We Are Coming Down From Our Pedestal

They Used To Give Us A Day-it Was Called International Women's Day. In 1975 They Gave Us A Year, The Year Of The Woman. Then From 1975 To 1985 They Gave Us A Decade, The Decade Of The Woman. I Said At The Time, Who Knows, If We Behave They May Let Us Into The Whole Thing. Well, We Didn't Behave And Here We Are.

Women Will Not Simply Be Mainstreamed Into The Polluted Stream. Women Are Changing The Stream, Making It Clean And Green And Safe For All - Every Gender, Race, Creed, Sexual Orientation, Age, And Ability.

I Am Not Elevating Women To Sainthood, Nor Am I Suggesting That All Women Share The Same Views, Or That All Women Are Good And All Men Bad.

The Women's Movement, Not Only Here In The U.s., But Worldwide, Is Bigger And Stronger Than Ever Before And In Places Where It Has Never Been. It Has Arms. It Has Legs. And Most Importantly, It Has Heads.

In The Face Of So Much Pain, I Remain An Incurable Optimist. I Am Fueled By The Passion Of The Women I Have Been Privileged To Meet And Work With, Buoyed By Their Hope For Peace, Justice, And Democracy.