Reprinted with permission from The Broad Side In 1977, the year Princess Leia hit the big screen in the original Star Wars movie, the National Women’s Conference was held in Houston with a galactic agenda that included the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), reproductive rights, the nuclear family, child-care funding, sexual orientation and the rights of […]
Author: Suzi Parker
Suzi Parker, TBS’ cultural writer, is an Arkansas-based political and cultural journalist and author of Echo Ellis: Adventures of a Girl Reporter, Sex in the South: Unbuckling the Bible Belt and 1000 Best Bartender’s Recipes. She writes frequently for The Christian Science Monitor, The Economist, The Daily Beast and numerous other publications. Follow her on Twitter @SuziParker.