"I am not a do-gooder. I am a revolutionary. A revolutionary woman." Long before Jane Fonda became known for being a fitness guru, she was socially conscious. This is her story. #WomensHistoryMonth
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00:00It took me 60 years to realize that although I was a feminist in my head, that I didn't embody feminism.
00:12I was 32 years old. I had a child, and I was dead. I was a pretty old person. I had sort of shriveled up like a dead leaf on the branch,
00:39and I suddenly started to get very mad about that.
00:50I'm not very happy by what the picture is saying to women, which is if you get a good shrink and a good guy, everything will turn out all right, and I don't think that's true.
01:09When we started 20 years ago, it was so hard. I mean, there were many counties where we were not allowed to come in to talk about pregnancy, contraception, comprehensive sexuality education.
01:39Behind the closed doors of my marriages, I would give up my power in order to please the man I was with. I would silence my own voice in order to be acceptable to my man.
02:05It took me 60 years to realize that although I was a feminist in my head, that I didn't embody feminism.
02:17Of course it upsets me that women are still earning 30 cents per dollar less than a man earns doing exactly the same work, but in terms of movies, it's also very important.
02:37The fact is that most film directors are men, white men. Women have to become part of the very heart of movie making.
02:53His downfall has been so rapid and complete that I believe that it's actually shifted things. I think that it'll be harder for powerful men to get away with this in the future.
03:07I think that it'll be harder for powerful men to get away with this in the future.