Hey all! I was just browsing for some fall break items to watch on Amazon, and I came upon this—a new series called "Good Girls Revolt."
In 1969, while a cultural revolution swept through the free world, there was still one place that refused to change with the times: newsrooms. Good Girls Revolt follows a group of young female researchers at "News of the Week," who ask to be treated fairly. Their revolutionary request sparks convulsive changes and upends marriages, careers, sex lives, love lives, and friendships.
Although this is later than the materials we've looked at so far, the description reminded me of reading about Ida B. Wells and her revolutionary role as both an anti-lynching crusader (engaging in political activity) and a female journalist (engaging in this activity through an emerging medium in which women were underrepresented). This seems to also deal with demands for equality in the workplace, an issue that the Equal Rights Amendment also brings up.
Let me know if anyone decides to watch the first episode!
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