1990s: The Fighting Back Decade
In 1991, Backlash, The Undeclared War on American Women by Susan Faludi was published, documenting the backlash against the feminist movement throughout the 1980s. Yet throughout the 1990s, women and minorities fought back. Anita F. Hill charged conservative federal appeals court judge Clarence Thomas with sexual harassment; the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) was approved; and, on TV, Xena the Warrior Princess and Buffy the Vampire Slayer demonstrated women's physical more
Eastern Parkway/Brooklyn Museum
