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Women reinstated by union members

KQED News report from April 16th 1975 featuring a press conference with women who've just been reinstated in their jobs after a union members hearing. One of the women states her belief that: "The institutions of this country are patriarchal and racist for the most part and we're all dealing with it in varying degrees." Also includes brief scenes from an interview with the supervisor who originally fired the women concerned.

Tags: kqn 2247 , patriarchal society , sexism , unions , women's civil rights

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Originally aired on: KQED
Date aired: 4/16/75
Recording medium: 16mm b&w co-magnetic sound film
Rights for this video belong to: NCPB/KQED
Duration: 1:31
Type of material: archival news film

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KQN 2247.mp4 (12.66 MB – MPEG4 video)

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