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Women in 1980 open with record number of female lawmakers
The 97th Congress will include 21 women in the Senate and House. Paula Hawkins and Nancy Kassebaum join historic ranks, while other firsts mark military, civil service, arts, and sports milestones for women, amid ongoing ERA debates and notable losses in g overnance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paula Hawkins
R-Fla
Nancy Kassebaum
Senate
Dixy Lee Ray
Washington
Ella T. Grasso
Connecticut
U. S
Military Academy
West Point
N. Y
Naval Academy
Annapolis
Coast Guard Academy
New London
China Lake
Calif
Hollywood
Sherry Landsing
20th-Century Fox Productions
Organized Labor
Joyce Miller
Coalition of Labor Union Women
Aflcio
Miller
Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union
Marguerite Yourcenar
Brussels
Belgium
French Academy
Cardinal Richelieu
France
Michigan State University
Shirley Cosgrove
Alief
Texas
National Association of Advertising Publishers
World Almanac & Book of Facts
Hana Umlauf Lane
Marjorie S. Matthews
Traverse City
Mich
United Methodist Church
Paula D. Hughes
U. S. Postal Service
Mother Teresa
India
Netherlands
Beatrix
Juliana
Naomi James
New Zealand
Rotary International
Genuine Risk
Churchill Downs
LeRoy Jolley
U. S. Golf Association
Bronwin Russell
Betsy Rawls
Amy Alcott
Wimbledon
Center Court
Andrea Jaeger
Chris Evert Lloyd