Law Practice,
Civil Rights
Jan. 16, 2014
You've come a long way, baby, but it's not all good news
Given some of the other areas in which women have made significant "progress," having heart attacks in almost equal numbers to their male counterparts may actually be the good news.
Julie L. Kessler
PO Box 1582
Manhattan Beach , CA 90267-1582
Phone: (310) 403-0009
Email: Julie@VagabondLawyer.com
George Washington Univ Law School
Julie is an attorney based in Los Angeles, a freelance writer for several publications, and the author of the award-winning book "Fifty-Fifty, The Clarity of Hindsight." She can be reached at www.VagabondLawyer.com
On Nov. 27 of last year I wrote an article for this column titled "You've come a long way, baby" which discussed the news that three young women had become the first ever to successfully complete the punishing U.S. Marine Corps infantry course. No doubt these strong and courageous women's matriculation will likely advance considerably the issue of gender equality in the U.S. military, and that of complete integration of women into our combat units. Since then I have received letters from...
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