The Eights | 1978 and the Rise of Modern Feminism

The Brian Lehrer Show | May 18, 2018

Gail Collins, New York Times op-ed columnist and the author of When Everything Changed: The Amazing Journey of American Women from 1960 to the Present (Little, Brown and Company, 2014), continues our series "The Eights" by looking at the rise of second-wave feminism circa 1978.

Collins talks about the Equal Rights Amendment and Phyllis Schlafly, the woman who brought it to "a screeching, screeching halt."  In 1978, the Democrats were moving left on social issues as Republicans shifted right.  "Everything changed again the late 70s ...and here we are."

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