Isn't that wonderful? When we drove through several of the places we lived - Grand Rapids, Washington - they all had those placards. That they stood by the street and had in their hands placards that said 'Gerald Our Ford'. That meant so much to us as we were driving into Washington.
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Nationality: American Type: First Lady Born: April 8, 1918 Death: July 8, 2011 |
We sought justice because equal pay for equal work is an American value. That fight took me ten years. It took me all the way to the Supreme Court. And, in a 5-4 decision, they stood on the side of those who shortchanged my pay, my overtime, and my retirement just because I am a woman.
For us, genocide was the gas chamber - what happened in Germany. We were not able to realize that with the machete you can create a genocide.