Read more
This book includes the unknown stories of six important women, including political operatives and journalists, who laid the foundation for improving women's equality during the 1960s and 1970s. While they largely worked behind the scenes, they made a significant impact.
List of contents
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1: Meeting the Well-Behaved Women Who Made a Difference
Chapter 2: World War II, Women's Pages & Women's Clubs
Chapter 3: Journalism Organizations, Women Political Writing & Offbeat Washington
Chapter 4: Washington Press Club, Fundraising Cookbooks & Glaser as Head of Washington Press Club
Chapter 5: Questions of Feminism, the 1969 Press Conference and the President's Task Force on Women's Rights and Responsibilities
Chapter 6: Kathryn Clarenbach, Continuing Education Programs & Helping Traditional Women
Chapter 7: Xilonen, the 1975 United Nations Women's Year Conference in Mexico City and the 1977 IWY Meeting in Houston
Afterword: What Happened in the Post-Houston Years
Bibliography
About the Author
About the author
By Kimberly Wilmot Voss
Summary
This book includes the unknown stories of six important women, including political operatives and journalists, who laid the foundation for improving women’s equality during the 1960s and 1970s. While they largely worked behind the scenes, they made a significant impact.
