My publisher called this essay “brave.” It did take me 50 years to be willing to write about this experience. Every woman has been Jane Doe, at one time or another. While it may trigger more shame for me, I hope it helps victims realize they don’t have to take accusations lying down.
https://voxpopulisphere.wordpress.com/2026/10/29/patricia-nugent-poor-judgment/
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My position that Women’s History Month should be discontinued has been controversial. Eleven years after Ms. Magazine published this essay, I stand by every word I wrote back then. And feel even stronger about it today as women’s rights continue to erode.
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Read my LWV blog post by clicking link below:
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Click on link below to read about my experience at this event in Rochester, NY last week.
It was powerful. Participate if you have a future opportunity. Our numbers are growing.
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“Happy” 4th of July…if we can keep it. Despite deeply disturbing events that threaten our democracy, we must keep trying.
Thanks for reading…and discovering what is “yours to do.”
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Resurrecting an essay published in 2020. Still surprisingly and disturbingly relevant as we face the same presidential match-up this year.
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Here’s a current reprint of an essay published by Ms. Magazine in 2015 explaining why I don’t celebrate Women’s History Month. It rings more than true today….Just give us equal rights!
Click below:
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