Robin Morgan

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    Charlotte Curtis & Robin Morgan

    Last week, Lance and I went to Duke University to go through the papers of feminist and writer Robin Morgan. I gave a talk about women’s pages and the women’s movement. One of the most interesting finds involved the relationship between Morgan and New York Times women’s page editor Charlotte Curtis. Curtis covered the protest of the 1968 protest of the Miss America contest. Here is a link to her story. In many accounts, Curtis is portrayed as not supporting the women’s liberation movement. Yet, the truth was more complicated. In this letter to the editor, Morgan explained that it was Curtis who paid the bail of the women who…

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