Carter Sherman
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754 appearances
6 recordings
2 series
first heard May 2026
last heard 8 Sep
Carter Sherman’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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she got in right at that moment and became, it just was on the ground floor of something that ended up transforming American politics and women's rights.
So just for a little context for folks who are maybe less familiar with American feminism and our tendency to, for some reason, separate it out into waves.
The first wave of feminism occurs in the late 19th century, early 20th century.
It is mostly centered around the fight for women's suffrage.
Second wave feminism takes off around the late 1860s, 1970s.
And it's concerned with a lot of things.
It's concerned with women's economic freedom.
It's concerned with making marriage a more equal institution.
And a big part of that is expanding access to reproductive rights and softening the abortion restrictions that had really taken off in this country in the 19th century.
And so, of course, one of the big things that happened in second wave feminism was the deciding of Roe v. Wade, which legalized abortion nationwide.
And Gloria Steinem was very, very much a champion of abortion rights throughout her career.
Well, one of the things that she did was she talked openly about having an abortion as part of a letter.
She founded Ms.
Magazine.
That magazine in the in its very first issue had a letter called We Have Had Abortions.
And it was signed by more than 50 women, many of whom were famous, including Gloria Steinem, including folks like Susan Sontag and Billie Jean King.
And I think this is really a founding tenant of second wave feminism, that the personal is political.
To say, hey guys, let's share our experiences.
And actually what you might think is a personal experience that only you're going through, maybe I'm going through that too.
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