> Date:    Thu, 27 May 1999 23:43:03 -0400
> From:    Leslie Ward <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Oprah
>
> I did not get to see that show, as my kids were chanting in my ear
> (birthday money burning holes in their pockets) and apparently I did not
> program the VCR correctly. But I agree with the one post, that we need
> to contact Oprah (www.oprah.com) and encourage her to do a show on LLL's
> founding mothers, LLL, breastfeeding and/or lactation consultants. With
> her interest in mothering/parenting, children and people who turn their
> passions (today's show) into a career (I hated the profit angle) - these
> are topics well worth encouraging her to do.
>
> Certainly few of the other American talk shows are going to venture into
> the area. Oprah has not fallen to the level of the others (IMHO, either
> pure fluff or trash tv) and she just might do it.
>
> And there is no denying, no matter how you personally feel about LLL,
> those seven women certainly did something extremely powerful and
> socially/culturally changing.
>
> Leslie Ward
> Vine Grove, KY

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