We have to stop this violence. We have to make the political nature of the violence clear, that the violence we experience in our own homes is not a personal family matter, it's a public and political problem. It's a way that women are kept in line, kept in our places.

administrator and feminist. She has also advocated electing female candidates and training people to defend clinics from pro-life protesters around the United States. She has advocated extensively for the rights of poor women gays and lesbians and African women.

In 2003 Ireland served for six months as the CEO of the YWCA. She served as president of the National Organization for Women from 1991 to 2001 and publiPatricia Irelandd an autobiography What Women Want in 1996. Before becoming an attorney Ireland worked as a flight attendant.