I could not remove myself from this debate about Trump. I could not abide his indecency. I could not live with the way he treated other people.

The women's movement was just coming into being, and I got involved with Gloria Steinem and Bella Abzug and all these great women. We then got involved with Carter, who was running for president, and we created the first International Women's Conference or the National Women's Conference for Carter.

I was working at the telephone company in the late '80s as a service representative.

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