Description
Why Houston? How the National Women’s Conference Came to the Bayou City
By Caitlyn Jones
Making Houston Happen: Local Organizers and the Planning of the NWC
By Maya Bouchebl
Sylvia Ortiz: An “Everyday Woman” Who Became a Feminist Celebrity
By Miranda Ruzinsky
Meet Houston’s NWC Delegates
Introduction by Nancy Beck Young and Leandra Zarnow
Biographies edited by Mary Seume
“Come now, let us reason together:” Barbara Jordan’s Keynote Address
By Jacob King
From Buttons to Banners: Visual Messaging at the NWC
By Mackenzie Vance
Leaving a Legacy: Houston Women in Politics after 1977
Introduction by Caitlyn Jones
Excerpts from oral histories conducted by Lena Craven and Caitlyn Jones
FROM THE ARCHIVES
Carrying the Past into the Present: Preserving the Legacy of the National Women’s Conference
By Livia Lee Garza
Houston Happenings
Endnotes