Has the “Women’s Movement Been Disastrous?”

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Betty Friedan, Aug. 26, 1970(AP Photo)

1994. Firing Line. Watch:

There is a lot to talk about here, most of which I am ill-equipped to comment on with any degree of expertise. But I will make three comments:

  1. Historian Elizabeth Fox-Genovese is clearly the smartest person in the room.
  2. I love the fact that Eugene Genovese is seated in the audience over the right shoulder of Camille Paglia. The camera only catches him a few times.
  3. Let’s bring back debates like this! I learned a lot.

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  1. Barbara says

    I listened to the whole thing. Interesting. I wonder what those still alive would have to say about how things are today.

  2. John Fea says

    It is a great debate, isn’t it?. I wish we had more public conversations like this. I think we really need Elizabeth Fox-Genovese’s voice right now. I would love to hear what she thinks about books by Kristin Kobes Du Mez and Beth Allison Barr.

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