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Homemaker Rights Move Gathers Steam At Illinois Conference
Joyce Webb and about two dozen Southern Illinois homemakers met at the Illinois International Women's Year Conference in Bloomington to push resolutions for federal action. The group split on ERA support, with 34 pro and 24 anti leanings among Illinois delegates to the Houston national meeting. The conference urged Social Security reform to credit homemaker spouses separately and inheritance-law changes to favor surviving spouses and children.
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Bonnie Johnston
Joyce Webb
Carbondale Women’s Center Board of
Bloomington
Houston
Webb
Mary Lee Leahy
Springfield
Illinois Dept. of Children and Family Services
Linda McLaughlin
Carbondale
Nan Wood
Chicago
Women’s Center
National Commission On