Article February 2, 2009 Issue

WOMAN UPLIFTED, HUMANITY REDEEMED

BY ROBIN HOAGLAND

IN NATURAL LAW AND IN RELIGION THE RIGHT OF WOMAN TO FILL THE HIGHEST MEASURE OF ENLIGHTENED UNDERSTANDING AND THE HIGHEST PLACES IN GOVERNMENT, IS INALIENABLE, AND THESE RIGHTS ARE ABLY VINDICATED BY THE NOBLEST OF BOTH SEXES. THIS IS WOMAN'S HOUR, WITH ALL ITS SWEET AMENITIES AND ITS MORAL AND RELIGIOUS REFORMS.
—MARY BAKER EDDY, NO AND YES, P. 45

THE WEEPING WOMAN. Whether portrayed as Michelangelo's "Pieta," Picasso's portrait of Dora Maar, or Eurpides' Trojan Women, the image is iconic. But it's also obsolete. And has been from the very beginning.

Woman was not created to suffer, but to celebrate.