Storyteller to Give Inside Look at Women’s History

Storyteller Ellouise Schoettler will soon give audiences an inside look at the 1970s Second Wave Women's Movement. In performances beginning this week at Washington, D.C.’s Capital Fringe Festival, Schoettler will provide an eyewitness account of her role in grassroots political history.

During the special performances, audiences will learn how in 1968, Schoettler, a 32-year-old college freshman and mother of three, became involved in lobbying for women’s rights as a National Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) activist. Schoettler’s involvement eventually led to the birth of her "big idea” – the Business Council for ERA, the League of Women Voters' initiative to re-energize the ERA campaign after being granted a three-year extension to ratify.

Opening night for Pushing Boundaries: Politics becomes Personal. Again is July 9, the 32nd anniversary of the 1978 National Organization for Women (NOW) march on Washington. The five-show set concludes July 24. Tickets are $15. For more information, visit www.pushingboundariesstory.com.