11/19/2012 5:30-8:30 pm

 Please help us celebrate the 35th anniversary of the First National Women's Conference, Houston, Texas, November, 1977, and the meetings that preceded it in all 50 states. 

 

Dear friend,
Happy to invite you to the November 19 celebration of the exhibit, "Women on the Move: The First National Women's Conference and the NY State Women's Meeting" to  be shown at the offices of Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer,
1 Centre Street, 19th Floor New York, NY 10007 during the month of November, 2012.  
 
Sincerely, 
Diana Mara Henry 
 
 
Messages from Women on the Move, 
then...and now

Rita Elway was the youngest member appointed to the President's Commission on the Observance of International Women's Year. Now Rita Brogan is CEO at 

www.prrbiz.com.

Gloria, Lucy and Liz
Here is Rita, at right, behind Liz Carpenter and beside Lucy Komisar and Gloria Steinem as the Commissioners tour the backstage area of the Albert Thomas Convention Hall 
before the opening of the conference. 
"Thanks Diana!  Participating in the 1977 National Women's Conference was truly an honor.  I learned so much from my sister commissioners by just listening  to how they solved problems and by watching their compassion and focus during the whole planning process."

Come meet Rita and Lucy on 11/19 
and be inspired by their message!

 
In This Issue
NYFA honors this exhibit
Participant spotlight
Quick Links
via NYFA/Artspiire
Please let us know: 
*
Were you in Houston?
Were you a commissioner?
Were you a delegate or alternate?
*
Will you be with us on 11/19/2012?
The public is invited!

 
* If you have any suggestions*If you can participate
* Thanks for keeping in touch! 

This isn't like Artspire...
It's not tax-deductible,
Make a Donation
But it also works!
Thank you for supporting Celebrating Women exhibit!



All photographs Copyright © 1977
Diana Mara Henry
 


























 
It is an honor that the New York Foundation for the Arts/ Artspire awarded this exhibit a fiscal sponsorship to allow donations to be made and tax-deductible. Please donate anything you can to support the outreach that will make this exhibit as all-inclusive as it should be. Participants at the historic events of 1977 are invited to present testimonies in person and in interviews, and all visitors are invited to contribute your thoughts via electronic guest book. 
WHO's COMING on NOVEMBER 19? 
Peggy Kokernot Kaplan, the middle flag bearer between Sylvia Ortiz, left, and Michele Cearcy in our photo of the last three women to run the torch 2,600 miles from Seneca Falls, site of the 1948 Women's Conference, and Houston...and her mother, Edith Babcock Grinnell.
Won't YOU join us? 

 

Thanks to eminent photographer and journalist 
Jo Freeman for her reportage about Houston!
Also anticipating the honor of a performance about Bella by Amy Simon, www.sheshistory.com  
and of Jennifer Lee, distinguished filmmaker, @JenniferLeeUSA
http://feministstories.wordpress.com/
to record the proceedings!