Advocating for the ERA at the first National Women’s Conference in Houston Texas, 1977
U.S. Women's Movement
Joan Roth’s photo archives hold the visual history of the second-wave women’s movement starting in the 1970s until today. Roth captured feminist leaders, advocacy for the ERA and reproductive rights, the Dyke Marches, and women’s marches. She continues to be on the frontlines of today’s women’s movement capturing the response to SCOTUS overturning Roe-vs- Wade and women mobilizing for abortion access and gender equality in America.
The opening of the first National Women’s Conference in Houston Texas, 1977
National Women’s Conference, Bella Abzug and the First Ladies, in Houston Texas, 1977
Pro-lifers at the first National Women’s Conference, Houston Texas, 1977
United Nations End-Decade World Conference on Women, Nairobi, Kenya, 1985
Angela Davis speaks to the crowd at the Third World Conference on Women in Nairobi Kenya, 1985
Betty Friedman daily workshop under a tree at the Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing China, 1995
Hillary Clinton at the UN Fourth World Conference onWomen, Beijing, China, 1995
Gloria Steinem with Flo Kennedy at a Veteran Feminist of America event (VFA)
Bella Abzug’s mayoral campaign down Fifth Avenue, 1977
National Rally for Reproductive Rights, Washington DC, 1989
Dyke March, New York City
Dyke March, New York City
Women's March, New York City, 2017
Protest outside of the Supreme Court Kavanaugh hearing, 2018