Word: equalizing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Ferraro is the phoenix who was snatched from the ashes of the 1982 defeat of the Equal Rights Amendment. Leaders of women's groups and women elected officials began meeting that summer to plan strategies to beat Ronald Reagan. Says Eleanor Smeal, former president of the National Organization for Women: "Once we had proved the existence of the gender gap, we had to figure...
...might consider. In all the rhetoric at the convention, there was little mention of sacrifice. Ferraro at one point echoed John Kennedy by saying, "The issue is not what America can do for women, but what women can do for America." But she was talking about passage of the Equal Rights Amendment - again, self-interest, not sacrifice...
...matter how strongly some women felt about voting, though, the overwhelming issue of that era was the abolition of slavery, and Stanton's associates eagerly joined the battle. They made speeches, raised money, collected signatures-often braving scorn and even physical threats-because they believed that abolition implied equal rights for all, Black and White, men and women. But when the Civil War was fought and won, they were appalled to learn that the newly drafted 14th Amendment guaranteed full citizenship to Blacks but only to "male inhabitants...
Many politicians were naturally terrified at the prospect of runaway reform. To win the new voters' support, Congress hastened to appropriate $1.25 million for health education for mothers and children. Michigan and Montana passed equal-pay laws. By 1921, some 20 states had granted women the right to serve on juries. But it took only a few years for professional politicians to make three key discoveries: 1) many women did not vote, 2) women did not vote as a bloc, and 3) they often voted exactly like their husbands. The bosses could sigh with relief; the status...
Beethoven: Violin Concerto (Violinist Gidon Kremer, Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Neville Marriner, conductor; Philips). Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 2 (Pianist Ivo Pogorelich, Chicago Symphony, Claudio Abbado, conductor; Deutsche Grammophon). These concertos, featuring two electrifying performers, are of unusual interest. Pogorelich has technique and temperament in equal measure; right from the piano's cascading entry, this is hot-blooded, Russian-style Chopin, more than a continent removed from the genteel salons of 19th century Paris. The Kremer-Marriner partnership in the Beethoven results in an elegant performance deliberately at odds with the customarily virtuosic way of viewing...