Margaret talks with Allison Raskin about the radicals and feminists and radical feminists who got 90% of a country's women to refuse to do work at the jobsite or at home

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Margaret talks with Allison Raskin about the radicals and feminists and radical feminists who got 90% of a country's women to refuse to do work at the jobsite or at home
Sources:
<a href="https://bluestockings.com/">https://bluestockings.com/</a>&nbsp; <a href="https://nvdatabase.swarthmore.edu/content/icelandic-women-strike-economic-and-social-equality-1975">https://nvdatabase.swarthmore.edu/content/icelandic-women-strike-economic-and-social-equality-1975</a>&nbsp; <a href="https://kvennasogusafn-is.translate.goog/kvennafri/1975-2/raeda-adalheidar/?_x_tr_sl=auto&amp;_x_tr_tl=en&amp;_x_tr_hl=en&amp;_x_tr_pto=wapp">https://kvennasogusafn-is.translate.goog/kvennafri/1975-2/raeda-adalheidar/?_x_tr_sl=auto&amp;_x_tr_tl=en&amp;_x_tr_hl=en&amp;_x_tr_pto=wapp</a>&nbsp; <a href="https://normlex.ilo.org/dyn/nrmlx_en/f?p=NORMLEXPUB:11310:0::NO:11310:P11310_INSTRUMENT_ID:312245:NO">https://normlex.ilo.org/dyn/nrmlx_en/f?p=NORMLEXPUB:11310:0::NO:11310:P11310_INSTRUMENT_ID:312245:NO</a>&nbsp; <a href="https://kvennasogusafn-is.translate.goog/kvennafri/1975-2/avorp-raudsokka/?_x_tr_sl=auto&amp;_x_tr_tl=en&amp;_x_tr_hl=en&amp;_x_tr_pto=wapp">https://kvennasogusafn-is.translate.goog/kvennafri/1975-2/avorp-raudsokka/?_x_tr_sl=auto&amp;_x_tr_tl=en&amp;_x_tr_hl=en&amp;_x_tr_pto=wapp</a>&nbsp; <a href="https://edition.cnn.com/2018/03/08/europe/global-womens-strike-international-womens-day-intl/index.html">https://edition.cnn.com/2018/03/08/europe/global-womens-strike-international-womens-day-intl/index.html</a>&nbsp; <a href="https://pages.uoregon.edu/eherman/teaching/texts/Redstockings%20Manifesto.pdf">https://pages.uoregon.edu/eherman/teaching/texts/Redstockings%20Manifesto.pdf</a>&nbsp; <a href="https://feministwiki.org/wiki/Redstockings">https://feministwiki.org/wiki/Redstockings</a>&nbsp; <a href="https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/gender-equality-by-country">https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/gender-equality-by-country</a>&nbsp; <a href="https://villagepreservation.org/2022/05/09/redstockings/">https://villagepreservation.org/2022/05/09/redstockings/</a>&nbsp; <a href="https://daily.jstor.org/the-bluestockings/">https://daily.jstor.org/the-bluestockings/</a>&nbsp; <a href="https://www.icelandreview.com/news/iceland-pay-gap-grows-despite-equality-efforts/">https://www.icelandreview.com/news/iceland-pay-gap-grows-despite-equality-efforts/</a>&nbsp; <a href="https://www.forbes.com/advisor/credit-cards/when-could-women-get-credit-cards/">https://www.forbes.com/advisor/credit-cards/when-could-women-get-credit-cards/</a>&nbsp; <a href="https://www.france24.com/en/20200731-vigdis-finnbogadottir-the-world-s-first-elected-female-president">https://www.france24.com/en/20200731-vigdis-finnbogadottir-the-world-s-first-elected-female-president</a>&nbsp; <a href="https://www.inspiredbyiceland.com/stories/womens-right-to-vote">https://www.inspiredbyiceland.com/stories/womens-right-to-vote</a>&nbsp; <a href="https://english.hi.is/news/womens-strike-2025">https://english.hi.is/news/womens-strike-2025</a>&nbsp; <a href="https://www.routesnorth.com/language-and-culture/icelandic-last-names-a-simple-guide/">https://www.routesnorth.com/language-and-culture/icelandic-last-names-a-simple-guide/</a>&nbsp; <a href="https://lens.monash.edu/gender-equality-behind-icelands-paradise-for-women-image-lies-a-hidden-care-gap/">https://lens.monash.edu/gender-equality-behind-icelands-paradise-for-women-image-lies-a-hidden-care-gap/</a>&nbsp; <a href="https://jacobin.com/2019/10/iceland-redstockings-womens-strike-feminism">https://jacobin.com/2019/10/iceland-redstockings-womens-strike-feminism</a>&nbsp;

As long as there’s been oppression, there’ve been people fighting it. This weekly podcast dives into history to drag up the wildest rebels, the most beautiful revolts, and all the people who long to be—and fight to be—free. It explores complex stories of resistance that offer lessons and inspiration for us today, focusing on the ensemble casts that make up each act of history. That is to say, this podcast focuses on Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff.

As long as there’s been oppression, there’ve been people fighting it. This weekly podcast dives into history to drag up the wildest rebels, the most beautiful revolts, and all the people who long to be—and fight to be—free. It explores complex stories of resistance that offer lessons and inspiration for us today, focusing on the ensemble casts that make up each act of history. That is to say, this podcast focuses on Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff.

Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff

As long as there&rsquo;s been oppression, there&rsquo;ve been people fighting it. This weekly podcast dives into history to drag up the wildest rebels, the most beautiful revolts, and all the people who long to be&mdash;and fight to be&mdash;free. It explores complex stories of resistance that offer lessons and inspiration for us today, focusing on the ensemble casts that make up each act of history. That is to say, this podcast focuses on Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff.

Part One: The Iceland Women's Strike of 1975: How Iceland Became the Most Gender Equal Country on Earth

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