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COVER: M.J. ALEXANDER AT HEDGEBROOK; BORN: ERIKA LARSEN/REDUX; STEINEM: SUSAN BURNS contents I FALL 09 VOLUME XIX • NUMBER 4 34 “I did feel to some extent as though I was the little boy saying ‘the emperor doesn’t have any clothes.’” —BROOKSLEY BORN 42  Gloria Steinem, whose 75th birthday we celebrate, seen here on her recent visit to Zambia, where she supported rural women’s efforts to protect their crops UP FRONT 6 LETTERS 10 KEEPING SCORE NEWS NATIONAL 12 Battleground Nebraska; The Testing Has Begun; Women Take the Fallout; Abstinence Isn’t Enough; Bad Habits?; Navigating Breast Cancer; Short Takes; Calendar GLOBAL 22 Taking on Pakistan’s Taliban; Valley of Tears; A Woman Minister for Iran; The Woman Who Unnerves China; Short Takes FEATURES 28 Paycheck Feminism BY KAREN KORNBLUH AND RACHEL HOMER With women about to make up half of the U.S. paid workforce, it’s time to rethink government policies that were designed for a different time. 34 They Shot the Messenger BY NARDA ZACCHINO AND ROBERT SCHEER Brooksley Born blew the whistle on risky financial derivatives 11 years ago. And no one in the boys’ club of U.S. economic leaders listened. 38 Domestic Workers Take It to the Streets BY PREMILLA NADASEN In cities around the U.S., women who work in others’ homes are emerging from their isolation to fight for decent wages and humane conditions. www.msmagazine.com FALL 2009 | 3 42 Birthday Wishes BY GLORIA STEINEM Her 75th birthday is an occasion for Ms. cofounder Gloria Steinem to share her wishes for feminist changes she’d like to see in the next 25 years. 45 She BY ALICE WALKER The renowned author and poet updates a birthday poem she wrote for her friend Gloria Steinem.

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