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 […]
By Maya BoucheblThe 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 (IWY) Commission […]
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