Word: activists
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...conservative activist, whose allies once claimed ERA would give America co-ed bathrooms and force women to serve in combat alongside men, is confident that her archfoes--the feminists--have been beaten. "There was very much debate from 1972 to 1976 and nobody wants it," Schlafly said. She called ERA "a rule that will require us to pretend that there's no difference between men and women...
...recent departure by a lesbian activist from the increasingly antagonistic race for the Massachusetts Senate seat in the Suffolk and Middlesex district has left the two leading contenders to battle it out for the support of progressive groups...
Marguerite Gerstell, a lesbian political activist from Winthrop, Mass., has reportedly given up her attempt to unseat incumbent State Senator Michael LoPresti '70 after he received the endorsement of the Greater Boston Lesbian and Gay Political Alliance. But Boston City Councillor Robert Travaglini remains a strong contender in the race...
Political observers said they agree that Gerstell's departure will bolster the LoPresti campaign, as the lesbian activist would probably have taken votes away from the incumbent. LoPresti, who called himself a more progressive candidate, also said he thought that Gerstell would have chipped away at his support...
...echo as well in New York City. "No justice! No peace!" bellows the Rev. Al Sharpton at innumerable demonstrations on behalf of Tawana Brawley, the black teenager from Wappingers Falls, N.Y., who says she was abducted and raped by six white men. For more than eight months, Sharpton and Activist Attorneys C. Vernon Mason and Alton Maddox Jr. have waged guerrilla warfare against the state officials looking into the case and effectively prevented any significant investigation of the charges. The trio's wild claims and controversial tactics have alienated many blacks as well as whites, but their allegation that...