By Caitlyn JonesHouston 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, Texas, would […]
Introduction by Nancy Beck Young and Leandra Zarnow Biographies edited by Mary SeumeHouston 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 from 1977: Putting […]
Not content with the status quo and lacking an organization to represent them, a small group of thirty Taiwanese women from the United States and Canada formed what became the North America Taiwanese Women’s Association (NATWA) in March of 1988. A non-profit run primarily by volunteers, NATWA created a nongovernmental organization to address major issues […]
To read the full text of this transcript of the speech “State of Women in Houston” by Nikki Van Hightower that appeared in the Fall 2003 issue of Houston History, download the pdf version.
To read the full text of this article by Audrey Crawford that appeared in the Fall 2003 issue of Houston History, download the pdf version.
Women in Houston’s History Vol. 1, No. 1 (Fall 2003) Editor’s Introduction By Joseph Pratt 2 Houston Women in Texas and U.S. History By Audrey Crawford 4 “A Miracle Occurred!” The Houston Committee of International Women’s Year, Houston, 1977 By Ellen Pratt Fout 12 State of the Women in Houston Speech By Nikki Van Hightower […]
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