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WOMAN: I was pregnant, and I was scared.

(coughs, exhales)

This is my deathbed confession.

("Amazing Grace" by Yes playing)

(cheering)

Sweet potato and marshmallows, green bean.

Do we need a third casserole?

We're gonna be 24,

23 if Helen goes into labor early,

25 if she's eating for two.

How many stuffings are we making?

Two. I thought we could put your recipe in the bird

and make Nana's pecan cornbread stuffing on the side.

That would be a nice way

to remember her for Thanksgiving.

Gracie, you're gonna help Grandma

with the grocery shopping and the baking.

-Well... -Uh, that wasn't a question.

Are you sure you've got everything--

rollers, hair spray, extra pantyhose?

And nail polish for the runs.

Mom, I have packed a suitcase before.

I love you.

Don't watch too much TV.

Okay.

Why isn't Phyllis going with you?

She's busy filling a 20,000-seat arena

for the counter-rally.

It's not going well.

-Not that she'd admit it. -The paper says all kinds

of people are going to be in Houston.

Which is why we're going-- to defend ourselves.

If they're gonna start attacking homemakers

-Wait, wait, Mommy! -they should do it to our faces.

-Get back in the car, Kimmy. -Okay.

-MARION: It's so much faster to fly. -Well, Pamela didn't want to.

(car engine starts)

We'll be fine.

I can do this.

-Hi. -Hello, Marion.

Here you go.

Oh! I think you're sitting on St. Christopher.

-Oh, sorry. -It's okay.

Be careful. Mind the speed limit.

Don't worry.

-I'm a great driver. -(Marion chuckles)

("A Fifth of Beethoven" by Walter Murphy playing)

DEEJAY: Good morning. It's...

ALICE: While the amendment has certainly raised issues

that are important to women,

the trouble with it is it's rigid. It's absolute.

It will manage the fabric of family life.

-"Damage," not "manage." -Oh. Right.

Damage. Damage the fabric of family life.

I always mess that up.

Why can't you just read the speech?

Oh. It's just, when I read it,

the words sometimes dance around.

You know I'm not a reader.

Oh. Now it has doughnut grease all over it.

Oh. I wanted to sit down for a proper breakfast.

Well, better to rush now and have plenty of time

to settle into our room before opening ceremonies.

I asked Phyllis to write up exactly what I should say.

When she says things, they're so much more official-sounding.

I have to be absolutely word-perfect

on the convention floor.

Phyllis didn't give me a job to do.

Oh. Well, she told all of us to snag

as many on-camera interviews as we can.

I promised Phyllis we'd make it our mission

to find Gloria Steinem and tell her off.

Oh.

You think marriage is prostitution?

Do I look like a prostitute,

you radical pinko man-hater?

-Lesbian lover! -Commie spinster!

Baby killer degenerate!

(laughing)

This says take the 10 East exit

towards Beaumont/San Antonio.

I said, "Left at the exit?" And you said, "Right."

No, I-I said, "Right."

Like, "That's right, make a left."

(siren chirps)

(vehicle approaching)

(women cheering, whooping)

What is that?

Yeah!

(whoops)

What is going on?

-(thump) -Oh!

I guess we could just follow them.

(cheering continues)

(engine starts)

REPORTER: Thousands of women gathered in Houston today

as a symbolic torch marked the beginning of

a National Women's Conference.

REPORTER 2: More than 2,000 runners

have passed this torch.

REPORTER 3: 40,000 official observers

and special guests are here.

300 anti-feminist delegates will attend.

So are 1,000 members of the news media.

*

REPORTER 4: The largest gathering of women

in American history.

CROWD: ERA now! ERA now!

ERA now! ERA now!

-We missed opening ceremonies. -BELLA: We won't stop this journey

-If you made a reservation, -until we get equality all the way.

why do we have to wait in this long line? -We need,

-I also just arrived here. -once and for all, a constitutional underpinning

so that the remaining areas of inequity that plague women

-can be removed. -Excuse me.

Hello. How are you today?

Uh, I-I have a reservation under Macray.

-Mrs. Buck Macray. -Uh,

everyone has a reservation, but we're overbooked.

What-what do you mean, overbooked?

I made this reservation myself, months ago.

You and 850 other people. We only have 400 rooms.

My husband should be able to straighten this out.

Shall we get him on the phone?

Uh, if you want. The pay phones are just around the corner.

BELLA: It's the working woman demanding that she get

the same pay

and promotion opportunities as a man.

-It's so good to see you two! -It is a divorced woman

-I missed you guys so much! -fighting for Social Security benefits

in her own right. It is the...

(indistinct chatter)

-Rosemary! -ROSEMARY: Oh.

Your hair is still in rollers.

There are no more rooms left.

Well, you should have gotten here earlier.

Lucky for me, Jacquie had a spare bed at the Mitchell Inn.

Maybe we should try the Mitchell Inn.

They're overbooked, too.

I would offer for you both to stay with us,

but there are only two single beds,

plus I sleep like a T.

They're arranging room shares.

Why don't you put your name on the sign-up sheet?

We have to change out of our travel clothes

and I have to put my face on.

Well, there is a public restroom that way.

Uh, listen...

if we get separated, uh,

meet in front of this fountain, okay?

Good luck.

(toilet flushes)

(indistinct conversations)

Just go.

-What-what are you doing? -Changing.

Ev... Everyone else is.

-(stall door unlocks) -Come here.

Excuse me.

-(locks door) -We have decorum.

It's so cramped in here.

If we had flown we would've gotten here earlier,

gotten a room, freshened up, and not had to bunk

with strangers like a couple of troubled schoolgirls.

I'm sorry.

But you wanted to take a fun road trip.

-I couldn't fly. -Why not?

-(knocking) -Occupied.

I didn't know how to pay for it.

-Kevin handles all the money. -(knocking)

Someone is in here!

He doesn't know you're here.

Where does he think you are?

-My mom's. -We need to call

and let him know you are in Houston right now.

-No, please. -I have driven you

across state lines. He is your husband.

He wouldn't have agreed to let me come.

Well, that is his right.

-Let's go find a phone... -No, please, I can't.

He will just make me come back, and...

and I have been looking forward to this for months.

I need a break. I have the kids tugging at me all the time,

and Kevin needs to know where I am all the time.

I can't think at home. I need to think.

Think about what?

You wouldn't understand. You and Buck

are so lucky. (crying)

(knocking)

Occupied!

WOMAN: I'm just checking if you're okay in there. I heard crying.

We're fine.

Thank you.

Come here.

Oh, I shouldn't have worn these shoes.

Remember, Buck says we have to take the bedspreads off.

-I don't understand why. -Germs.

After we settle, I have to find a pay phone to call him.

-You're not going to tell him. -I won't say anything.

But if Kevin were to run into him...

He won't. He's on a fishing trip with his brother.

My sister-in-law said she'd call my mom

if they were coming home early.

(indistinct chatter in distance)

Is that Gloria Steinem?

(TV playing indistinctly)

-Are you the sleepover? -I'm sorry.

I think we have the wrong room.

The front desk said you were coming.

Welcome. I'm Audrey.

(TV continues indistinctly)

I'm Pamela. Nice to meet you.

-Nice to meet you. -You have a lot of bags.

(laughing)

(TV continues indistinctly)

Want to trade?

-No. -No.

But thank you.

(music playing in distance)

Is your neck all right?

It'll be fine. The bed was just...

Oh, I know.

I had the best sleep in six years.

Maybe you shouldn't have slept in the closet.

Well, you kept kicking me, so...

Wait until you see the posters Rosemary brought for us.

(Pamela giggles)

ROSEMARY: Mary Frances has prepared

a wonderful speech for the homemaker plank

-as well as bringing us some lovely pies. -Oh.

Cobblers.

Hello.

Finally, there is one vote on the floor today

that we have a real chance of winning,

and that is the extension on the ERA deadline.

Now, Ann will be delivering our opposition speech.

Before we head over, I want to remind everyone

that where we can make a real difference today

is by getting media coverage

to promote our pro-family values,

or the story will be that

all women from all over the country

came to put together a pro-lesbian, pro-abortion,

pro-ERA plan.

You asked Ann to make the speech?

Well, she was the first person to hand the libbers

a defeat on the ERA.

Because she read the article in Phyllis' newsletter,

the one she wrote after I alerted her

to the dangers of the ERA.

Phyllis asked me to delegate,

and I'm delegating.

-We should call her. -We can't call Phyllis

-for every disagreement. -She tasked me

with giving a speech.

I should do it. I-I've been with her since the beginning.

The thing is, we need to be taken seriously, and you...

I'm what-- not serious?

I'm going to call Phyllis.

ROSEMARY: Fine.

If it's so important to you...

then you can give the speech.

I'm Rosemary Thomson from the Eagle Forum and STOP ERA,

and today we will voice dissent

about the unlawful ERA extension proposal.

Will you give a speech in opposition before the vote?

Uh... uh, she will.

I will be giving a speech tomorrow, before

-the abortion vote... -REPORTER: What is your name?

Um, who, me? Um...

-Come. -Oh...

Alice. Alice Macray.

Where are you from?

The Prairie State of Illinois.

Can you tell me

why you oppose extending the ERA deadline?

We've been winning this fight fair and square.

They can't change the rules in the middle of the game

because they don't like the results.

This proposed extension is a desperate attempt by feminists

to get those last few states to ratify the ERA.

Most people in this country

don't want the ERA,

and we deserve to have our voices heard.

How do you explain the public opinion polls

that show a majority of people in this country

support the ERA?

Which poll?

All of them.

I-I never said a majority.

So you don't believe a majority of Americans

-support your position? -No.

Wai... I-I mean y... I mean, yes.

You're twisting my words.

What I-I was trying to say is, um...

...uh, is feminists

are-are a radical minority,

and-and most women

support our movement.

Where are you getting your information?

Uh, "the-the proposed extension

"is a desperate attempt by feminists

to get those last three states to ratify the ERA."

Yes, you said that already.

(whispering): Look at the camera. Smile.

Smile. Look at the... Keep going.

Smile.

Yeah, uh, um...

I just, um...

I just need a minute. If you could...

Could you turn off that...

All right, all right.

Uh, the point is there are rules,

and the libbers are not abiding by them.

An ungodly world dictatorship

-is the goal. -Are you a national news broadcast?

-Unbelievable. -She was trying to trip me up.

She twisted my words.

You made us all look like a bunch of blubbering idiots.

"Um, oh... I'm sorry. I'm sorry."

(scoffs) We are not sorry.

Just say polls are wrong. They are.

Should we call Phyllis now?

Maybe Ann should speak instead of me.

Absolutely. We can't look like fools on the floor.

Let's just go, Ann.

(cheering, applause in distance)

It wasn't that bad.

Come on. Let's go inside.

I think I left my compact in the room.

I wish to offer the following amendment.

I want to amend

the Equal Rights Amendment provision

by adding at the end, the words

"only if done within

the original seven-year period."

WOMAN: All those in favor of the amendment,

please rise.

(women booing)

All those opposed to the amendment,

-please rise. -(cheering)

(laughing, indistinct conversations)

BETTY: I mean, I'm not

even really sure what a delegate-at-large does,

but let me tell you something.

This delegate is going to cause trouble.

You know, because I speak my mind,

and I'm going to be speaking before the lesbian rights vote.

And I'm not gonna fall in line.

-No. -No. No.

Are you gonna eat that olive?

One Pink Lady?

Oh.

Thank you.

* Baby *

* If only, baby, if only, baby... *

Oh.

What a day.

Are you here all alone?

Seem to have lost my one friend.

Well, these big crowds can just be overwhelming.

My God. That looks nice. Kind of matches your dress.

(laughs) I love a good cocktail.

-Some days more than others. -Yeah?

My husband always says there's no harm in having a few

to smooth things over.

Whatever happened, I'm sure it's not as bad as you think.

I let everyone down.

I should've listened.

I don't know what I was thinking.

Oh, that's right. I wasn't.

In my experience,

everything looks brighter when I pray.

Dear Lord...

I reach out to you for guidance.

Please show me which way to turn.

Calm my anxious thoughts

and come speak into my mind.

In Jesus' name,

-amen. -Amen.

(chuckles)

And if that doesn't help,

I take a Christian pill.

(rattling)

Calm the nerves.

* If you only you believe *

* Like I believe, baby... *

I'm gonna have one of those, too.

* If only you believe... *

-Oh! -That's at her Communion.

-Oh. (laughs) Aw. -(laughs)

Oh, it's such a sweet little dress.

-My mother made it. -Oh, it's just darling.

Yeah, she's a real beauty now.

-Ah. They grow... -Almost 14.

They grow up so fast.

My three boys are young men, all out of the house.

They say that boys are much easier than girls.

She's a late bloomer, not like my older one,

always has her head in a book.

Is it just me, or was it so much less complicated

-when we were girls? -(laughs)

I mean, we had less choices, but...

-It was much simpler, yes. -Oh, yes.

I was prom queen at 15,

dating my husband at 16, married at 19.

-I was 18. -(laughs)

Oh, boy, we were babies.

-Buck, who's my husband... -Yeah.

He's the first boy I ever kissed.

-You sweet thing. -(laughs)

Bobby and I were married for 30 years.

Oh.

He passed two years ago.

March.

I'm so sorry.

I don't think I would've gotten through it

without my friend Susie from church.

I was just a puddle, and...

she wiped me up.

She's so strong.

I have a friend exactly like that.

Such a blessing.

She's coming to Houston tomorrow.

-Well, she's missing all the fun. -(laughs)

I don't know if she would think this is fun,

-Oh. -but she's the reason I'm here.

We met at a... a parent-teacher conference years ago.

-Our sons were in the same class. -Oh. Yeah.

I could still remember when Phyllis came in,

she... she looked so different

than-than the rest of us.

I mean, maybe not different, just a...

a better version.

-(laughs) -If you know what I mean.

You know, I didn't even vote

or think about voting until I met her.

(clicks tongue) Wow.

I mean, Buck always said voting was a waste of time.

(chuckles) Phyllis

is the first woman I knew

that not only understood politics,

but also, she was so smart about it--

the Soviets

and communism.

I think I'm just smarter

by being around her.

And no matter how busy she is, she always finds time

to check all of my correspondence.

She checks your correspondence?

Oh, for mistakes. A lot of political language

goes right over my head. (laughs)

You don't seem to have any trouble

expressing yourself.

-Liquid courage. (chuckles) -Oh.

I came to politics late, too.

But I didn't really get active in NOW

until my youngest son left the house.

Gosh.

Did you say NOW?

And then everyone in my town thought

I'd become a radical lesbian. (laughs)

You should have told me you were in NOW.

Are you okay?

Hey, let go of me.

Sorry.

MARION: Buck is at the Y.

Oh, right.

I forgot it's Saturday.

So? How did it go with the speech?

Uh, it-it went...

...really well.

Oh, thank goodness. I was so worried.

What did you wear?

My lavender dress.

I'll bet you looked lovely.

Such a pretty smile. I'm so proud of you.

Make sure you save the program

with your name listed as a delegate.

How's the Thanksgiving preparations going?

I got the turkeys on sale-- two for $16.

I'm going back to the grocery store tomorrow.

I couldn't find Nana's pecan cornbread recipe.

Do you remember the ingredients?

Yes. Do you have a pen?

Hold on.

Okay.

Two and a half cups green onions.

Green onions.

Celery, carrots, parsley.

Uh-huh.

Butter, chicken stock,

sausage.

Uh, sausage.

Two cups pecans.

Uh-huh.

A teaspoon of thyme

and a pinch of sage.

G-Got it. I'll get started on the pies tomorrow.

Ah, it's always difficult to find the right apples.

I'll probably have to go to two different stores

to find McIntosh.

I'll try Schwegel's tomorrow, and if they're out of them,

I guess I can drive over to Schnucks.

I'll get directions from Buck,

and then if you want to give me directions now...

Alice? Are you still...

(dial tone)

(laughing)

It's about everything, absolutely.

(echoing): We want to push that... push that...

How can I help you?

I'm looking for something to eat.

Our restaurant is closed for the night,

-Oh. -but you might try Seneca Falls South

across the street.

Could you point me in that direction?

Of course.

Just go out the front door and head west.

Could you actually point?

*

Is that gabardine?

(indistinct chatter)

Have you seen Pamela?

Not since the convention floor.

We lost the vote on the ERA extension.

You don't think Phyllis will see my interview on TV?

She might.

Ann did a terrific job

on her speech, but Bella

and the storm troops of women's lib

shut her microphone off right in the middle of it,

closed down the entire debate. It was just ridiculous.

Did you take that from the garbage pile?

I think someone's had too much to drink.

I think someone has... Oh.

*

Oh... hi.

-(laughing) -(indistinct chatter)

BRENDA: I was illegally terminated

from my job when I was five months pregnant,

and I was working for the ACLU.

The ACLU,

whose stated purpose is to defend and preserve

rights and privileges.

-Amazing, right? -Psst!

-Uh... -I know you.

Cite the case!

(laughs)

(whooping, cheering)

(laughing)

*

(loud grunting)

(whooping, cheering)

(screaming)

(speaking Spanish)

-Hey, move. -Move.

Sit down.

(grunts)

(screaming)

(organ playing)

WOMAN: What we learn from the Gnostic Gospels

is that in the very early days of Christianity,

women were included in the rituals.

They were viewed as being sort of priests.

The Gnostics claimed

that Jesus considered the Holy Spirit

to be feminine.

It wasn't until about the second century

that the backlash began.

Reclaiming Mary's reputation

as an early church leader

is the first step

toward the ordination of women.

-Christ has died. -Christ has died.

-Christ is risen. -Christ is risen.

-Christ will come again. -Christ will come again.

Through Him, with Him, and in Him,

in the unity of the Holy Spirit.

All glory and honor is yours, almighty Father,

forever and ever. Amen.

Amen.

You're a woman.

You can't consecrate the Eucharist.

(Phyllis' voice): I've always said

women can do whatever they want, Alice.

(normal voice): Body of Christ.

Blood of Christ.

I really am very hungry.

They're still serving food at the gay lounge.

* I saw below me *

* That golden valley *

* This land was made for you and me *

* I've roamed and rambled *

* And I followed my footsteps *

* To the sparkling sands of *

* Her diamond deserts *

* And all around me *

* A voice was sounding... *

You okay?

* This land was made... *

I discovered a better way to eat.

* When the sun came shining *

* And I was strolling *

* And the wheat fields *

* Waving and the dust clouds rolling *

* As the fog was lifting *

* A voice was chanting *

* This land was made for you and me *

* Nobody living *

* Can ever stop me *

* As I go walking *

* That freedom highway *

* Nobody living *

* Could ever make me turn back *

* This land was made for you and me *

(laughs)

* This land is your land *

* This land is my land *

* From California *

* To the New York island *

* From the Redwood forest *

* To the Gulf Stream waters *

* This land was made *

* For you and me. *

(whooping, cheering)

Yes, now.

Got a beautiful voice.

That's our favorite song at home.

I learned it with all my kids when they were in school.

Mm. Woody Guthrie wrote it.

Oh, he's a poet.

-He's a socialist. -(laughs)

Come on. Don't be ridiculous.

You were up there

belting out a Marxist song.

(laughs): Oh, no, no, no.

It's patriotic.

Exactly.

I need milk.

-* -(indistinct conversations)

* Some people hurting *

* Someone choking up inside... *

They put these posters up all over Albert Thomas.

* Some poor souls dying... *

I wanted to keep them out.

But here we are.

All this work.

I didn't think

they would be so... mean.

(whispers): I'm sorry.

* Show some emotion... *

We need to respond.

* Put expression in your eyes. *

(muffled chatter, music playing in distance)

What are you doing on the floor?

You have our key.

Well, did you try knocking on the door,

see if they're in?

I heard a lot of voices in there,

and it sounded like they were arguing.

Where have you been?

-Where have I been? -I...

couldn't find the hotel.

I got turned around after the convention.

Why didn't you wait by the fountain,

like I said?

Why didn't you come inside to the convention,

like you said?

Because you messed up?

She twisted my words.

-I was worried about you. -Well, don't worry about me.

I'm fine.

You should worry about what you're going to say to Kevin

when you get back.

-Maybe I won't go back. -(laughs)

What are you talking about?

I'll just get pregnant again.

I can't have another child. I can barely...

Clearly.

You can't be alone for a few hours in a hotel.

You-you can't even walk through a door by yourself.

You need Kevin.

-You promised not to leave me. -Oh, don't start crying.

Please, just stop it.

I've had a long night.

* Ooh *

* I feel love, I feel love *

* I feel love, I feel love *

* I feel love *

* I feel love... *

(knocking)

I'm back. (chuckles)

(indistinct conversations)

Come in, come in. Sorry about the crowd.

We're still working.

How's it going in here?

She smells so good.

(indistinct chatter)

* Ooh *

* Fallin' free, fallin' free, fallin' free *

* Fallin' free, fallin' free... *

That's a pretty color on you.

Thank you.

* Ooh *

* You and me, you and me. *

It's just that we are less than 12 hours

from the vote on the floor, and the only thing we agree on

is that none of us can agree on the language.

The resolution is too broad to encompass

the issues of all women of color.

AUDREY: The Black Caucus had its own version of this resolution

drafted since before the torch run.

What if each of the caucuses got to

write their own addendum?

-GLORIA: Mm. -How long is this addendum?

-Too long. -Great. Then that's how long yours will be.

Well, I'm not above comparing length.

-It works for men. -(all laugh)

Finally, common ground.

(laughing)

(chuckling)

So, before I go back to the caucuses

with this new idea, I want to make sure

-everyone here approves this approach. -AUDREY: Mm-hmm.

-Audrey? -Yes.

-Carmen? -Yes.

-Anna? -Yes.

-Yes? -Yes.

-Mariko? -Yes.

Rhea, Billie?

PHYLLIS: Alice.

How did you get in here?

I'm meeting the press.

What?

That's a pretty color on you.

You heard about my interview.

I wrote it all down for you,

word for word, Alice.

You rejected my words, didn't you?

No. (panting)

You rejected them.

You should fix your face.

-I can't breathe. -You're a reject.

You're a reject. You're a reject.

A reject. You're a reject!

-(gasping, panting) -PHYLLIS: ...rejected the ERA

in 1972 and rejected it again

in 1973 and 1974

and every year since.

REPORTER: There was a Roper poll that was released this week

that showed only 19% identified with you or your goals.

Doesn't this just go against your point

-that the tide is against the women's movement? -Oh, sh...

PHYLLIS: No, it certainly doesn't, because

that is a poll that cannot be professionally defended.

It was a poll that...

Such a positive message, and I love the colors.

Pro, pro, pro.

Professional. You're a little Picasso.

-MARY: Mm-hmm. -PAMELA: Thank you.

We have a big day on the floor today.

Glad you could join us.

We were starting to get worried

that you'd been kidnapped by the militant lesbians.

(laughing)

-Imagine. -Why didn't you wake me?

Your buttons are off.

ROSEMARY: So as soon as the vote is over,

we have to hustle on over to the Astro Arena

to meet Phyllis and Lottie at our rally.

There are 200 of us, and every body counts.

I heard she couldn't get enough buses and no one

wanted to drive through the night.

We just have to pray that there will be

at least a thousand of us.

That'll be a respectable showing.

Uh, I would just like to thank Rosemary

for shepherding us through the fire with grace.

Ann! Oh, thank you.

-ALICE: Excuse me. -I...

I-I wanted to ask why we're opposing

all of the feminist resolutions.

We're not anti-employment

or education or minority women.

I'm not saying that we shouldn't fight for what we believe in.

But shouldn't we try to find consensus

about something?

Well, you give the libbers an inch,

-they'll take a mile. -Mm. -ALICE: Let them.

There's a lot of land.

If we want to be taken seriously,

we-we have to show

that we are not hard-hearted.

That we are not stubborn just for the sake of it.

That's not Christian.

I came here to defend myself.

But I have to ask,

who exactly is attacking us?

-Should we head over? -Mm.

ROSEMARY: NOW has been posting all this propaganda

all over our posters.

Can you believe? (snorts) It's so petty.

I'm gonna have to take one and give it to Phyllis.

She is gonna be furious.

(laughing, indistinct chatter)

*

WOMEN: Choice! Choice! Choice! Choice!

-This is what the abortionist... -Choice! Choice! Choice! Choice!

Choice! Choice! Choice!

Choice! Choice! Choice!

-Choice! Choice! Choice! Choice! -(whooping, whistling)

Choice! Choice! Choice! Choice!

Order. Order. Let her speak.

Uh, they have a right to speak.

(shouting subsides)

This is what the abortionists do.

They take the lovely baby

from its natural habitat,

and they rip it out...

and they throw it away.

(women booing)

BELLA: Would all of those in favor

of the reproductive freedom resolution please rise?

-(crowd cheering) -(gavel bangs)

The resolution has clearly carried and is adopted.

(cheering continues)

JEAN: I move the following resolution

on sexual preference.

Congress, state

that local legislatures

should enact legislation

to eliminate discrimination

on the basis of sexual

and affectional preference.

BETTY: I am known

-to be violently opposed -Oh, God.

to the lesbian issue,

as someone who perhaps

loves men too much.

But...

I do believe we must help

the women who are lesbians

to be protected in their own civil rights.

(applause)

(cheering)

Yeah!

Would all those in favor

of the sexual preference resolution please rise?

(cheering)

*

(indistinct chatter)

CORETTA SCOTT KING: Let this message go forth from Houston

and spread all over the land.

There is a new understanding,

a new sisterhood against all injustices

born right here.

We will not be divided and defeated again.

All those in favor of this resolution, stand.

(cheering)

I'm sorry.

I will help you.

Whatever you need.

(soft chuckle)

This is depressing. I'm going to pack.

I'll meet you at the taxi stand?

WOMEN: * Overcome *

* We shall overcome *

* We shall overcome *

* Someday *

* Deep in my heart *

* I do believe *

* We shall overcome *

* Someday... *

We are not afraid.

* We are not afraid *

* We are not afraid *

* We are not afraid *

* Today. *

I think I'm going to write a book.

The Price of Liberty.

-(chuckles) -Do you get it?

-Mm-hmm. -Lib-erty.

(indistinct conversations)

She really did it.

It's great.

There she is.

Phyllis!

Oh, no, they're with us.

(laughs) Oh.

How'd it go?

I like to think we changed

a few hearts and minds.

We filled it.

20,000 people.

You did it.

Was it awful?

It... it was, um...

something.

Did you run into Gloria Steinem?

No.

You should fix your face.

CROWD: ...to the flag

of the United States of America

and to the Republic

for which it stands,

one nation under God,

indivisible,

with liberty and justice for all.

(cheering)

* Open mine eyes *

* That I may see *

* Glimpses of truth *

* Thou hast for me *

* Open mine eyes *

* Illumine me *

* Spirit *

* Divine *

* Love of my life *

* I am crying *

* I am not dying *

* I am dancing *

* Dancing along in the madness *

* There is no sadness *

* Only a song of the soul *

* And we'll sing this song *

* Why don't you *

* Sing along, long? *

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I would like to explore the idea

of tokenism in the workplace,

where one minority is propped up

to cover the experience of the entire population.

WOMAN: That's interesting.

Wait. Sorry. You're not saying you feel that way here?

(inhales)

MAN: This is your station.

But what am I actually doing here?

I'm not gonna tell you.

Don't worry. You're gonna figure it out.

MAN: I had no idea what I would find

when I went searching for my father.

They flashed the Zodiac Killer, and my heart stopped.

WOMAN: He believes he is the son of the Zodiac.

We are Nadja and Laszlo, the human music group.

She's a superb lyricist.

* We're feeling horny For love *

* We're feeling horny For love *

(up-tempo music plays)

VOCALISTS: Hey!