Madeleine M. Kunin
CommentatorMadeleine May Kunin is a former governor of Vermont, and author of "The New Feminist Agenda, Defining the Next Revolution for Women, Work and Family," published by Chelsea Green.
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There is a new women’s movement in America. The first indicator was the Women’s March two years ago when women took to the streets in record numbers and…
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I remember exactly how I felt 27 years ago when I testified before the U.S. Senate Judiciary committee with a panel of women from Planned Parenthood to…
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I shuddered when I learned that more than 700 children, including toddlers, have been taken from their parents at the United States Mexican border. This…
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The calendar tells me I’m old - eighty four. I could have been the oldest person in the audience the night of the Mavis Staples jazz concert in…
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One of my day dreams is to open a restaurant. It would be called “The Quiet Restaurant,” a place with good food where customers could talk without getting…
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It was not unexpected. Still, when President Trump announced that the United States “was getting out” of the Paris Accord, it felt like he was describing…
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My first outfit on election night was a white jacket, in honor of the white clad suffragists who marched to give women the right to vote. The morning…
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The wording was simple but the meaning was not. It read: “Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any…
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The explosive sound of the glass ceiling shattering was music to my ears. I’d hoped it would happen in my lifetime. And then it did. Wow! We waited a long…
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I walk into a greenhouse to buy flowers and I swoon. The scents, the colors, the hanging plants, the trailing plants overwhelm me. So beautiful, I say to…