ABSTRACT
Because men have dominated the recording industry, it was and remains difficult for women to retain control over their work. Annual conventions such as the Michigan Womyn’s Festival, started in 1976, became an important way for women artists and bands to develop their fan bases. The nineties saw the development of many independent woman-owned recording labels,
NATIONAL ABORTION AND REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS ACTION LEAGUE Political organization devoted to securing and defending women’s REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS. Founded in 1969, the National Abortion Rights Action League (NARAL) publicized the effects of abortion laws-dangerous back-alley abortions and unwanted births-and helped build grassroots support for change in the law, which came in 1973 with ROE V. WADE.
