Changing Our World
Dawn Glover

I was always aware of the fight for equality among women and men but I was never aware of the amount of strategic planning and combined effort that this battle took to win. Foolishly, I viewed the battle simply as one gender against the other, blind to the variety of what was deemed important to the different types and classes of women. The story of women’s liberation is proof that good communication is the key ingredient to solving differences. I was very impressed with the amount of combined effort and corporation it took to put together the Boston Women’s Health Book Collective. I always viewed the fight for women’s liberation as a slow process, never viewing it in the different stages that now seem so obvious.

In my opinion the first wave of women had the hardest battle to conquer. Although they focused on mainly one issue, the right to vote, it was the first barrier of many to break down. The first barrier is usually the toughest, as is apparent in the number of years it took to complete this task. The second wave feminist did not have it easy but at least some men were already on their way to accepting women’s right. The fight for global women’s rights may end up being the toughest fight to win. As mentioned previously corporation and understanding is the key to getting tasks accomplished and with the great distances and differences in nationalities among women globally it is going to take a great deal of teamwork.

Today’s working women tend to have more medical problems including stress, hair loss, and depression compared to women prior to the feminist act. I do not believe this is due to the accomplishments of women’s fight for equality but rather due to the difficulties people must face in this century. Times have changed, peoples wants have changed, and life has become a lot more complicated than it was