Ms. WINTER 2002 ISSUE

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Letters
National	Global
Women at the Top Women in the Newsrooms Portable Health Insurance | Innovative thinking on behalf of 9 million women Augusta National Golf Club | A public fuss over a not-so-private club's exclusions. Plus Q&A with Martha Burk. Election 2002: Women Who Won Upcoming Legislative Agenda The Northernmost Banana Republic	Nigerian Protesters Stymie Big Oil | Urgent demands get promises, promises. Ms. chats with the author! Afghanistan Flashes of Hope from South Korea Middle East | Peace activists protect West Bank harvesters.
FEATURES
Cover Story Women of the Year 2002 They have led, educated, inspired, entertained, and empowered us: meet the individuals and groups honored for their courage, humor and humanity. Read about the December 2002 awards ceremony in a Ms. online exclusive! From Gloria Steinem Lourdes Portillo by Marcia Gillespie Lisa Leslie by Ellen Markowitz Terry Greenblatt and Maha Abu-Dayyeh Shamas by Maya Dollarhide Barbara Blaine by Stephanie B. Goldberg Nia Vardalos by Crystal Plati Sisters for Economic Dignity by Adele M. Stan Patricia Bellasalma by Kay Mills Cristina Saralegui by Natalia Muñoz Nancy Pelosi by Peggy Simpson Whistle Blowers - Sherron Watkins, Cynthia Cooper, and Coleen Rowley by Susan McHenry Ruth Simmons by Louise Sloan Jill June by Mary Kay Blakely Jamie Lee Curtis by Carol Wheeler 2002: The Highs, the Lows | compiled by Carol Wheeler Millstones and milestones: significant events, books, people. Terror in the Name of the Lord | Frederick Clarkson A small army of anti-abortion zealots celebrates a culture of violence. The Flowering of Women's Spirituality | Margot Adler From Robin Morgan's new anthology Sisterhood is Forever The Translator's Wife | Fiction by Mary Gordon Arabella Leaves | Fiction by Jane Ciabattari Women's Voices: Three Reflections on War | Rita Lasar; Jenny Warburg; and Lucille Clifton
DEPARTMENTS
Advocacy Roe v. Wade Turns 30 | Eleanor Smeal Health Mifepristone | Lorraine Dusky Education The Threat to Title IX | Mariah Burton Nelson	Law The New Law that Could Nail Abusive Priests | Angela Bonavoglia Environment Rachel Carson Warned Us... | Ellen Dorsey and Maria Thormodsgard