ABSTRACT
In the spring of 1989, while my 11th-grade US history classes were examining the US Supreme Court’s 1973 Roe v. Wade decision, five young women approached me after class and asked if I would take them to Washington, DC, to participate in a “pro-choice” demonstration. I told them that I would be glad to accompany them if it were organized as an official school trip. I recommended that they speak with the school’s student political action club (I was the faculty advisor) about sponsoring them. The students agreed; the club and the school’s administration gave approval; the trip was
arranged; and we went to Washington with a contingent from a local public college.
