, 1970

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

Jul 15, 1970

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

Dec 17, 1972

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

Ms. Magazine became national

Aug 4, 1976

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

First national publication

Sep 7, 1976

Ms. became the first national publication to feature the subject on its cover in 1976.

Ms. Magazine nominated for national magazine awards

May 8, 2005

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

Apr 1, 2012

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

Feb 3, 2013

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.