The momentum of the Woman’s movement The woman’s movement was a decade long battle for women’s rights. One of the first feminist magazines was Ms. It was published in 1972. There were plenty of different minority groups supporting the woman’s movement. One of the first was the North American Indian woman’s association, in 1970. Others included The Conference of Mexican-American women, in 1971, the Conference of Puerto Rican Woman (1972), and the National Black …showed first 75 words of 364 total…

…showed last 75 words of 364 total…Mayor John V. Linsay signed, at city hall, a law that stated: “all men only bars and restraints are to admit woman.” Representative Bertram L. Podell secured a pension plan for housewives in the U.S. A housewife was allowed to set aside $25 of her husbands income, tax-free. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography** Nash, Gary B. American Odyssey. New York city NY: Macmillan/mc Graw Hill Publications, 1994. Associated Press. Twentieth-Century America. New York city NY: Grolier Publishing company, 1995.