Word: weddington
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Sarah Weddington, special assistant to the President for women's affairs, has been promoted to the senior White House staff. She will take over Kraft's White House political chores as well as serve as chief adviser on women's issues...
...Sarah Weddington, 34. "I want to see to it that women are not cut off from power positions," says Carter's special assistant on women's issues. A graduate of the University of Texas Law School and a Texas state legislator for five years, Attorney Weddington worked to reform the state's sexual abuse laws and equalize commercial credit requirements for women. In 1973, at the age of 28, she won the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case that affirmed a woman's right to choose to have an abortion. Since Weddington replaced Midge Costanza last November, Carter has increased...
...implied right" in Title IX, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6 to 3 that individuals can indeed bring sex discrimination suits against schools and colleges. Women's groups immediately hailed the decision as a breakthrough for women's rights. So did White House Special Assistant Sarah Weddington, who argued that it was better to have individuals assert their rights in court than rely on an already overburdened HEW. Legal experts noted that the decision will not only make it easier to bring sex discrimination cases but racial discrimination cases as well, since the statutory language of Title...
...there so few Geraldine Ferraros? Women have definite assets as candidates?for example, voters generally regard them as more honest than men. But a bevy of obstacles keeps women from competing on an equal footing with men for support from party leaders and, more important, from voters. Says Sarah Weddington, Jimmy Carter's new assistant for women's issues: "It is very discouraging to look at the number of women who will be serving in the next Congress...