| Women's Conference 1940: the legacy of the movement and its future | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 261 |
| Catalog #: | 501437 | |
| Clip Number: | 501437-4 | |
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| Timecode: | 00:14:20 - 00:15:57 | |
| Location: | New York, NY | |
| Year Shot: | 1940 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | CIVIL RIGHTS: Women LOCATIONS/NORTH AMERICA: USA, New York, New York ORGANIZATIONS: Women's Societies POLITICS: Public Address (Speech) | |
| Description: | MCU older white woman speaking, "Where once prejudiced and peculiar customs made us feel strangers to one another, if times were never worse, doesn't that come to you too in little gusts of expectation, the possibilities were never greater. For the group of women from the ends of the earth, from Asia, from Europe, to South America, should meet together to pool their experiences and celebrate this centennial with is something marvelous. At the end of a century here we are together, accepting responsibility, planning ever greater shares in the future, ready to propose as well as dispose. In the women's movement we are making common cause and common plans, accepting the responsibility we so gladly share, though perhaps we had no fantasy of the perils before us when we begged and fought for that responsibility. I think as I welcome on behalf of the women's centennial congress these distinguished guest from the ends of the earth, that we have all traveled far and I know that we are traveling fast and farther. The modern world is beginning to be and we should all be of it." | |
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