Post date: Oct 23, 2010 3:54:28 AM
Mills is such a classy place. I advise you to go to college there because then you get to be an alumna and go to events on campus and the catering is always astonishingly artful and delicious.This is a video of me speaking at the Strike Memorabilia Exhibit reception at the 20th anniversary reunion. WatchingthevideoIseeIreadveryfastbutatleastIdidn'tfalloffmyverycuteshoes. It was a wonderful weekend at Mills. I popped in and out -- it's harder to get away to a reunion when you live three miles away, and we had not one, not two, but three out-of-town guests come visit that weekend -- but saw some old friends, made some new ones, and ate my fill of chocolate covered strawberries and brie.A panel discussion of the strike unearthed many stories from people who were there, including Robyn Fisher, the student who took the mic when they made the announcement to go co-ed, and said "We won't accept this." They shut off her sound, but it started a wildfire burning, and she's gone down in history. Herstory. Hystery. We met the woman who took the conversation to the Phil Donahue show, which made the administration sit up and take notice along with the rest of the nation.The strike exhibit is up through the end of this week. Go see it. Watch the video that plays in a loop. The story of a student strike might not seem that interesting to someone who didn't attend the college, but think about what the World Bank started doing that same year: educating women. It makes one wonder whether that would be a priority today if that small event at a small college 20 years ago hadn't brought the question of womens education into the spotlight in such a dramatic way.If you can't make it to the exhibit, be sure to read my book!