Rosalynn Carter with Betty Ford and Ladybird Johnson at the National Women's Conference
11/19/1977
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More than 20,000 people—including First Lady Rosalynn Carter, former First Ladies Lady Bird Johnson and Betty Ford, Coretta Scott King, and Susan B. Anthony II (the suffragist’s grandniece)—attended the First National Women's Conference in Houston, Texas, in 1977. The torch was passed to a new wave of women reformers at the ambitious conference. Two thousand and five state delegates recommended to Congress and the President how to advance women’s rights. Delegates adopted a 26-plank national plan, addressing issues such as career interests, rights for minority women, and the Equal Rights Amendment. The outcome was a National Plan of Action for women’s rights, inclusive of women of color.
This primary source comes from the Collection JC-WHSP: Carter White House Photographs Collection.
National Archives Identifier: 176924
Full Citation: Photograph WHSP-C-03412-26; Rosalynn Carter with Betty Ford and Ladybird Johnson at the National Women's Conference.; 11/19/1977; National Womens Conference; Jimmy Carter's Presidential Photographs , 1/20/1977 - 1/20/1981; Collection JC-WHSP: Carter White House Photographs Collection; Jimmy Carter Library, Atlanta, GA. [Online Version, https://www.docsteach.org/documents/document/national-womens-conference, January 17, 2025]Activities that use this document
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