In Our Time: Memoir of a Revolution (56 page)

10
Grove Press sit-in: Author’s interview with Robin Morgan, New York, Sept. 22, 1994; author’s interview with Martha Shelley, Oakland, by phone, Feb. 2, 1997.

11
Confrontation with Hefner on Cavett: March 26, 1970.

11
“I was incensed”: Author’s interview with Michela Griffo, New York, Feb. 15, 1997.

12
“We didn’t really distinguish”: Author’s interview with Ellen Shumsky, New York, March 24, 1997.

13
“We had this gay thing”: Author’s interview with Artemis March, Boston by phone, March 30, 1997.

14
“The Woman-Identified Woman”: photocopy with signatures by March Hoffman, et al. in author’s possession; published without names in Koedt, Levine, Rapone, eds.,
Radical Feminism
(New York: Quadrangle, 1973).

15
Lavender Menace action: Griffo; Shumsky; March; Jay; Shelley; author’s interview with Sidney Abbott, New York, Nov. 12, 1998; Woodul’s observation in Alice Echols,
Daring to Be Bad
(Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1989) p. 215; “Women’s Liberation Is a Lesbian Plot,” Rat, May 8–21, 1970.

16
“Those of us who are writers”: Verna Tomasson,
“Ladies’ Home Journal,” Rat
, April 4–18, 1970; letter from Tomasson, April 9, 1970, in author’s possession.

17
Short story: “Harrison Bergeron” (1961) in Kurt Vonnegut,
Welcome to the Monkey House
(New York: Dell, 1988).

18
Alpert jumped bail: Jane Alpert,
Growing Up Underground
(New York: Morrow, 1981).

5. “Abortion Is a Woman’s Right”

1
Pre-Roe history: See Lawrence Lader,
Abortion
(Boston: Beacon Press, 1966); Patricia G. Miller,
The Worst of Times
(New York: HarperCollins, 1993).

2
Jane O’Reilly’s story: Author’s interview with Jane O’Reilly, Middletown, Vt., by phone, May 5, 1995.

3
Sherri Finkbine: Lader.

4
Maginnis and Society for Humane Abortion: Susan Brownmiller, “Abortion Counseling: Service Beyond Sermons,”
New York
, Aug. 4, 1969. 105 British law: Susan Brownmiller, “Prospect in Parliament: Abortions Will Be Legal,”
The Village Voice
, June 15, 1967.

5
Reverend Moody’s abortion referrals: Brownmiller, “Abortion Counseling.”

6
Founding of NARAL: Lawrence Lader,
Abortion II: Making the Revolution
(Boston: Beacon Press, 1973).

7
NOW and abortion: Lader,
Abortion II
, pp. 36–37.

8
Redstockings disrupt hearing: Author’s interviews with Kathie Amatniek Sarachild, Ellen Willis, Joyce Ravitz; contemporaneous news coverage, Feb. 14, 1969; Susan Brownmiller, “Sisterhood Is Powerful,”
The New York Times Magazine
, March 15, 1970.

9
Redstockings public speak-out: Author’s interview with Irene Peslikis, New York, Sept. 23, 1994; Susan Brownmiller, “Everywoman’s Abortions: The Oppressor Is Man,”
The Village Voice
, March 27, 1969; tape recordings of speak-out, Redstockings Women’s Liberation Archives, in author’s possession.

10
Another journalist in aviator glasses: Author’s interview with Jane Everhart, New York by phone, Feb. 12, 1995.

11
Speak-out’s effect on Gloria Steinem: Gloria Steinem,
Outrageous Acts and Everyday Rebellions
(New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1983); Carolyn G. Heilbrun,
The Education of a Woman
(New York: Dial Press, 1995).

12
“Nobody wants to reform”: Gloria Steinem, “The City Politic: After Black Power, Women’s Liberation,”
New York
, April 7, 1969.

13
Nancy Stearns: Author’s interview with Nancy Stearns, New York, August 10, 1995.

14
Belous
and
Vuitch:
Lader,
Abortion II
.

15
Abramowicz v. Lefkowitz:
Diane Schulder and Florynce Kennedy,
Abortion Rap
(New York: McGraw-Hill, 1971).

16
Cook bill in Albany: Lader,
Abortion II
.

17
People to Abolish and WONAAC: Author’s interview with Mary-Alice Waters, Socialist Workers Party, New York, March 1, 1996; Betsey Stone and Mary-Alice Waters, “The Abortion Struggle,”
SWP Discussion Bulletin
, July 1973, in
Documents of the Socialist Workers Party, 1971–86
(New York: Pathfinder Press, July 1992).

18
George Michaels: Lader,
Abortion II
.

19
Washington state referendum: Barbara Winslow, “The Struggle for Abortion Reform in Washington State 1967–1970,” unpublished paper in author’s possession; author’s interview with Barbara Winslow, New York, March 9, 1996; author’s interview with Lee Mayfield, Seattle by phone, May 28, 1996; author’s interview with Jill Severn, Olympia, Wash., by phone, May 28, 1996.

20
New Jersey suit: Author’s interview with Nadine Taub, New York, July 23, 1998.

21
Connecticut suit: Amy Kesselman, “Women Versus Connecticut,” Rickie Solinger, ed.,
Abortion Wars
(Los Angeles, University of California Press, 1998).

22
Austin Women’s Liberation and
Roe v. Wade:
Author’s interview with Judy Smith, Missoula, Mont., by phone, June 4, 1995; author’s interview with Sarah Weddington, Austin, Tex., by phone, May 28, 1996; author’s interview with Linda Coffee, Dallas by phone, May 28, 1996; Sarah Weddington,
A Question of Choice
(New York: Putnam, 1992): Norma McCorvey with Andy Meisler,
I am Roe
(New York: HarperCollins, 1994); David J. Garrow,
Liberty and Sexuality
(New York: Macmillan, 1994).

23
Georgia suit: Garrow.

24
Chicago and Jane: Laura Kaplan,
The Story of Jane
(New York: Pantheon, 1995);
Jane: An Abortion Service
, film by Kate Kirtz and Nell Lundy, Juicy Productions, Chicago, 1995; author’s interview with Madelyn Schwenk, New York, March 17, 1996; author’s interview with Rev. Spencer Parsons, Chicago by phone, May 27, 1996. See also
Chicago Tribune
, May 4, 5, 6, 1972.

25
Los Angeles self-helpers: Rebecca Chalker and Carol Downer,
A Woman’s Book of Choices
(New York: Four Walls Eight Windows, 1992); author’s interview with Carol Downer, Los Angeles by phone, March 2, 1996.

26
Hirsches in Stamford: Chalker and Downer.

27
Mini-summit: Kaplan; Downer.

28
Roy Lucas: Garrow.

29
Weddington in New York: Weddington,
A Question of Choice
.

30
“He was really presumptuous”: Coffee.

31
Supreme Court arguments: Bob Woodward and Scott Armstrong,
The Brethren
(New York: Simon & Schuster, 1979).

32
Onslaught of litigation:
Women’s Rights Law Reporter
, No. 2, Spring 1972.

33
Hodgson and Wheeler: Garrow.

34
Democratic Convention: Nora Ephron, “Miami,”
Crazy Salad
(New York: Knopf, 1975); Germaine Greer, “McGovern, The Big Tease,”
Harper’s Magazine
, Oct. 1972.

35
Nixon on abortion: Garrow.

36
Effect of Connecticut case: Woodward and Armstrong.

37
Reargument: Woodward and Armstrong.

38
Reactions: Weddington,
A Question of Choice
; McCorvey and Meisler; author’s interviews with Downer, Stearns, Schwenk.

6. Enter the Media

1
Susskind Show: Author’s interviews with Jane Everhart, New York by phone, Feb. 12, 1995; Rosalyn Baxandall, New York, Oct. 10, 1994; Jacqui Ceballos, New York, Dec. 7, 1995.

2
Letters poured in: Ceballos; Mehrhof.

3
Vivian Gornick: Author’s interview with Vivian Gornick, New York, May 30, 1996.

4
Dudar’s ambivalence: In Helen Dudar, “Women in Revolt,”
Newsweek
, March 23, 1970.

5
Baumgold: Julie Baumgold, “You’ve Come a Long Way, Baby,”
New York
, June 9, 1969.

6
Kramer: Jane Kramer, “Founding Cadre,”
The New Yorker
, Nov. 28, 1970.

7
Arbus photos: “Make War, Not Love,”
Sunday Times Magazine
(London), Sept. 14, 1969.

8
Braudy and
Playboy: Newsweek
, May 18, 1970.

9
Newsweek
women file EEOC complaint:
The New York Times
, March 17, 1970;
The Wall Street Journal
, March 17, 1970; author’s interviews with Lucy Howard, New York by phone, June 18, 1996; Pat Lynden, New York by phone, June 20, 1996; Judy Ginggold, New York, June 29, 1996; Lynn Povich, Seattle by phone, Aug. 8, 1996; Diane Camper, New York by phone, Aug. 20, 1996; Leandra Abbott, New York by phone, Aug. 21, 1996.

10
“Which side am I”: Katharine Graham,
Personal History
(New York: Knopf, 1997) p. 425.

11
“a newsmagazine tradition”:
The Wall Street Journal
, March 17, 1970.

12
Women at Time, Inc.: Judith Hole and Ellen Levine,
Rebirth of Feminism
(New York: Quadrangle, 1971) pp. 260–262.

13
Women’s Strike for Equality: Author’s interview with Ivy Bottini, Los Angeles by phone, April 1, 1997.

14
Advance publicity for march: Judy Klemesrud, “Coming Wednesday: A Herstory-Making Event,”
The New York Times Magazine
, Aug. 23, 1970; Anthony Mancini, “This Week, Women Lib It Up,”
New York Post
, Aug. 24, 1970; Linda Charlton, “Women Seeking Equality March on 5th Ave. Today,”
The New York Times
, Aug. 26, 1970.

15
Fifty thousand marchers: Newspaper estimates ranged from ten thousand to fifty thousand.

16
“A surprising examination”: Kate Millett,
Sexual Politics
(New York: Doubleday, 1970).