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...compliant "total women," housewives, antiabortionists. In a remarkable scene, three wives of Presidents-Rosalynn Carter, Betty Ford and Lady Bird Johnson-paid homage to the women's movement at the opening session as delegates waved handkerchiefs and colored balloons. Feminist celebrities included Conference Chairwoman Abzug, Gloria Steinem, Betty Friedan and Susan B. Anthony II. On the other side of Houston, more than 15,000 women who opposed feminist goals gathered in a counterconference. Said Phyllis Schlafly, the Alton, Ill., housewife and law student who has become the spearhead of U.S. antifeminism: "If people really find out what the movement...
...doubled since 1971, to 685. There are 90 women mayors of American cities that have populations of more than 10,000. Nearly half-six of 13 members-of the Minneapolis city council is now female. In tiny Flemington, Ga., every municipal office is held by a woman. Says Betty Friedan: "Women have gained enormously over the last 15 years. We have broken through the barriers, and it is more than just tokenism...
...Betty Friedan--Austin Hall at Harvard Law School...
...Betty Friedan is another of this week's stars. She'll speak on October 13 at Austin Hall in the Ames Courtroom at Harvard Law School at 8 p.m. (Admission: $2) Friedan is probably best known as the author of "The Feminine Mystique" and the founder and first president of the National Organization for Women...
...where was Betty Friedan with her quote, "I say to the women of America, we gotta stop being so ladylike," when Viet Nam was raging? Certainly not trying to take my place at the induction center. They want to have their cake...