Women’s History Month is an opportunity to acknowledge those women whose character and persistence have protected our democratic way of life by calling out and standing up to Donald Trump’s illegal, dangerous behavior.
Some examples are:
• Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi consistently rattled and bested Trump when he was president. The brutal attack on her husband never stopped her.
• Senator Liz Cheney called out Trump’s role in leading an insurrection as she co-led the January 6 committee. She sacrificed her political career to do so.
• White House staffer Cassidy Hutchinson bravely testified to the January 6 Committee, though she had none of the power of Nancy or Liz.
• E. Jean Carroll never gave up in her commitment to hold Trump accountable, despite the humiliation, threats and verbal attacks she suffered.
• Stormy Daniels would not be silenced in her persistence to tell the truth about her relationship with Trump, despite ridicule and threats by Trump supporters.
• Election workers Shaye Moss and Ruby Freeman sued Rudy Giuliani, Trump’s surrogate, for defamation and won their cases, despite repeated death threats.
• Jordan Fuchs, the female chief of staff to Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensberger, wisely chose to tape the phone call between him and Trump, which became essential evidence in the racketeering indictment against Trump in Georgia.
• Letitia James (New York attorney general) and Fani Willis (Georgia district attorney) have relentlessly prosecuted Trump’s illegal behavior, while so many others have turned a blind eye for decades.
• Trump’s niece Mary L. Trump has been the only family member willing to call out his mental illness and pathological behavior, despite being ostracized by many in her family.
• Who was the last person standing in the primaries against Donald Trump? Nikki Haley, a woman.
• Who is the go-to person for the most brutally honest, insightful and thorough analysis of Trump’s personality? The New York Times’s Maggie Haberman.
These women, and so many others, deserve recognition for their bravery and strength. In acknowledging them, we can perhaps finally dispel the foolish and destructive myth that women are, in any way, the “weaker sex.”
Paula Angelone, Ph.D.
Southampton Village
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