Jun 8, 2022Some Good News!For a national team that used to travel coach while the men sat in first class, the U.S. Women’s Soccer Team scored a major victory. After years of litigation focused on equal pay and benefits, the women’s team received a settlement agreement for past discrimination and future equal pay and…Women2 min readWomen2 min read
Jun 8, 2022YOU DON’T MATTERYOU DON’T MATTER Dear Readers, I sent a shorter version of this letter to The Boston Globe. The message from the highest court and Congress is alarmingly clear: YOU DON’T MATTER, and you no longer have reproductive freedom in the United States unless your state gives it to you. Women…Women2 min readWomen2 min read
Mar 15, 2022Aren’t We All Pro-Life?“We are all pro-life, only that some of us are in favor of allowing women to live a life in which their dignity is respected, and they can exercise their rights fully.”Womens Health6 min readWomens Health6 min read
Nov 27, 2021The ConcertOn Friday, I learned that a colleague at work, Jackie, might get tickets to the Barbra Streisand Concert at Madison Square Garden for Monday evening! It was 1994. Bucket lists were not yet in vogue, but if they were, this concert would be at the top of mine. I became…Music4 min readMusic4 min read
Oct 7, 2021Nob Hill TheftDenis returned from getting the luggage from the car, like a man who had seen a ghost. “What happened?” I asked. “Someone broke the window in the car. Glass is everywhere.” My husband Denis and I had flown to San Francisco. My brother Sean was scheduled to undergo surgery in…Travel Writing2 min readTravel Writing2 min read
Jun 18, 2021More Penalties for Working WomenMore than 5.4 million women lost jobs during the pandemic compared to 4.4 million men. The pandemic was hardest on women working in low-paying, in-person jobs in the service industries, particularly child care, hospitality, customer service, waitressing, retail sales, housekeeping, and personal care providers. Women of color make up a…Women3 min readWomen3 min read
Jan 16, 2021Sowing the Seeds of DistrustThe recent crises in leadership in the federal government highlight why it’s essential to have government continuity. Strong democracies can survive a bizarre and unpredictable leader now and then. In the United States, people have severely suffered under the Trump Administration’s changes to policies like immigration, climate change, and health…Politics5 min readPolitics5 min read
Jun 10, 2020Since 1973 Legal Abortion has been a Constitutional Right!And we’re still fighting to keep abortions legal and safe decades later. It’s hard to remember that the right to privacy was the basis for Roe v. Wade. Governments in many states are acting to block safe reproductive medical procedures during the pandemic. More than a dozen states have tried…Politics And Protest3 min readPolitics And Protest3 min read
Mar 13, 2020A Model Professional of Her TimeMy mother, Martha Walsh, grew up on a farm in Fincherville, Georgia, where she lived with her southern Baptist parents and four older siblings. The farm required hard work and full engagement for the family to eat and survive. It was a place of action. If you didn’t know how…Mothers12 min readMothers12 min read
Mar 4, 2020The Sun is Shining on the ERA-UpdatedEver been to one of those never-ending baseball games? You get tired, your back aches, you think about leaving, but you need to stay and support your team. The Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) journey feels like a multi-generational, never-ending baseball game. Alice Paul (1885–1977), a suffragist, filed the ERA in…Politics6 min readPolitics6 min read
