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The Janes

There's something wrongwhen a woman can't get a job without typing skills

There's something wrong
when a woman can't get a job without typing skills

Full Transcript

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There's something wrong when a woman can't get a job
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without typing skills.
Duration
6 seconds
Views
29
Timestamp in Movie
00:24:39
Uploaded
Mar 28, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
HBO Documentary Films,Pentimento Productions,Elsewhere Films

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Movie Summary

Police arrested seven women who were part of a clandestine network. Using code names, blindfolds and safe houses, they built an underground service for women seeking safe, affordable, illegal abortions calling themselves JANE.
If there's one thing that should be extended to the ladies, - The Janes 00:06
If there's one thing that should be extended to the lad...
We sat in restaurants downtown because they were all-male restaurants, - The Janes 00:09
We sat in restaurants downtown because they were all-male re...
You have no intention of changing your policy - The Janes 00:05
You have no intention of changing your policy
- Is that correct, sir? - If you women are that hard up - The Janes 00:07
- Is that correct, sir? - If you women are that hard up
We drove cars downtown to pick up the downtown secretaries - The Janes 00:11
We drove cars downtown to pick up the downtown secretaries
It just touched a nerve so deeply in me. - The Janes 00:07
It just touched a nerve so deeply in me.
I really wanted to go there. I wanted more. - The Janes 00:06
I really wanted to go there. I wanted more.
I wanted to be involved. And abortion seemed to me the frontline. - The Janes 00:07
I wanted to be involved. And abortion seemed to me the front...
Women were literally dying because they were women. - The Janes 00:06
Women were literally dying because they were women.
Whether or not people believe in abortion, - The Janes 00:09
Whether or not people believe in abortion,
And those abortions must be taken out of the hands - The Janes 00:06
And those abortions must be taken out of the hands
There were women's groups organized all over the country - The Janes 00:13
There were women's groups organized all over the countr...
Because I'd had one, I guess, and I knew what women were up against. - The Janes 00:06
Because I'd had one, I guess, and I knew what women wer...
We had been married less than a year. - The Janes 00:05
We had been married less than a year.
He was in graduate school - The Janes 00:07
He was in graduate school
At that time, you could not work as a pregnant woman. - The Janes 00:06
At that time, you could not work as a pregnant woman.
They saw it as a terrible responsibility - The Janes 00:08
They saw it as a terrible responsibility
And forget trying to find a job if you had small children at home. - The Janes 00:06
And forget trying to find a job if you had small children at...
I wore little white gloves, a suit with a skirt. - The Janes 00:06
I wore little white gloves, a suit with a skirt.
I was told ahead of time, - The Janes 00:08
I was told ahead of time,