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Today at Ms. | May 23, 2022
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The Feminist Legislator Behind Title IX [[link removed]]
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Patsy Mink on Jan. 13, 1971. Mink was one of the visionaries behind Title IX, a groundbreaking piece of legislation that mandates equality in education. (Bettmann / Getty Images)
BY JUDY TZU-CHUN WU and GWENDOLYN MINK | One of the visionaries behind Title IX—the federal legislation passed in 1972 that mandates gender equality in education—was a fierce and fearless congresswoman from Hawaii, Patsy Takemoto Mink. As Congress’s first woman of color and a 1972 presidential aspirant, Mink served 24 years in Congress, from 1965–1977 and then again from 1990–2002. Mink broke traditional gender boundaries, championed peace, the environment, equality and social justice, and never wavered as an advocate and ally for social change.
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Campaigning for a Monument to Women Forgotten in the ‘Birthplace of American Liberty’ [[link removed]]
BY CARRIE N. BAKER | On Thursday, May 19, the Oklahoma legislature passed a total ban on abortion, authorizing private citizens to sue abortion providers or anyone who assists someone obtaining an abortion. The law applies from the moment of fertilization.
“This is not one more ban. This is a first,” said Emily Wales, president and CEO of Planned Parenthood Great Plains. “Today’s ban—which encourages bounty hunters to sue their neighbors or strangers for accessing abortion care at any stage of pregnancy—is a reversal of history happening in front of our eyes. Once signed, abortion will be illegal in Oklahoma. Full stop.”
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Photographer Natalie Keyssar Illuminates the Plight of Women in the Ukraine-Russia Conflict [[link removed]]
BY ELEANOR J. BADER | Award-winning, Brooklyn-based photojournalist Natalie Keyssar says the six weeks she spent in Ukraine and at the Poland-Ukraine border gave her an opportunity to see the best of humanity. But she also admits that she saw absolute horror. Her photos depict grit and determination, as well as sorrow, and offer vivid testimony to the resistance on display in much of Ukraine.
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