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Women and politics mark 1970 year in review
A survey highlights key women who shaped 1970 politics. Lady Bird Johnson published a White House Diary and voiced support for Lyndon Johnson’s non reelection, while Martha Mitchell attracted attention after Vietnam protests and court duties. Leonore Romney ran a Senate bid and Angela Davis drew national headlines as a controversial UCLA appointment dispute and activist. Foreign figures Golda Meir Nguyen Thi Binh Bernadette Devlin led efforts amid war. FBI listed Susan Saxe Katherine Power Bernadine Dohrn alongside Angela Davis in a wave of radical women involved in crime and protest.
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Middle East
Israel
Golda Meir
Paris
Nguyen Thi Binh
National Liberation Front
Ireland
Bernadette
Devlin
Angela Davis
California Board of Regents
UCLA
San Quentin
FBI
Susan Saxe
Katherine Power
Brandeis University
Boston
Miss Saxe
Miss Power
Fb.i
U.S
Philadelphia
National Guard