After picking up the first copies from the printer, I went to a meeting of the Professional Organization for Women, a business networking group. When I handed them out, everybody applauded, and I cried.

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She was a real feminist, and she kept bugging me about getting involved in women's issues, about doing something to help. I was a traditional mom. I was divorced, had been a housewife. I had no idea what I could do.

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