19th amendment proposed by new york representative bela abduck in 1971. we talked about women s equality, getting the vote with 19th amendment in 1920. women leaders now gaining a lot more sort of critical mass in the senate but still, 20 out of 100. that is hardly equality. 20 out of 100 hardly equality but a transformation. you ve seen it in the course of your career, but in journalism and politics on the bench, a transformation in the role of women in positions of power which is not to say, it s done, but at least on women s equality day we can still be nice to chris as our lone guy. we are indeed. thanks say a word about jackie, the new york times had an extraordinary interview with ruth bader ginsburg this weekend and i want to talk about that for a moment because she sent, you know, very certain signals that she isn t going anywhere