The Record, Stockton, Calif., Lori Gilbert column
On the small end there was getting The Record to identify women by their own names, not by their husband's, and at the other extreme, getting
But when the
"The night the
What passage of the convention means is the city of
Efforts to get 67 members of the
But
Assuring those rights -- as well as reproductive rights, the deal breaker for conservative politicians -- is what McCarthy has worked for her entire adult life.
It's easy for her now to laugh off the ignorance she faced in the battles she has waged over the years.
Like when she returned from a conference to
She bit her tongue and ended up running Delta's program for re-entry students until retiring in 1985.
"I was the campus feminist. The board would see me and say, 'what do you want now?' My personnel file wasn't all positive," she says with a laugh.
But if making waves meant making a difference, Fitch McCarthy was willing to dive off the high board.
She fought for child care on campus for 20 years and Delta opened a child care center in 1994. She explained Title IX and sexual harassment to those who didn't, or didn't want to, understand.
She started the
It was held in the
"Recently, a friend of mine,
McCarthy doesn't need validation for all she's done for the cause of women, but it's nice to be recognized. The city of
That doesn't mean she's ready to rest on her laurels.
Next up is getting the
"We applied 20 years ago and were treated very poorly," McCarthy said, "so I let it go."
But timing is everything, she notes.
The election of
She went to the county to state her case and was invited back for further discussion.
The hang-up seems to be the county's fiscal commitment, but it's not dead in the water.
McCarthy has since met with
"She said to pick three of the things that we're most interested in, because some of them, they're doing already," McCarthy said.
McCarthy and members of the
Besides, she can wait. She's waited 44 years.
Being recognized by the county, McCarthy said, would mean being able to serve as an advisory board on legislative issues, have hearings on hot button issues in the community and put on annual conferences to address pressing concerns.
Her life as a feminist has taught her to bide her time, which does not mean sit back and wait.
She has more energy than women half her age and continues as she always has, to work in ways big and small to make lives of women better.
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