Word: march
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...feel like this has been a really active year in terms of women on campus, and the march underscores the importance of women's issues," says Holly R. Zellweger '90, co-president of the Radcliffe Union of Students...
...think [the march] really reenergized people," says Jennifer A. Dunne '89, who organized the 11 charter buses that brought Harvard undergraduates to Washington. "It was really exciting to see it happen and come together. I was astounded at the number of people who went." The level of activism at Harvard, too, is on an upswing, she says...
...state coordinator for Massachusetts NOW and a former president of RUS, Ann Pellegrini '86, says she thinks the march will spur campus activism by getting younger students actively interested in campaigning for their rights...
...think this brought out a lot of young people to the march. We keep forgetting that our mothers and grandmothers lived through times when we didn't have these rights," Pellegrini says...
...outgoing president of the Women's Law Association (WLA), Bonnie A. Savage, also says that the march made college students more aware of the need for activism. The WLA sent 40 people to Washington, many of whom are not normally involved with WLA activities, Savage says...