betty friedman, in makes this 1966, formally political by starting now. the national organization for women which still exists. this is betty friedman. radical feminist are bubbling up to. they want the end of marriage. it's a male-dominated structural thing anyway. some like my six-year-old daughter want the end of the patriarchal language. when i say hey guys, my six-year-old daughter corrects me, i'm not a guy dad. she's right. gender normatively. these radical feminist start making us aware of these things. not just women bursting for freedom. latinas as well. the chicano movement picks up. it is a great word. fun to say. it means our people. it starts out protesting on apelf of the gr growers in california. anyone know what the political orientation is that comes out of this? la raza. the race. then, there is the cultural stuff. rock 'n roll transforms in the mid to late 1960's. it becomes overtly political not that it wasn't always, but it becomes overtly and directly political. bob dylan famously puts out his acoustic guitar and plugs in his electr

. >> it was betty friedman.was deaf tput -- definitely that. >> a great tribute to her. >> spontaneously turned out to be the best thing ever. >> they have three demands according to the ladies organizing the strike, free child care centers running 24 hours a day, equal education and employment, and free abortions on request. >> free abortions on request! >> it was a wonderful consciousness raising moment to demonstrate the seriousness, the rage. it was a revolutionary high. it was very moving. >> at the western white house, president nixon said we should all recognize that women have a wider role to play in this nation. but on the senate floor, west virginia's jennings randolph characterized women's lib as -- i quote him -- a small band of braless bubbleheads. >> you have to understand how backwards we were on issues involving women's rights then. women couldn't sign a loan. they had to get their husband's approval. women weren't allowed in the military academies. i mean, this is ridiculous. >> i think the poin