You Don’t Own Me: Feminist Anthems of the 1960s

Part 3 of "From Suffragettes to Taylor Swift: The Feminist History of Protest Songs"

You Don’t Own Me: The Feminist Anthem Explosion of the 1960s–1980s

Introduction: When Women Took the Mic

During the 1950s, the music industry mostly just expected women to smile sweetly, sing about their undying devotion to their (often mediocre) men, and never—under any circumstances—make too much noise. Then came the second-wave feminist movement, and s…