Independence Hall Association
U.s. History: The Fight for Reproductive Rights
Along with demands for other rights in the 1960s and 1970s came the demand for reproductive rights. Read the development of ideas from the introduction of birth control pills in 1960 to the contentious Supreme Court ruling in Roe v Wade...
Country Studies US
Country Studies: Conservatism and Ronald Reagan
This site is provided for by Country Studies. By 1980, many Americans were ready for a change. Within the Republican party, the New Right emerged which brought along with it a new conservatism and a winning presidential candidate in...
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Aclu: Justice Harry Blackmun Dies
Article remembering Supreme Court Chief Justice Harry Blackmun for his courage while fighting for a women's right to have an abortion.