Washington women push ERA support on Women's Equality Day
In Long Beach and Washington, professional women led by Caryl Betsy Jane push for Equal Rights Amendment. President Carter backs ratification, and the Women’s National Democratic Club grows with 2000 members. Women rely on peer support, child care, and shared job leads as they balance careers and family.
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Sexist judge faces recall bid over sexual morality remarks
Dane County Judge Archie Simonson, amid a recall bid for remarks denouncing sexual permissiveness during a juvenile sex assault case, faced opponents as transcripts revealed provocative comments about women and clothing. The hearing followed a no contest plea by a 17 year old boy in a high school stairwell attack.
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Chicago
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We Were But a Handful exhibition on suffrage history
National Portrait Gallery opening a Smithsonian tied exhibit marks the ratification anniversary of the 19th Amendment. It recalls Susan B. Anthony and early suffragists like Ametia Bloomer who challenged dress ban rulings and faced arrest in 1872. Anthony died in 1906, decades before voting rights came.
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