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Utah feminists see both progress and setbacks in the fight for gender equality.
Women’s Work
Gone are the halcyon days of the women’s movement: Votes for Women; the ERA; bodily autonomy; and a collective will to change the culture. “Look at statistics—they’re not good,” said Karen Shepherd, who helped launch Network Magazine in 1978 for working women.
“You don’t have a lot of women in high places and if you talk about the economy, there aren’t women running things.” Karen Shepherd, who served in the U.S. House from 1993 to 1995, is one of only five Utah women elected to Congress since statehood. Courtesy photo Shepherd should know.
She not only won a state Senate seat in Utah, but also…
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