Theresa

She was talking about someone's hair-brained idea that showing Sacagawea
with her child might offend some.  For our foreign list members, the US mint
is trying to put together a design for another coin dollar and has decided
to take a vote on what should be on the coin.  Sacagawea was a young
Shoshone woman who helped in the Lewis and Clark expedition to discover the
western US.  While on the trip, she had a baby and continued anyway.  Oh,
and I am sure she didn't bring along a cow for milk.  If you'd like to see
the designs you can find them at
http://www.usmint.gov/dollarcoin/finalist_home.cfm.

Linda Pohl, IBCLC
Phoenix AZ

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Sent:   Wednesday, December 16, 1998 10:40 AM
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Subject:        BF on the radio

Speaking of breastfeeding on the radio, did any American listeners
hear Dr. Laura yesterday?  I caught the tail end of a call that
sounded to me to be about breastfeeding in public.  She talked about
how society is warped to tell women not to do XXX (I assumed it was
breastfeeding in the context of the comments) so as ot to offend other
women who don't do XXX.  She said, "We're punishing women for
nurturing their babies the way the'yre supposed to.  Well, we're
worried about offending the wrong damn people."  Was I right in
assuming this was about breastfeeding, as it seemed to be?