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What About Our Rights?

In the Republic of Ireland, women who have played a traditionally passive role are beginning to rebel. They believe it's a myth that all Irish eyes are smiling in a land of happy families. They point to mothers of enormous families who are denied the Pill, unmarried mothers who are forced to have their babies adopted, deserted wives who have little redress. One of the leaders of the campaign, journalist Nuala Fennell , has just written a book Irish Marriage, How Are You? It takes a hard, bitter look at the way women have to suffer in a male dominated society.

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  • Originally Aired June 26, 1974
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