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Was The Women’s Liberation Movement Radical' Debate: Was the Women’s Liberation Movement Radical' During the 1960's and 1970's many groups in the United States found themselves protesting for their rights. The Constitution and Bill of Rights had been written nearly two hundred years before, yet some people still felt their rights were not being protected in the greatest democratic country in the world. These protesting groups included African Americans, Hispanics, Native Americans, homosexuals, and women. To figure out if the women’s liberation movement was a radical one, we should first look at the definition of radical. The American Heritage dictionary defines radical as “Advocating fundamental or revolutionary changes.” According to this definition the women’s liberation movement was indeed a radical one. The women’s movement was primarily pushed by young educated women who found it difficult to go to a life as housewife after attending college. One of the ways they promoted these revolutionary ideas through their involvement in equal rights groups. Perhaps one of the most influential political groups that is still working today is the National Organization for Women ( NOW). This group was started, “to take action to bring women into full participation in the mainstream of women, women’s, rights, radical, one, today, themselves, revolutionary, now, movement, liberation, groups, found, young, equal, education, college, years, through, take, society, should, right, protesting, political, place, person, organization, much, men, make, jobs, included, highly, higher