On International Women's Day, Here's Someone Who Inspires Us

By Baxter

Once when we were kittens, we cats were thrilled to have the privilege of meeting Sarah Weddington. It was during the Carter Administration, and at one point she wanted to borrow a typewriter to capture some meeting notes. (Those were the days before computers, smartphones and tablets, friends. We said we were kittens.) And good golly, Sarah Weddington was the fastest typist we ever heard.

But we admire Sarah Weddington for talents that took her far beyond any IBM Selectric. In 1971-72, at the age of 27, she successfully argued Roe v. Wade before the Supreme Court — thus helping to guarantee millions of American women their reproductive freedom.

And yes, to steal Jimmy Kimmel's Oscar joke, we also picked Sarah Weddington today to annoy Mike Pence. We cats PURR.