Women voting rights half a century later
Fifty years after the 19th Amendment, diverse women leaders reflect on progress and ongoing gaps. Senator Margaret Chase Smith and ICC chair Virginia Mae Brown call for continued initiative, while NOW head Betty Friedan frames a new era of equality and legal reform. The Lucy Stone League notes lingering questions about suffrage’s meaning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gay Pauley
UPT
Women’s Editor
New York
UPI
United States
U.S. Senate
Florida
Lucy Stone League
New Mexico
Margaret Chase Smith
Rlaine
Mrs. Smith
Senate
Armed Services
Aeronautical and Space Sciences
Washington
Virginia Mae Brown
Interstate Commerce Commission
ICC
Bruce Benson
Amherst
Mass
League of Women Voters
Walter Varney MaGee
General Federation of Women’s Clubs
GFWC
Betty Friedan
National Organization For Women
NOW
Friedan
Mom
Elsie Hill
South Norwalk
Conn
Lucy Stone
Birth announcements for multiple families on June dates
Mr and Mrs Fred Peterson Middletown welcome a second daughter Kelly Jo born June 1. Mr and Mrs Roger Christine James Street Washingtonville welcome Debra Rose born June 2. Mr and Mrs Frank Giordano Suzanne born June 2. Mr and Mrs William Walsh 15 Dallas Drive Monroe twin sons William Gerard and Patrick Gerard born June 3. Mr and Mrs Emil Torres 36 Circle Ave Ellenville daughter Elizabeth Ann born June 3. Mr and Mrs Ralph Nelson 8 Crestview Rock Tavern son Ralph Budd ITI born June 3. Mr and Mrs John Mulqueen RD 1 Valley Road Montgomery daughter Karen Ann born June 3. Mr and Mrs Charles King Walden Hotel Walden son Charles Roland Jr born June 3. Mr and Mrs William Holderfield 66 G Barkley Place New Windsor son Patrick William born June 3. Mr and Mrs John Earley Canterbury Apts Cornwall daughter Nancy Lynn born June 3. Mr and Mrs James Williamson Wappinger Falls son born June 3. Mr and Mrs James Morris 16 Fleetwood Drive Newburgh son Glenn Edward born June 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Peterson
Middletown
Kelly Jo
Roger Christine
James Street
Washingtonville
Debra Rose
Frank Giordano Suzanne
William Walsh
Dallas Drive
Monroe
William Gerard
Patrick Gerard
Emil Torres
Circle Ave
Ellenville
Elizabeth Ann
Ralph Nelson
Crestview
Rock Tavern
Ralph Budd
ITI
John Mulqueen
RD 1
Valley Road
Montgomery
Karen Ann
Charles Roland, Jr
William Holderfield
G. Barkley Place
New Windsor
Patrick William
John Earley
Canterbury Apts
Cornwall
Nancy Lynn
James Williamson
Wappinger Falls
James Morris
Fleetwood Drive
Newburgh
Glenn Edward
Nurse Laura Jean Perkins Joins Good Samaritan Staff
Monroe resident Laura Jean Perkins daughter of Mr and Mrs Leland A Smith of Maple Avenue Monroe earned a bachelor of science in nursing from the University of South Carolina at Columbia and has accepted a position as a registered nurse at Good Samaritan Hospital in Columbia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
Laura Jean Perkins
Leland A. Smith
Maple Avenue
University of South Carolina At Columbia
The
Good Samaritan Hospital
Columbia
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St. Luke’s Hospital
Charles King
Walden Hotel
Walden
Ritege
Baker's Welding Service
Highland Ave
Krull
White Lake
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