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...convincingly displayed than the minority rights resolution that was drafted by conference organizers but later rewritten and toughened by the one-third of delegates who were black, Hispanic, Indian or Oriental. The revised version was carried with virtual unanimity by delegates who had split bitterly on other issues. Exulted Liz Carpenter, leader of ERAmerica, the group spearheading the amendment ratification drive: "We can no longer be accused of being a middle-class white women's cause." New Yorker Letty Cottin Pogrebin recalled seeing a black delegate wearing an orange armband in support of lesbian rights, a button favoring abortion...
...feminists, California Delegate Liz Snyder declared: "We've arrived at the place where we have the right to expect and demand much more expertise, more honesty and more follow-through on women's issues from our legislators." Said Janet Gray Hayes, mayor of San Jose, Calif: "The days of licking stamps and stuffing envelopes are over...
...matter of sympathy, even though it makes things more difficult politically." Agreed Kentucky's Allie Hixson, chairwoman of her delegation: "This is a women's rights issue because if any group of individuals is repressed, it affects us all." The vote on the issue, said Liz Carpenter, head of ERAmerica, shows "how secure women have become. Five years ago, it would have been impossible...
...process of disillusionment began with the first event--the medley relay. The team of Gina Stuart, Liz Kelly, Laurie Downey and Sherry Lubbers spurted to a team record 4:29.47, breaking the old standard, set in 1972, by .3 seconds...
Downey put the backstroke in Harvard's column with a double in the 100- and 200-yd. events. And Liz Kelly set a second team record (two in one night is not bad) in the 500 freestyle, smashing Downey's old mark of 5:24.9 by 3.2 seconds...