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BY KATHY BONK and ANDREA CAMP | Since the news broke about Pat Schroeder’s death on March 14, there have been thousands of tributes, obituaries, tweets and social media postings in her honor. They described her as a maverick, pioneer, feminist champion, trailblazer, fearlessly independent politician, and an icon and role model for many elected officials, men and women. We agree—but for the feminist movement, Pat Schroeder was much more. On March 22, 2023, the House of Representatives will honor Schroeder with a moment of silence. In honor of this one minute—60 seconds—of silence, we’ve compiled 60 stories from people who knew and admired Pat Schroeder.

“Pat was best known for being a fierce advocate for women. And many young women asked her for advice. She told them to make sure women were in rooms where decisions were being made. And if they were not, to kick the door down and hold the door open for those behind them.”

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Danah was born in Kuwait to a Kuwaiti mother. Danah’s father is not Kuwaiti. Women cannot pass their citizenship to their children under Kuwaiti law, so she is literally a citizen of nowhere. (Courtesy)

BY MARY GIOVAGNOLI and KARINA AMBARTSOUMIAN-CLOUGH | More than 10 million people are stateless around the globe, with no “home” country to call their own—and women and children are most likely to fall outside citizenship laws.

For stateless women, their very existence—and the right to live a life as a full citizen of a country—has been blotted out by geopolitics and sexism.

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Nico Parker as Sarah and Pedro Pascal as Joel in The Last of Us. (HBO)

BY KAELYN IRELAND | Today there are many challenges to reproductive justice. HBO’s The Last of Us raises important questions about those human rights and justice.

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