As we slog through a political campaign that has sunk to depths we could scarcely have imagined, let us take a moment to think about something more uplifting. I give you Bella Abzug. I still miss her. The force of nature that was Bella Abzug died 16 years ago last week, too soon, at the […]
Author: Rhea Hirshman
Rhea Hirshman is a freelance writer and editor, and adjunct professor of women’s, gender and sexuality studies at the Stamford branch of the University of Connecticut.
These Doors Stay Open
Over 20 years ago, in December of 1994, two young clinic workers were murdered and five other people wounded in a shooting rampage at a Planned Parenthood clinic outside of Boston. At the time, I was staff writer for Planned Parenthood of Connecticut (now Planned Parenthood of Southern New England). When, in early 1995, we […]