Betty Friedan’s “The Feminine Mystique” was published fifty years ago on February 19th, 1963.  Michigan State University history professor Kirsten Fermaglich, who is the co-editor of a new critical edition of the seminal book, discusses the legacy and importance of Friedan, her contributions to the feminist movement, and how ideas in “The Feminine Mystique” relate to other social justice struggles of the 1960s. Rowan University in New Jersey hosted this event.

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Secretary of State John Kerry and First Lady Michelle Obama handed out 10 Women of Courage Awards. The annual award recognizes women from around the world who have shown courage and leadership in advocating for women's rights.

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At a ceremony at the Interior Department, President Obama signs the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA). The Vice President, who was the author of the original bill while he was in the senate, also delivers remarks.

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Public Health Advocate and Golden Globe Nominee Ashley Judd spoke on women's reproductive health at the George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services.

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Clark University Professor Cynthia Enloe discusses the role women play in military conflicts and how more needs to be done to get them involved in preventing and resolving those conflicts.

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A panel of judges and other experts discusses the history, state and future of religious liberty in the U.S. Stanford University Law School recently opened a Religious Liberty Clinic, the only clinic of its kind in the country.

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Gustavo Mohar, the former Sub-Secretary for Population, Migration and Religious Affairs, at the Interior Ministry in the Government of Mexico, discussed the changing migration patterns between Mexico and the United States.

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Principal strategists for Mitt Romney and President Obama’s 2012 Presidential campaigns spoke at the University of Chicago Institute of Politics in early February.

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Jefferson Keel, president of the National Congress of American Indians, delivers the 2013 State of Indian Nations Address at the National Conference of American Indians.

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House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (D-MD) held a press conference urging House Republicans to take up the Violence Against Women Act.  The bill passed recently in the U.S. Senate  by a vote of 78 to 22. 

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