If we get a government that reflects more of what this country is really about, we can turn the century - and the economy - around.

They used to give us a day-it was called International Women's Day. In 1975 they gave us a year, the Year of the Woman. Then from 1975 to 1985 they gave us a decade, the Decade of the Woman. I said at the time, who knows, if we behave they may let us into the whole thing. Well, we didn't behave and here we are.

I prefer the word 'homemaker' because 'housewife' always implies that there may be a wife someplace else.

Congress is a middle-aged, middle-class, white male power structure ... no wonder it's been so totally unresponsive to the needs of this country.

We need laws that protect everyone - men and women, straights and gays, regardless of sexual perversion...ah, persuasion.

Women's struggle for equality worldwide is about more than equality between men and women. Our struggle is about reversing the trends of social, economic, political, and ecological crisis - a global nervous breakdown! Our struggle is about creating sustainable lives and attainable dreams.

I am not being facetious when I say that the real enemies in this country are the Pentagon and its pals in big business.