And how quickly it all changed after Steinem came on the scene! I graduated HS in 1973, unaware that women were treated differently at that time. By the time I graduated from college with honors and a master's degree in mathematics - a mere five years after the first issue of Ms. - admitting women to PhD programs was being prioritized in most colleges. I was expected, simply because I was a woman, to be accepted nearly anywhere I wished to apply. I chickened out though; I'd been told I would there be the mathematical rule, no longer the exception, and I didn't care for that much. After a few years trying to be a modern dancer, I headed over to the food business, where I again had no trouble getting jobs that previously had been held exclusively by men.

I especially appreciated Steinem during the years of covid insanity, when she openly advocated for choice regarding so-called vaccination. She sure showed her stripes to us then.

You and she are models for all of us to measure/rule ourselves by, the true meaning of a ruler. .