the greatest consciousness-raising event in history
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Olcott, Jocelyn
- Publish Year
- 2017
- Shelfmark
- WER 1K 2017 - B
- Thesaurus
- tweede feministische golf, jaar van de vrouw, wereldvrouwenconferenties, vrouwenorganisaties, internationaal, historisch, 1970-1979, 20e eeuw
- Description
- The United Nations declared 1975 the International Women's Year, a time to focus on the issues facing all members of the female sex on a global level. In this book the author described the International Women's Year conference, held in Mexico City that summer. It attracted delegates from 133 countries, in addition to non-governmental organizations and press. The attendees included Betty Friedan, Jane Fonda, Angela Davis, and Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova, princess Pahlavi of Iran, Leah Rabin of Israel, Sri Lankan Prime Minister Sirmavo Bandaranaike, and Egyptian first lady Jihan el-Sadat: and the grassroots.