Patricia Ireland
Patricia Ireland
Patricia Irelandis a U.S. administrator and feminist. She served as president of the National Organization for Women, from 1991 to 2001 and published an autobiography, What Women Want, in 1996...
sex issues fairness
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 marriage and never lied about their sex lives either denying or exaggerating!
focus may violence
Violence may be a good focus to organize around, but we have to look at women's lives in our entirety.
phones doors people
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 know how to raise money.
party two evil
the two major parties too often present us with a choice of the evil of two lessers.
christian roots years
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 beliefs and values from all kinds of places, even, in fact, strengthened by our diversity.
home political lines
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 personal family matter, it's a public and political problem. It's a way that women are kept in line, kept in our places.
numbers statistics blame
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 many.
winning roots goal
In any grass-roots campaign, building an ongoing base of support is as important as winning the ultimate goal.
new-day judging important
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 won't tolerate this violence and to know how to deal with it.
icons agreement justice
Most of us see Justice O'Connor as something of an icon, although we do not agree with all of her decisions.
equality littles stamps
Stewardesses are still paid so little that in many cases, new hires qualify for food stamps.
too-much six three
Is a woman raped every three minutes or every six minutes? It is far too much, whatever it is.
american-activist gets movement time tough
We may be in a tough time right now, but when we are in a tough time is when our movement gets really strong.
bad control far heads masters mean men message women
When they say men should take responsibility, they really mean men should take control ... that men should be heads and masters of their families, and women should take a back seat. That is a very bad message as far as I am concerned.