Social Issues 

Equality: A History of the Women's Movement in America chronicles the events and the achievements of pioneering women who led the way in the ceaseless struggle for equality with men in America. It is a compelling look at women like Susan B. Anthony, Jane Addams, Eleanor Roosevelt and other prominent figures in the various women's movements who have emerged in response to injustices perpetrated against women in their personal, public and professional lives. Gloria Steinem, Anna Quindlen, Ellen Goodman and other leading writers, scholars and social activists of our time interpret the rich meaning of the events and the people that have defined the women's movement in America.

The program takes viewers back to the days of the Revolutionary War, when a spirited Abigail Adams urges her husband John, who would become the second U.S. president, to "remember the ladies" when drafting laws for the new nations. Abigail's request was not granted by our Founding Fathers, but her cause was taken up by remarkable women of subsequent generations, who willingly made enormous sacrifices to advance the position of women in this country.