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Thanks for the beautiful tribute Haralee. When Betty Ford spoke out publicly thousands of women were inspired to start taking charge of their own breast health. Others, including professional women in healthcare, moved forward in changing service delivery and treatment. Even later, as women became more educated and empowered, providers were less able to give second rate services or pat women on the head and tell them to blindly accept a mastectomy as the only treatment option. Few young women today really get this - how hidden breast cancer was in the past, how barbaric the treatment was, and how many millions of women died simply because this medical condition was not addressed publicly or properly. I am not talking about the distant past, these conditions existed in many US communities in the 1990's and exist in many countries today. I applaud your personal efforts to educate others Haralee and invite others in the EmpowHER community to do the same. Betty Ford will be looking on and smiling. She would add that breast cancer awareness is not enough, action is needed too.