Military Law,
Civil Rights
Nov. 27, 2013
You've come a long way, baby
Last week three women became the first ever to successfully complete the punishing U.S. Marine Corps infantry course.
Julie L. Kessler
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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
As many of you who now possess reading glasses will recall, back in the 1970s the advertising gurus of Madison Avenue came up with quite a catchy slogan for the makers of Virginia Slims, a cigarette marketed to appeal to women. That often-used slogan, "You've come a long way, baby," lasted a whole lot longer than the popularity of that skinny cigarette.
Nowhere may the application of that slogan be more apropos than to the news last week that three women became the first ever to s...For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
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