Posted on 09/21/2005 11:19:34 AM PDT by Sub-Driver
Former NOW President Molly Yard Dies at 93
By JOE MANDAK, Associated Press Writer 10 minutes ago
Molly Yard, the longtime liberal activist who led the National Organization for Women during the fight over the nomination of Robert Bork to the U.S. Supreme Court, has died. She was 93.
Yard died Wednesday in the Fair Oaks Nursing Home in Pittsburgh, said her son, James Garrett, an assistant U.S. attorney.
Yard was elected president of NOW in 1987 after nearly a decade on its national staff. She stepped down in late 1991, after suffering a stroke at her office earlier that year.
She made NOW more visible and worked against Bork, whom the Senate rejected as President Reagan's high court nominee after a bitter political battle in 1987. She said he might provide a fifth vote to override the high court's 1973 ruling legalizing abortion.
"People's lives are hanging in the balance on this one," she said at the time. "Women, and all the minority groups, the elderly and the disabled, millions of Americans, everything they've worked for today is in jeopardy if this man gets on the court."
"We're fighting for women's individual rights," Yard said in an 1989 interview. "I feel we are in a battle."
Earlier, she worked for various Democratic candidates, including John F. Kennedy in 1960 and George McGovern in 1972. She became active in NOW in Pittsburgh in 1974 and joined its national staff in 1978.
At that time, NOW was campaigning for the Equal Rights Amendment, and Yard raised more than $1 million for that drive in less than six months while lobbying in Washington.
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Ding Dong The Witch Is Dead!
Being mean must enhance longevity.
Oh, well. I'm over it.
I thought she died 20 years ago.
Further proof of the old saying that "the good die young".
"I AM OUTRAGED!"
-Molly Yard
On another level, I grieve for her because I fear her current fate.
My, my, I bet she's on her knees pleading to the Lord for her soul just about now...NOT WRITTEN IN THE BOOK OF LIFE! What a shame...NOT!
Why do these people live so long? Sometimes I think God is giving them as many chances as possible to mend their ways.
93? Even in 1987 she didn't look a day under 120. ;)
Molly, this is Adolf. Adolf, this is Molly.
Oh, you're bad!
She is in HELL!
I honestly didn't realize that she was that old. The first time I remember being aware of her--and seeing Rush Limbaugh--was when he subbed for Pat Sajack's (I know that's mispelled) late-night talk show. The feminazis had crowded the studios. I think Rush had said something about her and they were ready to tear him apart. In fact, he had to go to commercial and clear the studios so that the show could continue. She is sacred to the cause. I've never seen anything like that evening before or sense.
See? Not "doin it" will make you live longer.
People's lives are hanging in the balance on this one," she said at the time. "Women, and all the minority groups, the elderly and the disabled, millions of Americans, everything they've worked for today is in jeopardy if this man gets on the court."
Yeah, wasn't that pretty much echoed by Harry Reid in his explanation of why he wouldn't vote for Roberts?
St Peter: Yard, huh? I have a Milly and a Mongomery Yard but no Molly.
Molly: But I was a good person!
St Peter: I wasn't even good and I'm here. Do you know anyone who can vouch for you? Anyone? Jesus perhaps?
Molly: I am offended by your attempt to force your religion on me.
St Peter: Oh this decision is going to be easier than you think.
I'm betting she has found out that God does NOT approve of abortion. I'm thinking she wishes she had a chance to change her mind about that, and about God, just about now.
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