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Marilyn
Fitterman is a full-time human rights activist
based in East Hampton, New York. In the
early eighties
she was President of Mid-Suffolk NOW (National
Organization For Women) and from 1988-1992 served
as President of Now-New York State. She was also
President of the National NOW Presidents' Caucus
and is a co-founder of Long Island's NOW-PAC
(Political Action Committee). In these capacities,
Fitterman
has organized and run the successful defense
of women's health clinics throughout New York
State
against attacks by the far right. From 1999 to
2001, Fitterman served as Chair of the East
Hampton Town Anti-Bias Task Force. She
is an experienced lobbyist and frequently peaks
around the State on a number of feminist subjects
including First Amendment Free Speech, Separation
of Church and State, Abortion and Reproductive
Rights in America, Women's Rights, Racial Equality,
and Hate Crimes Legislation. Fitterman is also
a mother of five (all of who were born in the
space of four years and who include two sets
of twins),
and a grandmother of eight.
Fitterman is currently
at work on a grassroots feminist memoir, for
which she received a grant
from the Grandmother Winifred Foundation.
She is also serving as Co-President of Long Island's
East
End NOW.
Fitterman is a founding
member of Feminists For Free Expression and
a long-time
champion
of First Amendment rights. She remarked
in a 1998
speech: "What censorship censors first
is always women. Then come gays, sex education
and
art. Freedom, first of all, means free
speech."
Topics:
- Freedom of speech, politics and feminism
- Reproductive
freedom and freedom of expression: how are
they linked?
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