Trailblazer Arminta Harness Champion of Equal Rights
Lt Col Arminta Harness, Air Force’s first woman engineer, describes her 20 year battle for equal rights. She recalls salary discrimination, military pay parity, and pioneering roles such as test engineer and Gemini program involvement. She envisions coed service academies and continued gains for women in engineering.
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Arminta Harness
Air Force
Women’s Liberation Movement
USC
THI
The
Buzz Aldrin
Hair styles liberated in Spring's natural look
The feminist movement shapes spring 1971 hair trends at a New York beauty show with 22 top stylists. Long, flexible styles replace teased bouffants, with waves, curls and day to night convertibles. Notable works include Mr. Kenneth’s layer cut and Michel of Paris’s maxi mane.
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New York City
Mr. Kenneth
Vidal Sassoon
Michel Kazan
Leslie Blanchard
Michel
Paris
Cleo Hill Jackson
Los Angeles
Fashion shift in Florence skirts take dominance over pants
Italian designers at Florence fashion week move toward knee length skirts as hemline war ends. Pantsuits wane with hot pants fading, though some houses keep pockets of hotpants. Ken Scott promotes bold color while others favor restrained peasant vests for fall.
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Florence
Italy
UPI
Fontana
Queen Anne Marie
United States
Champagne Art Auction to Benefit John Tracy Clinic
Mrs Mark Reid and Mrs William Woodson view space for bidding at the Second Annual Champagne Art Auction in Long Beach. The event by the Long Beach League begins with champagne at 8 30 p.m. Friday at the Petroleum Club 3636 Linden Ave with bidding at 9 30. Works include lithographs etchings oils watercolors woodcuts and serigraphs to support the Demonstration Home. The Eric Brenton Quartet provides background music. Mrs Don Rowan chairs and handles reservations.
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Mark Reid
William Woodson
Long Beach League
John Tracy
Petroleum Club
Linden Ave
Long Beach
Eric Brenton
Don Rowan
Bentree
Kent Henderson
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Equal Rights
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Institute For Advancement of Engineering
Alicia Weergang
Travis Johnson
Rome
Tiziani
Renato Balestra
Ken Scott
Milan
Ken
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