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Human Rights on the Homefront: Dorothy Height and Spirit of Houston Get access

Julie A. Gallagher
in It's Our Movement Now: Black Women's Politics and the 1977 National Women's Conference
Published: 29 November 2022
... Kennedy’s President’s Commission on the Status of Women (PCSW) and chaired the Commission’s special consultation to discuss “Problems of Negro Women.” This article argues that Height was the unrecognized bridge between the 1963 PCSW special consultation and the 1977 National Women’s Conference minority...
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“I hope we won’t turn our backs on the masses of women in Florida” Dr. Freddie Groomes-McLendon, the Florida Commission on the Status of Women, and the Struggle over the Equal Rights Amendment Get access

Johanna M. Ortner
in It's Our Movement Now: Black Women's Politics and the 1977 National Women's Conference
Published: 29 November 2022
...This chapter discusses Dr. Freddie Groomes-McLendon’s advocacy for underrepresented communities in Florida and her leadership role in Governor Reubin Askew’s Commission on the Status of Women, which made her a leading champion in the state’s struggle over the passing of the Equal Rights Amendment...