Madre's Missives


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March 18th, 2005

It's baaaaaaaaack...

Posted At: 6:50pm by Sandra Ostapowich

Today, the Equal Rights Amendment was reintroduced into the House  (Carolyn Maloney, D-NY) and the Senate (Kennedy, D-MA)

Reasons for the ERA
Those who support the Equal Rights Amendment (including The National Council of Women's Organizations) believe that

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Men Are from Mars, Women from Venus I am reading Men Are from Mars, Women from Venus
John Gray
Release Date: January, 1992
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Feminism in Islam

Posted At: 6:20pm by Sandra Ostapowich

Muslim Woman Plans to Lead Prayers, Sparking Controversy

In an attempt to bring attention to the second-class

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Like a Prayer I am listening to Like a Prayer
Madonna
Release Date: 25 October, 1990
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March 15th, 2005

What's Up with Wisconsin?

Posted At: 7:27pm by Sandra Ostapowich

(from the Milwaukee Sentinel Journal)

First it was the cat thing, then a "church" shooting, now this...is there something in the cheese?

Waukesha - A woman intentionally rammed her car into St. Joseph's Catholic Church on Saturday, saying the deadly Brookfield shootings prove God does not exist, police Sgt. Jeff Fulwiler said

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God Shuffled His Feet I am listening to God Shuffled His Feet
Crash Test Dummies
Release Date: 26 October, 1993
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It's a Girl! Here's $2,300!

Posted At: 7:10pm by Sandra Ostapowich
State Government of India Gives Cash Incentives to Raise Daughters The southern state of Andhra Pradesh, India is offering to pay families $2,300 when their daughter turns 20 years old as an incentive to encourage families to keep their female babies. The sex ratio of females to males in India is 927 to 1,000, making it one of the lowest female-to-male ratios in the world, reports [ read more ]
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March 13th, 2005

Herstory 101

Posted At: 1:40pm by Sandra Ostapowich

As we move forward in the 21st century, many of these stories have become a vital part of the telling of our history. This was not the case in 1980 when less than 3% of the content of school textbooks mentioned the contributions of women. Women, when included, were usually written in as mere footnotes to history. For most

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