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Kansas Women Face Reckoning After Year Of Firsts
Kansas women reflected on a year of milestone gains and deep divisions between feminists and the pro family coalition. Eleven new state legislators were sworn in, and women reached top posts in law, education, and agencies, yet disputes over ERA ratification and abortion funding loom large for 1978. Jan Meyers seeks the U S Senate seat as the lone female in the state senate faces tough odds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judie Black
Kansas Features & News
Topeka
Kansas
U. S. Senate
Federal Environmental Protection Agency
Kansas National Education Association
Pittsburg State University
Future Farmers of America
Kansas Women's Weekend
Kansas Women’s Political Caucus
Pro-Family Coalition
Ruth Luzzati
Wichita
Kansas House
House
Ways and Means
U. S
Federal and State Affairs Committee
Ardena Matlack
Clearwater
Luzzati
Ruth Wilkin
Rep. Wilkin
Betty Hanicke
Westwood
Coalition
James Pearson
Jan Meyers
Overland Park
Senate