Is There a Phone Dedicated to You in the Women's Club?

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Anita's family was originally from arkansas, and only went west because your grandfather was threatened with a lynching. He left his farm, took his family and headed to what is now wiwoca, oklahoma. How was he able to remake his entire life when he settled there? Yes, that was my maternal grandfather. The story of their leaving with a large number of children of their own.

Thirty years ago, Anita Hill became a household name and a hero for many women when she told the world about how Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas sexually harassed her at work. Today, she joins to talk about her extraordinary life and her new book, “Believing: Our Thirty-Year Journey to End Gender Violence.”