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...forced from their hearths by the fervent feminists may prove equally unable to go back," he noted. He envied the women conventioneers - of whatever political persuasion - their stamina. "They do much better on less sleep and liquor than their male counterparts." And he was surprised to find that Gloria Steinem was "a self-confessed junk-food freak. When I interviewed her over dinner, her meal consisted entirely of a cup of coffee and a gargantuan strawberry sundae...
...Women (N.O.W.), 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...
...woes? Among those blamed were President Carter, the press, the radical right -and the American political system itself. Complained San Jose Vice Muyor Susanne Wilson: "We don't have real politics. It is not the politics of individuals but of institutions that men have created." Said Gloria Steinem: "Women are beginning to get very cynical about this. It isn't a crisis of the women's movement. It's a crisis of democracy...
...Steinem told the 1,500 delegates that the movement is just one victim of the burgeoning radical right. "The efficiently organized opposition to the women's movement," she said, "is simply an early warning system of a total right-wing attack on civil rights, gun control, unions and social legislation...
...states that have not yet passed ERA, and to boycott products made in those states. The meeting was remarkably free of divisiveness. One reason: the sobering sense that the beleaguered movement cannot afford petty squabbles. Fears for the future produced chin-up rhetoric. "I am not predicting failure," said Steinem. "I have great faith in women and in some men who understand that this is a revolution." Translation: the movement is apprehensive...