Storyboard project by Arianna Hernandez
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- Toledo, Ohio is where I was born. I didn't start going to school until I was 11, around the time my parents divorced, and I spent the next six years caring for my mother before going to college.
- I majored in government at Smith College, which was an unusual option for a woman at the time. Early on, I realized I didn't want to pursue the most usual life path for women at the time, marriage and motherhood. When you married in the 1950s, you became your husband.
- After completing my degree in 1956, I was awarded a fellowship to study in India, where I worked for the Independent Research Service before establishing a freelance writing career.
- In the late 1960s, I assisted in the creation of New York magazine and contributed a political column to the paper. After covering an abortion hearing held by the radical feminist group known as the Redstockings, I became increasingly involved in the women's movement.
- In 1971, I co-founded the National Women's Political Caucus with other notable feminists such as Bella Abzug and Betty Friedan to advocate for women's rights.
- I became a nationally renowned leader and representative for the American feminist movement as an American feminist journalist and social political activist.
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