We Are Woman: Our goals and Inspirations

Since November of 2010, over 1,100 pieces of legislation have been introduced that have nothing to do with jobs or the economy or solving any real problems in America. These 1,100 pieces of legislation are all about one thing: ending women’s rights as we know them.

Birth control, health care, the right to choose, attaching stigmas to single mothers, reducing or eliminating WIC, SNAP and Medicaid. All of these have been the focus of the new GOP. A female politician from Kansas thinks women shouldn’t vote, but should be home tending to our domestic duties. A Georgia representative compared us to livestock, and a Pennsylvania governor wants women to just close their eyes during a government mandated ultrasound.

We Are Woman is inspired by those 1,100 pieces of legislation. We are inspired by plans for the National Women’s History Museum. We are inspired by the hundreds of emails we receive every day, joining with others all over the country to stand shoulder to shoulder and shout NO MORE. We are inspired by Clara Barton, Harriet Tubman, Susan B. Anthony, Eleanor Roosevelt, WAC, Coretta Scott King, Gloria Steinem, Betty Friedan, Geraldine Ferraro and Hillary Clinton. We are moved by the stories of women who fought, often beaten, sometimes killed, for equal rights, voting rights, and the right to protect our own health. We are called to action, complacent no longer.

In the past year and a half, the new GOP has attempted to minimize domestic violence and redefine rape. Ron Paul spoke of “honest rape.” What is that, sir? Would my rape have qualified? I only had bruises on my neck and thighs, I didn’t fight back because I was terrified, as so many women are during their attack-would that be an “honest rape?” A “forcible rape?” Are we willing, as women, to close our eyes any longer?

The goal of We Are Woman is to draw national and worldwide attention to the facts. 1,100 pieces of legislation, women being called “sluts” and “prostitutes,” birth control mandates, politicians like Rand Paul and Rick Santorum actively working to overthrow Roe V Wade, personhood laws, fetal pain laws. The facts are clear, the evidence is front and center. This is in fact a war on women, and we will fight back. We refuse to use violence or rhetoric or incendiary comments or lies to win. We Are Woman is firm in our resolve and committed to a non violent protest and march on Washington, DC. In order to be heard, we need not be violent, we need not be destructive; in fact our message will be heard more clearly if we are the polar opposite of the new GOP.

Edrie Irvine, a team leader for We Are Woman and a truly gifted and passionate advocate, helped craft the following statement. I cannot think of a more fitting end to this piece.

From America’s Beginning to the Future

From the earliest founders of this country, to the suffragettes in the early 1900’s, to Rosie the Riveter in the 1940’s to the early feminists of the 1960’s and 70’s to the 21st century’s first female Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, we have shared in the birth, growth and life of these United States. Today, in 2012, Americans sometimes forget to appreciate fully the role of women in this nation’s history and future.

We Are Woman celebrates our role in the birth and success of America. We are revitalized today to fight for the full and equal rights of all women, and we look to a future where the next generations of women are treated with dignity and respect. We Are Woman wants to fulfill a promise; the promise that our equal protection, our equal participation will be attained and that we will be recognized, not as a “special interest” or an “issue” to be ignored or placated, but as women. Strong, powerful, loving and brave women. We are America. We Are Woman.

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