By Hubie and Bertie
Because the news media are made up of lazy people with no institutional memory, the majority of Sarah Weddington obits will be dominated by "observations" that Roe v. Wade, which she argued before the Supreme Court in 1972, is on the chopping block.
No doubt that Roe will be in the first paragraph of her many obits. What will probably not be as explored is how many liberal women emerged from Texas at the same pivotal moment in American social history. Weddington is one of them, but they also include Molly Ivins, Ann Richards and, of course, Barbara Jordan.
We cats had the privilege of crossing paths with Weddington in 1981. She was meeting with our boss at the time, after which she retired to a typewriter in our office to pound out her notes. What we'll never forget is that she was the fastest typist we'd ever heard. This alone made her more competent than 99 percent of the men she competed with in her whole career. And how much more she accomplished than that. We cats personally thank Sarah Weddington for her service to us, and we PURR.
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