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Another candidate who has excited interest among women is Carol Moseley Braun, who upset incumbent Al Dixon in the Illinois Democratic Senate primary in March. Feminists seized on her triumph over Dixon, who voted for Thomas' confirmation as a Supreme Court Justice, as evidence that the Hill-Thomas backlash would propel women to power. "That was an improbable victory," says veteran feminist Betty Friedan, "so now it seems like an augury of things to come." But was it? Braun, a strong supporter of abortion rights, owed her victory less to women's anger than to the arrogance and myopia...
...Braun's candidacy may prove a harbinger on an entirely different front: the growing strength of the abortion-rights issue -- particularly when there is a female pro-choice candidate championing the cause. Until now, pro-life voters have been more likely than pro-choice supporters to judge candidates solely on the abortion issue. With Roe in jeopardy, that may be changing. Shortly after Braun's victory, her conservative Republican opponent, Richard Williamson, reversed his long-standing opposition to abortion...
According to Braun, the EAC wanted to address issues of moral and national concern. However, they were concerned that Harvard students would have trouble seeing their impact beyond the campus...
...report was an attempt to show that we really are connected, that our activities have something to do with the global environment," Braun said...
...Chair Brett R. Huff '93 echoed Braun's thoughts. "The idea was to make sure that people were educating themselves on their environmental impact at Harvard," he said...