Dear
Friends,
The theme for
International Women's Day 2019 is #BalanceForBetter
Kamala Harris has said The Equal Rights Amendment will be a
priority if she wins in 2020 .
The ERA
Coalition has asked every candidate to make The Equal Rights Amendment part of
their platform.
March is Women's History Month.
These two quotes seem apt as we contemplate the march of history itself and
women's seemingly continual march towards full human equality.
'No man has a right to fix the boundary to the march of a nation; no man has
a right to say to his country, "Thus far shalt thou go and no
further."''
Charles Stewart Parnell (1846-1891),
Irish Statesman / Leader for Irish Home Rule
Speech in Cork, Ireland, Jan. 21, 1885.
"The test of a civilization is its estimate of women."
George William Curtis (1824 – 1892)
American author and orator, Equality and Civil Rights Advocate
If you'd like to celebrate women's equality,
you can donate to the ERA Coalition here.
"Wearing
the Colors: Women's March, NYC, 2019;" ©Margaret McCarthy
13"x19"
Pigment Print
Here
we are again marching
past the boundaries
of a nation hemming us
no longer.
Wise grandmothers crown
our ne plus ultra,
granddaughters shoulder the trek, sailing
unseen towards their peak
strength; diversity.
Unity
becomes us.
©photograph & text copyright Margaret McCarthy 2019