The shaky, at best, argument that Anthony was anti-abortion is based on a few quotes taken out of context and attributed to her because they appeared in the publication she edited. The view of scholars most familiar with her work is that she carefully avoided the issue, given the political environment at the time and the feminists’ priorities of suffrage and other democratic reforms. We do know that she stood firmly for separation of church and state and the right of women to control their own destinies.

Mindy Brudno
Albany, New York  
 
Chicano struggle
I want to recommend to all readers, friends, and coworkers the movie Walkout, which portrays the fight by Chicano students in East Los Angeles in 1968. The movie, shown on HBO, was produced by Edward James Olmos. It contains footage of the real events and people involved. The pages of the Pathfinder book The Politics of Chicano Liberation come to life and were created by the heroism of these students. It should be noted that this year’s massive immigrant rights marches and student walkouts were built upon these struggles in the late 60's. Viva la Raza!

Robert Robertson
Bloomfield, New Jersey  
 
 
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