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Why Houston? How the Women’s Conference Came to the Bayou City

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 […]

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