Louder Than the Backlash: The Feminist Anthems That Defined the 1980s

Part 5 of "From Suffragettes to Taylor Swift: The Feminist History of Protest Songs"

The 1980s were a brutal decade for women’s rights, as the feminist movement faced one of its fiercest backlashes yet. After a decade of political and legal victories in the 1970s, the Reagan administration worked aggressively to reverse feminist progress. The Equal Rights Amendment, which had once seemed within reach, was defeated, thanks in large part …