Gloria Steinem Instagram – With buses of citizens heading to Pennsylvania each day to volunteer for Kamala Harris’ campaign, I’m reminded of my own trip to Philadelphia in 1992, when I campaigned for Lynn Yeakel.
Yeakel, a community organizer from Philly, entered the world of politics after seeing the injustices of the Anita Hill/Clarence Thomas hearings. She took on Pennsylvania’s Arlen Specter, who was so arrogant and bombastic that he accused Hill of “flat-out perjury.”
Today, I see many parallels to that 1992 race. This Presidential campaign is not just a campaign to elect a qualified Democrat and our first woman President, but a campaign against truth decay!
I wrote about campaigning for Lynn Yeakel, and you can now read it via Substack at the link in my bio.
Photo: Campaigning for Lynn Yeakel in Philadelphia, 1992. Photographer unknown. From the archive of @gloriasfoundation | Posted on 29/Oct/2024 19:36:27
