By Miranda Ruzinsky Ana Eigler, Sephardic, married her husband Robert Eigler, Ashkenazi, in 1973. They maintained a bicultural Jewish household of Sephardic and Ashkenazi Jewish practices alongside their shared Latin heritage. All photos courtesy of Ana Eigler. This is a story about identity—self-asserted and externally imposed. Ana Eigler, a Sephardic Jew from Latin America, understood […]
By Maya Bouchebl Dima Suki attended the American University of Beirut in the early 1980s. Bordered by the Mediterranean Sea on one side and the bustling city streets on the other, the campus is considered one of the most beautiful in the world. All photos courtesy of Dima Suki unless otherwise noted. The first wave […]
by Grace Jarman Lizbeth Ortiz, Houston artist and founder of the Frida Festival, shares her passion for the arts in a way that showcases her heritage and connects with her community. Photo courtesy of Lizbeth Ortiz and Anthony Rathbun Photography. In spring, as the air turns to the heat of a Houston summer, the streets […]
By Adithi Nythruva Veronica and her aunt, Sister Rezka Zuzek, visit the Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 1974. All photos courtesy of Veronica Fahys unless otherwise noted. Since the nation’s inception, immigrants have molded the United States into the “land of the free and the home of the brave.” From […]
By Caitlyn Jones I was walking to my car in downtown Houston on a humid afternoon in 2020 when I first saw it. There, glinting off the red brick of the Hobby Center, was the only physical marker of the history that happened there on a steamy weekend in November 1977. “The Sam Houston Coliseum, […]
By Caitlyn Jones Houston Women’s Advocate Nikki Van Hightower, far right, addresses a crowd in front of the Sam Houston Coliseum alongside torch runners and NWC presiding officer Bella Abzug to kick off the four-day convention. Photo courtesy of Janice Rubin. When organizers of the National Women’s Conference (NWC) announced in October 1976 that Houston, […]
By Maya Bouchebl The International Women’s Year Commission chose Houston to host the National Women’s Conference. The main venues and hotels were located downtown, shown here in 1977. Photo courtesy of Boston Public Library flickr. In the months leading up to the National Women’s Conference of November 1977, the staff of the International Women’s Year […]
By Miranda Ruzinsky The official conference report published in 1978 for President Jimmy Carter and the public featured, left to right, Sylvia Ortiz, Peggy Kokernot, and Michelle Cearcy on the cover page. Photo by Adela Alonso, courtesy of Wikimedia Commons. “WALK A CELEBRITY MILE!”: This call to action circulated around Houston in 1977 on a […]
Introduction by Nancy Beck Young and Leandra Zarnow Biographies edited by Mary Seume Houston delegate Sylvia Garcia, center, joins other Pro-plan and ERA supporters from the Texas delegation such as future Governor Ann Richards (left) and Houston Women’s Advocate Nikki Van Hightower (top right) at the National Women’s Conference. Photo courtesy of Sylvia Garcia. Sharing Stories […]
By Jacob King Congresswoman Barbara Jordan delivers a rousing message at the National Women’s Conference in 1977, flanked to her right by Bella Abzug and Rosalyn Carter. Photo by Dorothy Marder, courtesy of the Swarthmore College Peace Collection. On November 19, 1977, in Houston, Texas, U.S. Rep. Barbara Jordan (D-TX) approached the National Women’s Conference […]
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