These next 45 days mark the 30th anniversary of my fast for the ERA, the last 45 days of the artificial deadline for the ERA, the 45 days when the American Women's Movement was on fire. Celebrate with me. Mourn with me. Be patient with me as this may be the last big milestone in my life in regards to the ERA.
May 15, 1982 from my diary ~
We may be filling up on chicken but our hearts are bursting with the hope of changing history. None of our reasons are particularly reasonable. We seem to be here out of dream visions and irresistible compulsions. Everyone one of us is afraid but clearly have the courage to get this far. I feel as if we are pioneers. It sure isn’t that society is calling us to do this. If this is a calling -- the call was made from far away.
I believe that each of us is listening to something celestial. I knew that I am on a spiritual quest but I had not expected it to be the case for the others. Leave it to me to be so self-centered as to think the heavens were talking exclusively to me as opposed to directing the fast in its entirety. NOW sees the Women’s Movement as a civil rights movement but to me it is really a radical spiritual revolution. Woman Spirit is ready to make her move. Maybe this appears to be just a move on the men’s game board but every woman who participants in this action will never be the same; ERA or no ERA.
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