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MARCH 2004
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We
had tea at Jane’s, then started a revolution. Wish you were
here.
An Invitation to Change
Imagine yourself leading the charge for social improvement! In
less time than it takes for us to get to Washington DC or even Philadelphia,
I went with a group of Vermont women to Seneca Falls, NY, to see
what women like Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott have done.
Vermont’s motto, "Freedom and Unity," is right in
line with the ideals that flourished in Seneca Falls 150 years ago,
as progressive women championed basic human rights that were still
denied over half the population under the Constitution.
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Wine, Women, and More Wine
The winds were wild; the temperatures hovering near zero, the
lakes and vineyards of the Finger Lakes deep under a February snow.
Yet the warm atmosphere of good cheer and friendship – and
the award-winning regional wines – allowed us to feel transported
to sunny Napa Valley for a day!
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Women, and More Wine |
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Dale
Steen from Kitchen Table to Hall of Fame
In a dramatic mirroring of the events that led Elizabeth Cady
Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, and the women of Seneca Falls to draft
and endorse the Declaration of Sentiments, Dale Steen found herself
in a talking circle of women when she was just a young mother raising
her children and managing a home. These women recognized the need
to galvanize and gather resources to preserve and promote the home
of the women’s
rights movement.
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Trina
Magi: A Good Patriot Raises Hell
When it comes to listing off Vermont rabble-rousers, the name
Trina Magi doesn’t spring to mind instantly. Yet last month,
there she was, staring out at the world from her photo in the latest
edition of the radical national magazine, Mother Jones. Her picture,
and the article about her activities, ran under the interesting
tag line of "Hellraiser."
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