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Show graphics. Documentary Showcase. From NY
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Slate: WNET Presents
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Slate: Corporation for Public Broadcasting and grants for program by announcer.
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Freight train coming down the tracks moving along the rural plains headed toward camera, many telephone poles lined up
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Show opener overlay freight train: "Women Alive! Presents, A Time of Change"
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Freight train headed across railroad crossing.
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POV moving freight train - scenes of the rural countryside, farm land and farms, homes and beautiful barns, as unseen narrator talks about how American women are changing 10 years after the beginning of the women's movement, new laws, new possibilities, and political awareness may change possibilities for women.
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As train moving along countryside passes by barns, homes and churches, narrator continues speaking about the upcoming program which features individual women and how they're making changes in their own way.
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Large sign out in the country reads: We're Building!! For Christ... For the Future. Sidney-Philo United Methodist Church.
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Pan from moving vehicle continues - Sign outside church reads, "United Methodist Church", "During August No Sunday school, Worship Service 9:00 at Philo, Rev. D. Dean Follis"
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Pan up from church signage to rural church steeple, in rural Philo, Illinois
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Cutaway to scene inside church, housewife, Ann Follis, sitting in church pew and struggling to control her unruly children .
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Reverand Dean Follis preaching at the Countryside Methodist Church in Philo, Illinois
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Ann Follis sitting in church pew with little blond boy on her lap drinking out of his bottle.
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The congregation at the Countryside Methodist Church all stand, organ music playing.
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Mrs Follis standing singing in church with the other member and holding her frisky small child. She narrates about being a minister's wife and took it seriously, never thinking her life would be any different. She states she thought the women's movement would threaten her marriage and security and was in fear of that.
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Rev. Follis and Mrs. Follis standing outside the church shaking hands with the men, women and children of the congregation as they file out of the church. Rev Follis narrates how he saw his wife as an individual, a Christian and partner in the church with him. He states the most important thing in their lives was their religion, but that he'd have to give up certain ideas under the Equal Rights Amendment. But still, he states Annie won't wash a car and he won't change a baby! they still struggle over these two.
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Hands cutting up a chicken for cooking.
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Mrs. Follis, housewife, in the kitchen (circa 1970's) with her ERA button pinned to the lapel of her blouse, states that when she started studying about the ERA, she was shocked at some of the laws regarding a married woman
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Mrs Follis as she is cutting up the chicken (though unseen) is speaking with unseen interviewer and stating how she had no conception of common law at all
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Hands cleaning a chicken leg under running water, then dipping it in a bowl and placing it in a plastic bag and shakes it up.
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Hand placing chicken leg in frying pan
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Close up pan with oil frying up the chicken parts.
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Wide shot Mrs. Follis in her kitchen, at the stove, frying up chicken and speaking all the while to an unseen unknown interviewer about the women's movement and Equal Rights Amendment is Not a threat to women. And that this is something you can accept or reject as a woman, it is not a threat.
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Mrs Follis continues speaking her opinion about the ERA, states she became concerned about some homemakers attitudes towards the women's movement and also the radical feminists attitudes toward house wives.
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Pan down on Follis' little boy standing by her side and looking up at the stove
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Mrs Follis goes on to say she started working for the ERA as a "Housewife for the ERA" as her answer to the controversy
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Close up as Mrs. Follis talks excitedly about what she as a housewife can accomplish as a woman, with no mental thing holding her back! She talks about the emotional upheaval, as well as the excitement of taking on the women's movement.
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Mrs Follis places dish of fresh fried chicken (yum!) onto the set dinner table.
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The family getting ready to sit down for dinner. Mr. and Mrs Follis placing the kids in their proper chairs, Mr. Follis places bib on small child.
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Rev. Follis saying Grace before dinner.
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Wide shot the family at dinner, Rev and Mrs. Follis, heads bowed as Rev says a prayer.
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Wide shot, Mrs. Follis at podium in the Church speaking to the congregation.
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Mrs. Follis still at podium, leading the singing in the church.
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'70's woman and members of church congregation in pews singing in church.
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Pan of the audience of rural American church congregation in the 1970's singing in church.
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Pan out from Mrs. Follis at podium leading the church congregation in a hymn, Rev Follis seated behind her.
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Cutaway to a close up on a pair of legs from the knee down wearing baseball cleats and knee high baseball socks.
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Slow pan up on a female softball player throwing out an underhanded perfect softball pitch (shot in slow motio)n
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Close up on the face of Joan Joyce, a woman professional softball player. unknown unseen narrator states that two years ago women's professional softball league did not exist.
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Joyce throws out another pitch (in slow motion)ator states that this woman has won 516 games and lost only 33, and is one of the fastest softball pitchers in the world. Her lifetime winning average in 94%.
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More slow motion softball pitches by female player. Further statistics on Joyce by narrator.
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Women's softball batting practice on softball field. Joyce pitches to batter and she narrates about her fast pitching as batting practice continues. Joyce states she's quick and throws the ball hard and likes to strike out people.
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Joyce talking with unseen unknown interviewer about her successful pitching. She states she throws the ball hard and batters have difficulty with the ball moving all the time on them.
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Female softball players, including Joyce, wearing green Connecticut uniforms, walking to the field, the stands are still empty. Unseen narrator explains this is the first game in the first World Series of the First International Women's ProfessionalSoftball League, circa 1977.
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Female players from opposing team, the California's San Jose Sunbirds, in orange uniforms gather on the softball field
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Players from the Connecticut team in the dugout talking amongst themselves.
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Close up Joyce looking pensive, serious
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More shots of the Connecticut team in the dugout
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Player sitting on bench in dugout leg outstretched as her teammate tapes her ankle.
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Out on the field, the opposing team, San Jose Sunbirds, in orange uniforms, are seen standing around their coach who is kneeling and coaching team, giving them encouragement and game tips before game.
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Pan audience in the stands, evening, standing up before the game.
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Four men in orange shirts standing on the field, umpires.
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Woman standing on field with players, holding flip chart, reads out team players names. and gives tips and encouragement
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Team members gather in close together hands touching for final rally, "Let's go" and head out to their positions on the field.
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Joyce throwing out the first pitch
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Live action clip of the actual first game of World Series of the First International Women's Softball League in 1977.
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Joan Joyce talksing with unseen interviewer about her pitching style.
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More footage of the women's softball World Series game, focusing on Joyce's pitching
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Live action pitching shot from the California San Jose Sunbirds
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Players running bases as crowd is heard cheering.
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Talking head female player from the Connecticut softball team talking with unseen unknown interviewer praising Joan Joyce's pitching
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Female softball batter swinging bat, hits a pop up
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More live action game shots from the 1977 First World Series of the Women's International Softball League.
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Game ends. All players on field, shaking hands
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Close up on Connecticut Falcon's hand signing autograph on game program
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Player signing autograph on yellow baseball
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Tilt down on Joyce signing autographs for the kids gathered around her
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Player signing the back of a kid's white t-shirt
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Players and others leaving field in the dark, shot from behind, the back of player's softball jacket reads, "Connecticut Falcons"
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Cutaway to shot of a lone seagull in flight.
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Sailboat against the backdrop of the SanFrancisco skyline on a foggy day.
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Scenic shot of SanFrancisco bay on a foggy day, sailboats on the water and the Golden Gate Bridge
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African American woman, Eileen Hernandez, Founder and Former President of the National Organization for Women, talking with unseen unknown interviewer about how the women's movement has not disappeared, it has spread out. The revolution has expanded into every woman's life - she talks about the many women's organizations that are looking at the conditions in women's lives. The movement has "infiltrated the entire fabric of American life" in a very positive way.
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POV moving boat on SanFrancisco Bay, The Golden Gate Bridge is seen in bkgd.
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POV moving vehicle along suburban street in Long Beach, California.
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African American woman, introduced as Pat Stevenson, by unseen interviewer, at the stove in her kitchen stirring food in a pot. Group of people are seen gathered, seated in other room
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Hand with orange oven mitt pulling a roast out from the oven.
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Stevenson, wearing a red apron walking into living room joining her guests. Narrator gives her background. Stevenson had benefitted from the changes in the women's movement, single, she earns her living in a blue collar job which until recently no women were in this position.
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Stevenson, sitting next to her friend, Quincy, they talk about what it was like when she first started her construction job.
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Construction workers, including female African American woman Pat Stevenson, wearing hard hats and digging at construction site with the crew.
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Stereotypical white male construction worker, wearing white hard hat, with cigarette dangling from mouth.
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Male constructions workers are seen loading truck with equipment, specifically road barriers. Female worker Stevenson in hard hat, is seen standing on back of truck and grabbing the equipment as it's handed to her.
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Male construction worker at job site and talking with unseen interviewer about how women are doing work he's never seen them do before, like driving a bus.
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Construction worker opening a manhole cover, flipping the cover over.
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Construction worker, Pat Stevenson, climbs down into manhole. She is heard narrating as she climbs down in and states that a few years ago she would never have imagined herself doing this type of work. Now she says, "women can do just about everything, if they want to".
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Male crew members looking down into manhole as Stevenson climbs out, giving her a helpful hand.
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Stevenson back in her apartment speaking with unseen interviewer states she used to do clerical work, but the money she makes now is twice the amount and she enjoys the work better.
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Middle aged African American couple, female is holding infant
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Stevenson suddenly jumping up from living room and running into kitchen checking food on the stove
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Close up on an oil dredger
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Stevenson at the job site, getting out of pick up truck, opening up wooden hatch to reveal equipment inside. Male crew member walking over with large wrench.
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Stevenson at work standing in manhole using large wrench to open equipment
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Stevenson's hands on wrench. Fellow crew member takes wrench from Stevenson and she climbs out of manhole and closes hatch
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Fellow crew member sitting in pick up truck, speaking with unseen interviewer, about the great progress Pat Stevenson is making on the job, how she studied the tools from the Sears Roebuck catalog learning the names of the different tools.
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Back in Stevenson's apartment she states she would like to see other women on the crew and to stay not leave after a short time.
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Stevenson in her hard had, from behind, kneeling feeding a stray dog
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Dog licking from paper cup.
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Stevenson joining her male crew seated on bench on lunch break
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Stevenson with crew member using drill jig to drill hole through asphalt on street, traffic going by.
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Gloved hands on large drill jig. Narrator states women like Pat Stevenson now make up 40% of the American labor force.
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Passenger train passing through through above ground railroad station
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Cutaway - exterior University of Illinois - Carved concrete or stone inscription above entrance. "The University Library"
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University of Illinois sociologist, Joan Huber, leaning against exterior wall at the University, speaking with unseen unknown interviewer. gives her insight into the women's movement. Believes it's here to stay. Reason being the increasing numbers of employed women who feel they don't get a fair shake or the jobs they are entitled to. Secondly more women going to enter the labor market because no one wants them to stop working! but more importantly the two earner family is becoming normal, it brings in another income at very little cost to the Man!
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Huber goes on to say another reason the women's movement is here to stay is fertility is down now and we'll never go back to the old days where we expect the average woman to have 7 children by the time she's 45! No chance the clock will be turned back.
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Above ground passenger train whizzing past high rises and along a river with downtown skyline view
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Sunset over the city of Boston looking out from one of the rivers surrounding it.
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Peds downtown Boston MA.
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Elaine Noble, a feminist Boston politician, walking up steps of government building
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Noble speaking with unseen unknown interviewer. Noble speaks about how she encourages what others feel is "too much activism" on the part of her constituents - and her answer to that is "what is too much".
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Talking head male in Noble's office in the State Capital.
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Close up Elaine Noble on the phone. Her assistants nearby, she talks about a march being planned.
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Shot from behind, Noble and her assistant leaving State Capital, walking down the street. She narrates as we see her walking that she has done the best job she can possibly do in the first two years as a Representative and that her battle going forward is that she can prove that as a woman she can be one of the best politicians that has ever represented them.
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Noble speaking with unseen interviewer stating that the exciting thing about being a feminist today (LATE '70'S) is because of the changes happening and that it's the second wave of an early development of a whole new millennium that is changing this country and other countries.
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Huge crowd of Women marching (late 1970's) for Equal Rights, holding large banners read: Women Support Women; ERA YES!, Equal Rights for Women, Racism Sexism Enemies of Us All.
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Noble walking down city street with her assistant, passing apartment buildings, store fronts, she's leafing through papers and talking as she's walking.
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Noble continuing interview states that the only hope we have is when people decide to run for office from outside of the system and make the personal, professional, and political commitment.
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Elaine Noble inside her campaign office greeting elderly people walking in. Narrator states that after Noble came out as a Lesbian during her first campaign, and was honest about it, she won the election by 2 to 1 margin. Her stellar record as a legislature won her her second race by double that margin.
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Elderly women shaking hands with unknown young man in Noble's campaign office. He leans over table as other workers look at paperwork.
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Two very elderly women sitting at table leafing through papers.
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Elaine Noble still speaking with interviewer talking about her lesbianism being a personal lifestyle, that of which she would defend. It does not inhibit her from doing her job and hopes that other gay people and her constituents can see that she can provide some kind of a model.
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Cutaway to theatre marquis - reads: Something is Happening Here.
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Pan along Las Vegas strip POV moving vehicle, neon marquees, casino signs in neon, Golden Nugget Gambling Hall marquee.
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Pan along a low income Las Vegas neighborhood (POV moving vehicle), passing by residential homes, storefronts & motel.
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African American woman with large Afro hairdo, Ruby Duncan, speaking emphatically with unseen interviewer about being on welfare, the degrading feeling you get and the complete invasion of your privacy from the Welfare Department. She feels a poor woman should have her dignity and the system should be done with and replaced with a program that is much more relevant.
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Duncan goes on to state that poor women and children are a goldmine for politicians. Politics is the reason the poor women in one part of town (Las Vegas) are suffering with no child care, no food, no jobs, and on welfare. The old men politicians are old, degraded, retired, servicemen and don't look at women and children humanely. They talk about how the women are the cheaters. The cheaters are the politicians who should be making sure the poor women survive.
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Furthermore, Duncan encourages that the women's movement can help, but her advice to poor women is to get out and vote, knock on doors, talk about your problems, and be strong. Work toward changes. Stand on your own two feet and don't take no for an answer. Don't get discouraged, continue doing what you're doing. Stick with it, work hard, and stay on top of any move you can make.
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the old Las Vegas strip, POV moving vehicle, Sinatra on billboard, Flamingo Hotel sign
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Ruby Duncan behind the wheel of her car, driving down the Strip, pulling into parking space, getting out of car.
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Ruby talking with African American women out in parking lot talk ing about getting better jobs, encouraging them to get training.
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Ruby talking proudly with interviewer (unseen) about how they organized the community, started an organization called Operation Life, aka Economic Development Project, organizing it from the ground up. One thing they know for sure THEY WILL NOT LET THE MEN COME IN AND TAKE IT OVER!
Gotta love that Ruby! |
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Driving through low income neighborhood in Las Vegas (POV moving vehicle), passing small homes, store fronts.
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Ruby with group of African American women holding babies, fussing over them. Cute little black kids hugging Ruby. She is heard narrating proudly about how she never dreamed that her life would tumble in such a good things, ,beautiful ideas , and working with the real community, and really bringing about economic dignity and strength. She never dreamed it would happen so well.
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Close up Ruby holding really cute little baby girl
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The old Las Vegas strip again, lit up at night in neon, POV moving vehicle - flashing signs, Vegas Vic the famous Vegas cowboy.
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Freight train moving along in rural area, as narrator talking about how the women's movement will continue to create change, things are possible for women today that were never possible before. There are possibilities for all women.
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Montage of all the women featured in this series.
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Freight train rolling along.
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Show end. Title of program and credits overlay moving freight train.
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Reel end.
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