[Magdalen] profiles in courage

[Jon Egger]

Adlai Stevenson II.  When he died it was the first time I saw my father
weep.  He was UU.

Grace and peace,
brud



Grace and peace,
brud

On Wed, Sep 30, 2015 at 10:38 AM, Jim Guthrie <jguthrie at pipeline.com> wrote:

> Here are tow good ones, I think -- both very colorful and fast being
> forgotten, sadly:
>
> Shirley Chisholm -- First African American Congresswoman elected 1968
> (Beating James Farmer, former head of the Congress of Racial Equality
> running as a Liberal with GOP endorsement); First woman to run for
> President as a Democrat, receiving 152 votes at the 1972 Democratic
> National Convention.
>
> Bella Abzug -- Battling Bella (of the Hats!) a co-founder of Women's
> Strike for Peace, pioneer civil rights lawyer, slogan - "A Woman's Place is
> in the House (of Representatives." Also introduced the first gay rights
> bill in Congress in 1974.
>
> Cheers,
> Jim
>
>