"The Hungry Heart: A Woman’s Fast for Justice"
Jun 8th, 2009 |
MILLENIUM GOAL NO. 3:
PROMOTE GENDER EQUALITY AND EMPOWER WOMEN
An Evening with Zoe Nicholson
On June 12th we welcomed Zoe Nicholson, the author of The Hungry Heart – A Woman’s Fast for Justice, the story of her 37-day water-only-fast with six other women, for the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment in Illinois. With words and pictures, Zoe was able to give a day-by-day look into the experience of these seven brave women and introduce us to the many other brave women who have worked for equal rights over the past 80 years. Originally written in 1923, the Equal Rights Amendment still requires ratification by three more states in order to become the 28th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.