Reply #16: Millicent Fenwick? Of course, she's dead.

[Tesha]

Millicent Fenwick?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millicent_Fenwick / http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lacey_Davenport

> She was regarded as a moderate and progressive within her party
> and was outspoken in favor of civil rights and the women's movement.
>
> ...
>
> Fenwick once participated in a hearing where a conservative male
> congressman attacked a piece of equal rights legislation with the
> words, "I’ve always thought of women as kissable, cuddly, and smelling
> good."
>
> Fenwick responded:
>
> "That’s what I’ve always thought about men, and I hope for your sake
> that you haven’t been disappointed as many times as I’ve been." (—Dr.
> Mardy's Quotes of the Week, February 21-27, 2004)

Of course, she's dead now, and quite possibly spinning in her grave.

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Tesha