Anita Hill's op ed reminded me of this event, the bullying of Marlene Braun

[Mountainman]

Anita Hill says that harassment of women still goes on and that was true in this case. I live near Carizzo Plain National Monument and this story always gets to me.

http://www.pacificviews.org/weblog/archives/001686.html

snip:
When Braun contacted other officials at the Department of Fish and Game as well as the Nature Conservancy about "several public misstatements she believed had made about federal grazing law," he found out and suspended her. Braun appealed the suspension, but on February 15, 2005, her appeal was denied. Braun remained in touch with Bureau of Land Management officials concerning issues related to management of the Carrizo Plain and was repeatedly reprimanded for it. As a result, she told friends, she was certain she would be fired from the Bureau. Braun forwarded the disciplinary memos she continued to receive to officials at the Department of Fish and Game and the Nature Conservancy. She wrote, "I will no longer be participating in this mess.... I will not take being treated like a whipping girl..." The next day she put a .38 caliber pistol to her head and pulled the trigger. Committed Suicide, May 2, 2005.

Bush favors to mad cowmen lead to BLM suicide
http://dpatterson.blogspot.com/2005/08/bush-favors-to-mad-cowmen-lead-to-blm.html