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Year 1978 seen as decisive for women's rights and jobs
A UPI survey of women leaders highlights key 1978 issues including full employment, the ERA, abortion debates, and electing more women to public offices. Rosalynn Carter and Coretta Scott King frame economy and jobs as central, while Schlafly and NOW leaders push contrasting views on ERA and social policy.
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New York
UPI
Rosalynn Carter
Coretta Scott King
Ifi
Martin Luther King, Jr
United Press International
Phyllis Schlafly
Alton
Ill
Congress
United States
Ruth Clusen
League of Women Voters
Jimmy Carter
Gerald Ford
Clusen
League
ERA
Cincinnati
Chicago
Ohio
Illinois
U.S. House
Senate
National Organization For Women
National Women's Political Caucus
Joan McLean
U.S. Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Washington
Houston
IWY
Betty Ford
Lady Bird Johnson
Schlafly
Coretta King
General Federation of Women's Clubs
Passage of
Tive
Federation
Harry Wagner Jr
Juanita Morris Kreps
U.S. Department of Commerce
Lenora Hershey
Ladies’ Home Journal
Eleanor Smeal
Women's Movement
Anita Bryant
America
Protect America’s Children
Save America’s Children
Miss Bryant
PAC
Gallup
Good Housekeeping
World Almanac
Bella Abzug
House