Twenty years after Augusta protests, women still look ahead

When Martha Burk mentioned the all-male membership at Augusta National, the National Council of Women’s Organisation didn’t even vote on whether to take action

PIONEERS: Martha Burk, Chairwoman of the National Council of Women's Organizations, and Eleanor Smeal, the Feminist Majority Foundation President, talk with the media during Masters week demonstrations on Washington Road outside the gates of Augusta National on April 12, 2003 in Augusta, Georgia. Pic: Getty Images

It started with a letter that Martha Burk figured would never see the light of day.

When she mentioned the all-male membership at Augusta National, the National Council of Women’s Organisation didn’t even vote on whether to take action.