Women & Film
This timeline charts the historical events relating to my research into the journal Women & Film, encompassing the history of cinema and its criticism, the development of feminism and aspects of 20th Century US History.
1951-04-01 00:00:00
Cahiers du Cinema
founded by Andre Bazin in Paris.
1953-03-05 00:00:00
Stalin dies
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1953-07-27 00:00:00
End of Korean War
Armistice signed ending the Korean War.
1954-03-05 00:00:00
Brown vs. Board of Education
Decision made on the desegregation of schools in the South, significant events in the early Civil Right Movement.
1954-11-01 00:00:00
Dissent
Irving Howe starts publishing Dissent, a radical quarterly journal in NYC.
1955-08-28 00:00:00
Murder of Emmett Till
Murder of Emmett Till in Money, Mississippi. Sparks riots, demonstrations etc.
1955-10-01 00:00:00
The Village Voice
Ed Fancher, Dan Wolf and Norman Mailer found The Village Voice in NYC.
1955-11-01 00:00:00
Vietnam
USA enters war against Vietnam, taking over from the French.
1955-12-08 00:00:00
Rosa Parks
Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat in Alabama. 11 month boycott of city buses by black population follows.
1958-06-01 00:00:00
The Realist
Paul Krassner publishes the first issue of The Realist
1959-12-08 00:00:00
Film Culture
Film Culture founded by Jonas Mekas in NYC.
1960-02-12 09:23:45
Greensboro Sit-in
Sit-in by four black students in a store in Greensboro, N. Carolina
1960-10-12 09:23:45
SNCC Founded
Student Non-Violent Commitee founded at Atlanta.
1960-11-08 00:00:00
Kennedy Elected
President John F. Kennedy elected
1962-06-07 02:13:08
SDS Founded
Students for a Democratic Society founded (?) at Port Huron. Publication of Port Huron Statement, its manifesto.
1963-05-01 00:00:00
The Feminine Mystique
In 1963, Betty Friedan publishes the Feminine Mystique
1963-05-01 00:00:00
Equal Pay Act
1963-11-22 00:00:00
Kennedy Assassinated
1964-02-01 09:58:29
Civil Rights Amendment
Civil Rights Amendment (adding of ‘sex’ to Title VII, prohibiting discrimination in employment)
1964-05-23 00:00:00
Los Angeles Free Press
Art Kukin publishes the first ever issue of the LA Free Press in LA
1964-05-26 00:00:00
One Dimensional Man
Herbet Marcuse publishes One Dimensional Man.
1964-06-01 22:11:03
Civil Rights Act
Passage of the Civil Rights Act outlawing racial segregation.
1964-10-01 20:19:16
Free Speech Movement
Free Speech Movement begins at Berkeley.
1965-02-21 09:58:29
Malcolm X Assassiniated
Malcolm X shot down in NYC
1965-05-01 02:37:10
Vietnam Day
Vietnam Day at Berkeley
1965-08-01 09:58:29
Voting Rights Act
Passage of Voting Rights Act increasing federal powers for enforcement of 1964 Civil Rights Act.
1965-08-11 02:37:00
Watts Riots
Watts Riots in LA over 3 days (?) following the arrest of a drunk driver. Nearly 36 people dead, 4,000 arrested and $40 million worth of property had been destroyed (Tygiel, 2004, 48)
1965-10-29 02:37:00
N.O.W. Formed
National Organisation for Women founded, with Betty Friedan as president.
1966-01-21 09:24:19
New Left Notes
First issue of New Left Notes appears
1967-01-01 02:37:00
Reagan becomes Govenor
Reagan takes oath of office to become governor of California
1967-05-01 00:00:00
Los Angeles Undergound
1968-01-30 00:00:00
Tet Offensive
1968-03-16 00:00:00
My Lai
My Lai Massacre in Vietnam
1968-04-04 00:00:00
Dr King Assassinated
Assassination of Martin Luther King in Memphis, Tennessee.
1968-06-05 00:00:00
Robert Kennedy Assassinated
Assassination of Robert Kennedy in Los Angeles.
1968-09-07 18:01:08
Miss America Demonstration
Feminists storm the Miss America pageant in Atlantic City and burn 'instruments of oppression' in a Freedom Trashcan.
1969-07-20 00:00:00
Moon Landing
Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin land on Moon
1969-10-15 00:00:00
UCLA Demonstration
20,000 strong antiwar demo at UCLA
1969-11-20 00:00:00
My Lai Uncovered
My Lai massacre covered in Time, Life and Newsweek
1969-12-06 00:00:00
Altamont Festival
Altamont Festival in San Francisco
1970-03-06 00:00:00
Townhouse Explosion
Weathermen townhouse explodes in Greenwhich Village, killing 3 members.
1970-03-18 00:00:00
Ladies Home Journal Sit-in
Women occupy the offices of Ladies Home Journal in protest over dominance of male staff and sexism. Included members of Media Women, the Redstockings, New York Radical Feminists and NOW.
1970-05-01 00:00:00
Rat Takeover in NYC
Radical feminist take over the offices of sexist underground paper The Rat.
1970-11-01 05:02:45
Sexual Politics published
Kate Millett's Sexual Politics is first published in America.
1971-07-05 19:10:41
New Day Films founded
New Day Films distrobution co-op founded by Amalie Rothschild, Liane Brandon, Claudia Weill, Joyce Chopra, Jim Klein and Julia Reichert.
1971-07-05 19:10:41
Serious Business Co founded
Women's and avant-garde film distribution company founded by Freude Bartlett, wife of filmmaker Scott Bartlett.
1971-08-30 09:14:44
Kate Millett appears on the cover of TIME magazine
Alice Neale's portrait of Millett appears on the cover of Time magazine, making her an icon of the movement.
1971-09-03 11:09:10
N.O.W. Conference in LA
1971-10-01 17:47:13
San Francisco 15th International Film Festival
Reviewed in W&F 1
1971-11-04 09:14:44
Kate Millett's Three Lives opens in New York
The Women's Liberation Cinema Company's production opened at Bleecker Street Cinema.