Letter to the Editor:
I’m still on a high from Saturday’s No Kings Day protests. I can’t say it enough on how spectacular were the millions of Americans who came out in collective peaceful protests against Trump.
Reading many accolades by protesters one stood out. A GenX couple said the Baby Boom generation, veterans of peaceful protests, helped them learn how to protest in the future. I was gratified to hear that statement being made of my generation, as we boomers have taken the blame for all the ills in the world.
Among the many accomplishments, we were protest pioneers in the Women’s Rights Movement, the Civil Rights Movement and the Vietnam War.
Boomer women changed the workplace by increasing the number of women in law and medicine, and the slow, but steady rise of women in corporate leadership.
Boomer women should be given credit for how we advanced society, especially in the world of human rights within the civil rights movement of the sixties.
We ended rampant sexual harassment, especially in the workplace.
Boomers are more collective in spirit, more social and have a strong sense of community.
We have a tremendous work ethic. We lowered the voting age. We ended the draft.
When I review all the accomplishments Boomers made for the future GenXers I’m proud to be a Boomer.
In peace and love,
Karen Sevell Greenbaum
Croton, NY
