Summary:
Segal talks about the work of the women’s rights committee of the Kentucky Civil Liberties Union (KCLU), now the ACLU-KY. The committee was formed in the early 1970s as part of the Second Wave of Feminism brought attention to women’s issues in the wake of the civil rights movement of the previous decade. Segal discusses the evolution of women’s rights within the context of civil liberties and in the broader society through consciousness-raising groups, public events, and legislative efforts. For the most part, Segal’s interview describes the five-year period in which women’s issues were brought to the forefront and became recognized as important to the KCLU mission.
