Gender and Women’s Rights

  • “She bought me a bra that you blow up...”

    94-year-old Betty Jenkins remembers a gift from her mother.

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    Recorded in Cincinnati, OH

  • “He said to me, 'I will make sure every day is a living hell for you.'”

    Tia Smallwood tells her daughter, Christine, about becoming a business woman in the 1970s.

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    Recorded in New York, NY

  • “I got to find a job I can do for thirty years in this place.”

    Dorothy Glinton tells her son, Sonari, about becoming a manager at Ford Motor Plant in Chicago.

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    Recorded in Chicago, IL