Word: chairwoman
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...laws restricting "private sexual behavior between consenting adults." Recognizing that many women feared that the resolution would hurt chances for passage of the ERA, Arizona Delegate Sue Dye explained: "It was a matter of sympathy, even though it makes things more difficult politically." Agreed Kentucky's Allie Hixson, chairwoman of her delegation: "This is a women's rights issue because if any group of individuals is repressed, it affects us all." The vote on the issue, said Liz Carpenter, head of ERAmerica, shows "how secure women have become. Five years ago, it would have been impossible...
...Jean King, chairwoman of Michigan's delegation: "When we got to the hotel the bellhop said, 'Hello, women.' I said, 'You have just doubled your...
...Bella Abzug, conference chairwoman, when asked why there were not more elderly women on hand: "Some of us are older than we look...
...National Organization for Women (N.O.W.), compliant "total women," housewives, antiabortionists. In a remarkable scene, three wives of Presidents-Rosalynn Carter, Betty Ford and Lady Bird Johnson-paid homage to the women's movement at the opening session as delegates waved handkerchiefs and colored balloons. Feminist celebrities included Conference Chairwoman Abzug, Gloria Steinem, Betty Friedan and Susan B. Anthony II. On the other side of Houston, more than 15,000 women who opposed feminist goals gathered in a counterconference. Said Phyllis Schlafly, the Alton, Ill., housewife and law student who has become the spearhead of U.S. antifeminism: "If people really...
Third World Students Org. Chairwoman...