Scholar-activist Brittney Cooper credits the women behind the movement.
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“Blowing the Whistle on Campus Rape”
Ms. leads the charge on combating campus sexual assault and reports on new tools to fight it; our coverage is soon followed in the mainstream press with a Time magazine cover story.
The “Feminist Factor” Cinches President Obama’s Reelection
Looking at polling data from the 2012 election, Ms. identifies and names a key constituency: feminists. It isn’t women who secure Obama’s victory but feminist women and feminist men.
Fast Food Workers Strike
Workers in Los Angeles use our Fall 2013 cover image as a symbol of their movement as they march for a $15/hour minimum wage.
President Obama Awards Gloria Steinem the Presidential Medal of Freedom
“I would be crazy if I didn’t understand that this was a medal for the entire women’s movement,” she remarks.
“War on Women!”
We document numerous political attacks on our rights and our bodies, using a phrase originally used by Ms. at the March for Women’s Lives in 2004.
“For the Price of a Pad!”
Ms. highlights the work of an Indian investor and his inexpensive machine for making sanitary napkins. The story leads U.S. teens to found the Pad Project, which inspires the Oscar-winning documentary Period. End of Sentence.
“Rape Is Rape” Victory
Our cover story is part of a larger feminist campaign leading to the FBI changing its archaic 1929 definition of rape, which excluded most rapes.
Ms. Goes Virtual
On International Women’s Day, we begin our online presence with the “Ms. Blog.” Our website will reach 4.6 million page views per year by 2022.
“Not a Lone Wolf”
One year after abortion provider Dr. George Tiller is murdered, Ms. publishes an award-winning investigation of ties between his killer and a network of anti-abortion extremists.