All editions of our TV show, New Directions for Women, are archived in the Sophia Smith Collection at Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts, it is available to historians, scholars, and students in perpetuity. Our program was chosen because of its content and technical level as well as because it is indicative of the many issues of concern to women in the late 20th and early 21st Century.
In Memoriam – Pamela Sheldrick
In 1976, as Chapter Coordinator (President) of Morristown Area NOW, Pam actively worked on the issue of the Par-Troy Little League only reaching out to boys, which was against Title IX rules. The issue was resolved, and girls as well as boys were invited to join. During those early years there were two chapters, Morristown Area NOW and Lakeland Area NOW. A force to be reckoned with, Pam was a key member when the two chapters joined together in 1975 to start a Rape Crisis Hotline followed by their involvement in founding the battered women’s shelter now known as Jersey Battered Women’s Service (JBWS). The two chapters became Morris County NOW in 1980.
Feminist Views
Gun Control is a Woman’s Right
Gabrielle Giffords was nearly killed when a would-be assassin shot her in the head during a meeting with constituents in Tucson, Arizona. The Press and political pundits were unanimous in their predictions that this would finally lead to some level of gun...
Thoughts about Human Trafficking
So, bright and early this morning as I was sitting with my lap-top on my sofa researching ideas for upcoming educational programs I was hit with the thought that human trafficking was the direction I wanted to be focusing in on. Not only for one quick passing...
Whittling Away at Women’s Rights
We are witnessing an almost daily unprecedented onslaught on many of the rights and freedoms that women have fought for in this country for over one hundred years. Women only received the right to vote in 1920 (a battle that began in 1848), the right...
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