In May 1970, a group of badass women organized a direct-action "zap," a surprise protest, at the Second Congress to Unite Women. Wearing T-shirts emblazoned with the words "Lavender Menace," they transformed the conference － and the women's movement － by forcing its members to confront a question they had largely avoided. 

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