Birth: October 19, 1945
Jesus never said anything about homosexuality..
The Violence Against Women Act is so important. It provides money to train the cop on the beat, to train the judges that this is a new day, that we w….
Whatever Congress decides to do, in all fairness the only ones who should vote on this issue are members who themselves have never had sex outside of….
When I hear traditional family values raised, I hear that effort once again to re-establish the man as head and master of his family. Who had the, no….
The opposition has moved from a blaming the victim to blaming the victim's advocate's statistics. Irrespective of what the numbers are, it's far too ….
Some of us may just, in one-on-one conversations with our family, with our friends, over the back fence with our neighbors, talk about the reality of….
Stewardesses are still paid so little that in many cases, new hires qualify for food stamps..
I just have that sense this is the reason we got Sandra Day O'Connor on the Court in the first place is because Ronald Reagan was running for Preside….
Women are called upon to defend every bit of progress we have made against particularly virulent attack. But we must also hold out a vision, put fort….
Some of those men in power, we just have to change their faces because we're not going to change their minds..
My answer to those who oppose my appointment as CEO is that this is really a decision of the YWCA. They want to strengthen their grassroots to advoca….
The Young Women's Christian Association is nourished by its roots in Christianity and, at the same time, over the years, it's been enriched by belief….
We have to stop this violence. We have to make the political nature of the violence clear, that the violence we experience in our own homes is not a ….
When I started law school I was shocked to learn that our legal system traditionally had the man as the head and master of the family. As late as the….
Extremely strong, effective, tenacious, and powerful political networks can be built when you fight losing battles as well as when you win..
Some campaigns are not worth waging if you can't win; others have to be fought on grounds of principle regardless of the chances for success..
In any grass-roots campaign, building an ongoing base of support is as important as winning the ultimate goal..
There are a lot of people who worked extremely hard in the election who are still organized who know how to do door to door and phone canvassing, who….
Is a woman raped every three minutes or every six minutes? It is far too much, whatever it is..
I want to organize so that women see ourselves as people who are entitled to power, entitled to leadership..
Violence may be a good focus to organize around, but we have to look at women's lives in our entirety..