Title | Update on the State Women's Meetings & The national IWY Conference, Update 6 |
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Publisher | National Commission on the Observance of International Women's Year |
Date | July 25, 1977 |
Language | eng |
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Identifier | ID 1996-007, Box 1, Folder 19 |
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Donor | Randal, Marjorie |
Rights | No Copyright - United States: This item is in the public domain in the United States and may be used freely in the United States. The item may not be in the public domain under the copyright laws of other countries. |
Title | File 001 |
Transcript | re penv W ?s NATIONAL :OMMISSION ON ME OBSERVANCE C^ INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S YEAR .*> / / ^ce •J I ! H uoc^c Information U.S. dzpaitrnznt o< Stat ; £J2J 63£- '975 V- L'^ilii/igi. ,\, D.C. 20 520 K -v. UPDATE ON THE STATE WOMEN'S MEETINGS & THE NATIONAL IWY CONFERENCE UDdate 6 July 25, 1377 . p A CAPSULIZED LOCK AT THE STATE MEETINGS, FBPUARY 25 - JULY 10, 1977 VERMONT - February 2 6 Kick-off stata meeting which atcracted *rge nuirbers of women who h:: never before take.: o-irr in a vonen's meeting. Turn-out all the rrcre s:> taci.ar because cf hectvy snowfall in the arc-..-' Passea resolutions in r n ALASKA - May 6-8 'vatreach high-v successful in a state one-fifth the size of tne U.S. Diverse opnstituer.cies reflected in rr-ake-up cf delegation: 4 Caucasians, 3 Tlirgits, 1 Esk-uxs, 1 Athabascan, i Black, 1 Japanese. Extensive fcl^cw up aitir meecing, including fund-raising effort to send women to Natioricd Conference. GEORGIA - May 6-7 •r. aoout ERA. Delegation tc balanced m statewide representation. Sixty-- commendaticni-. to be taken to Houston. Houston praised as being well- workshops produced 50 re- % IDAHC - May 21-22 Voters passed key recannendation urging creation of a national cornnis- sion to develop and promote support for unifcr:. set of -.aws designed to rro tect ? --gal and econercic rights of hcrneirakers, to be used as guide oy stages Homemaker rignts strongly endorsed by actress Valerie Harper ("Rhoda") in Keynote address. -More- \ |
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