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Court frees feminist in landmark case
Carol Downer, 39, mother of six, is acquitted by a Municipal Court jury of misdemeanor practicing medicine without a license after treating a woman with yogurt during a class at a self help women’s center. The national cause celebre drew support from Bella Abzug Gloria Steinem and Dr. Benjamin Spock.
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Los Angeles
Carol Downer
Self-Help Women’s Center
New York
Bella Abzug
Gloria Steinem