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Other figures committee members said it was considering two weeks ago included Vernon Jordan, former Rep. Robert Drinan, Richard Pryor, Andrew Young, Alan Alda, Lily Tomlin, Garry Trudeau, and Gloria Steinem...
...progressive constituencies around the idea that we cannot solve any of our problems without full employment." If Democratic Agenda truly represents "all progressive constituencies" the the left is seriously arthritic. Almost every spokesman at the rally was a veteran, most well past the zenith of their influence. Gloria Steinem called for ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment. Cesar Chavez wants a boycott of Maggio brand carrots. And United Auto Workers president Douglas Fraser said his constituency was interested in a single issue--more jobs...
THERE ARE OTHER colorful leaders on the left. They confine their efforts, however, to a cause, not the cause. Steinem talks ERA, Chavez talks carrots. Consequently, parts of the liberal philosophy may do very well indeed--witness, for example, the increased attention recently paid gay rights--while the liberal movement as a unified whole, remains an academic proposition...
...dozen cheerleaders stamped their white boots and chanted: "Ratify the ERA, we shall not be moved!" Familiar feminist leaders-Bella Abzug, Betty Friedan and Gloria Steinem noteworthy among them-led some 50,000 men, women and children, most wearing white, to symbolize their spiritual ties with the suffragists,* down Chicago's Columbus Drive and into Grant Park. There the crowd cheered heartily as Mayor Jane Byrne declared, "It's time that we women of Illinois were looking at the legislature and saying...
...healthy functioning provided a worthy theme for last week's American Psychiatric Association convention in San Francisco. At first, however, it looked as though there might be very little of either. In demonstrations and caucuses, angry feminists denounced the association as male-dominated and hopelessly sexist. Gloria Steinem was there to push the cause, and Betty Friedan sent a message saying that she dreamed of the day when women would not need psychiatrists...