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Photograph Copyright © 1979 Diana Mara Henry. No reproduction without written permission. Email us now!
MS magazine office press conference, January 1979, in
solidarity with Bella Abzug after Abzug’s dismissal by President Carter from the
chairmanship of the National Advisory Committee on Women. Left to right:
Laurie Junguert, Phyllis Chesler, Koryne Horbal, Maggie Peyton, Ariel Chesler as a babe in arms, and Bea Kreloff. See this photograph in the Du Bois Library collection of Diana Mara Henry's life's work:
http://www.credo.library.umass.edu/view/full/muph051-s01a-i00373
Ariel Chesler
Attorney, Blogger
Letter to an Older Feminist Who Happens to Be Named Phyllis Chesler Who Happens to Be My Mom
Posted: 09/30/2013
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ariel-chesler/letter-to-an-older-femini_b_3998246.html
"I have always self-identified as a feminist. And that's because you were one; it was family tradition. Over the years I made a conscious choice to embrace feminist principles.
But, mom, now I truly get it. I understand who you are and how you became a leader of women. It has all come together in your latest book, An American Bride in Kabul, in which you tell us your feminism origin story.....
MOM: I thank you for telling your origin story. I thank you for surviving Kabul. I thank you for birthing me and becoming a mother of the women's movement. And, I thank you for teaching me to love women.
I call myself a feminist too. I accept the role of Amazon Knight, and will carry your words into battle with me, along with a banner bearing a scarlet letter F.
Love,Your son, Ariel"
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