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End of 1973 a year of high costs and changing roles
From rising living costs and energy shortages to the Nixon era, 1973 reshaped American families especially women. The year saw wage pressures, meat and fuel shortages, and new women in high office while the era’s political scandal reverberated through the White House. It highlighted increased female labor force participation, notable achievements in government and military service, and sobering trends like the abortion court ruling and a baby bust.
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Gay Pauley
New York
UPI
Southeast Asia
Ogden Reid
D-N.y
Pat Schroder
R-Colo
Cornucopia
Rome
London
Buenos Aires
Tokyo
Nixon
Dallas
Yale
Women’s Liberation Front
Columbia University
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Dixy Lee Ray
Atomic Energy Commission
Ruth Lewis Farkas
Luxembourg
Perle Mesta
House
Hale Boggs
Louisiana
Jeanne M. Holm
U.S
Air Force
WAF
U.S. Army
Wurzburg
Germany
Army
Navy
Armes
Billy Jean King
Robert Larrimore Riggs
Houston
Vanguard Records
U.S. Census Bureau
US Supreme Court
Gerald R. Ford
Agnew
Fords
Washington
Lyndon B. Johnson
Johnson
America
White House
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Harrys. Truman
Aristotle Onassis
Jacqueline Kennedy
Kennedys
Greece
Caroline
John