Alice Rossi harkens from the old guard of feminists — a contemporary of Betty Friedan and Gloria Steinem.

She helped create “NOW” (the National Organization for Women) and led some of the early abortion-rights rallies of the sixties. She sparked a national controversy in 1964 when she called for equality in parenting. But Rossi’s three children have often pointed out that Alice wasn’t as successful in her home life. Today, Alice is 85 and suffering from emphysema, her daughter Nina is 47 and a single mother, and the two women have been recording a video memoir together about family, work, and politics.