Editor’s Note: On March 5, 2008, the Office of International Students and Scholars of the University of Nevada, Reno, invited L. Martina Young to participate as a speaker for its International Women’s Day Luncheon held at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship. The theme, In Celebration of Women, was a three-day event co-sponsored by the University of Nevada, Reno’s Women’s Studies Program and the Equity and Diversity Office of Truckee Meadows Community College. This is the speech given on that day.