The far-seeing women who pushed for and won the first federal commission on women 60 years ago had a bold and comprehensive plan to move America toward greater equality and well being. President Biden’s American Rescue Plan—aided by the new Gender Policy Council—should follow their lead.
Author: Dorothy Sue Cobble
Dorothy Sue Cobble is a distinguished professor emerita of history and labor studies at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey and author of the forthcoming book, For the Many: American Feminists and the Global Fight for Democratic Equality.