I helped plan the events of that day and ran several, like the Mass for the Repose of the Soul of Male Supremacy in Times Square, where we put a plaque saying a statue of Sojourner Truth and Susan B Anthony would replace Father Duffy.. We also put out an edition of THE NOW YORK TIMES , " All the news that would give The Times fits" written as though women were running the world and began the day distributing copies in buses and subways and then, at The Times, where guards kept us from entering the elevators. Judy Klemesrud, a young Times journalist let us in thru a side door. We ran around the building giving copies to everyone .. ( later women employees sued The Times)... We ended up meeting with the then editor, who treated us with disdain. The Times underplayed the success of that day and lied about the numbers who marched. Saying 10,000 marched! There were 50,000 or more marching. It was an incredible day that turned a small NOW organization and a few women's liberation groups into a Movement. Women we'd never heard of joined our march in NYC and all over the nation began to fight for rights in their cities , states and in the nation. It was an incredible time, with many successes and some great losses, like the ERA , which had passed Congress and Senate and died in the States.. However the Movement that day started still exists , though the momentum has changed. And Betty Friedan instigated all this. Jacqui ceballos.. www.vfa.us
I helped plan the events of that day and ran several, like the Mass for the Repose of the Soul of Male Supremacy in Times Square, where we put a plaque saying a statue of Sojourner Truth and Susan B Anthony would replace Father Duffy.. We also put out an edition of THE NOW YORK TIMES , " All the news that would give The Times fits" written as though women were running the world and began the day distributing copies in buses and subways and then, at The Times, where guards kept us from entering the elevators. Judy Klemesrud, a young Times journalist let us in thru a side door. We ran around the building giving copies to everyone .. ( later women employees sued The Times)... We ended up meeting with the then editor, who treated us with disdain. The Times underplayed the success of that day and lied about the numbers who marched. Saying 10,000 marched! There were 50,000 or more marching. It was an incredible day that turned a small NOW organization and a few women's liberation groups into a Movement. Women we'd never heard of joined our march in NYC and all over the nation began to fight for rights in their cities , states and in the nation. It was an incredible time, with many successes and some great losses, like the ERA , which had passed Congress and Senate and died in the States.. However the Movement that day started still exists , though the momentum has changed. And Betty Friedan instigated all this. Jacqui ceballos.. www.vfa.us