Patricia Ireland.(president of the National Organization for Women)(Interview)

From: The Progressive | Date: August 1, 1999| Author: CONNIFF, RUTH | Copyright information

Patricia Ireland, president of the National Organization for Women, discusses her career, feminism, the organization's handling of President Bill Clinton's affair with Monica Lewinsky, her relationship with Janet Reno, and lesbianism.

`I don't think we can make change only from the outside. I think we have to get some people inside ... and they're going to have to fight as hard as they can, with us perhaps strengthening their hand by being as rowdy and obnoxious as we can.'

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