Women's Strike in New York

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In 1970, many women in America felt that the feminist movement needed to be reinvigorated, so they staged a strike and a march through central New York. For Witness, one of the organisers Jacqui Ceballos, recalls the tactics she used to get a big turnout of women from around the world. She also explains how she was herself, inspired by the feminist writings of Betty Friedan, even though it cost her her marriage. Picture: Women protest in New York in 1970, Credit: Hulton Archive/Getty Images.