I find many parallels between women's experiences in the nineties with Betty Friedan's, in her essay: The Way We Were - 1949. ... I asked her to read the Friedan essay and let me know if she felt as moved as I was, and to share with me her experiences of sexism. ... A national campaign by the National Organization of Women began on 2 March 1984, demanding that the US Justice Department investigate anti-abortion terrorism. ...