Dear Professor Hill,Reading the NYT piece about Virginia Thomas's recent phone call reminded me of something I wish I'd done sooner, which is to deeplythank you for your testimony during Clarence Thomas's confirmationhearings.At the time, I was a sophomore in high school, and the notion ofsexual harassment was largely theoretical to me, but soon after, Iexperienced it first-hand, and your courage and conviction gave me thevalidation that I needed to know that my experience was not only onethat was shared by many women, but was worth objecting to and workingto stop. I wished then that I could thank you for taking thatdifficult path and thereby making mine easier, and I'm sorry I'vewaited so long to finally do so.Your efforts changed my life for the better, and I thank you for it.Best,