A news reporter summarizes the events of the closing session of the National Women's Conference held at Houston, Texas, focused on equal rights for women, women's issues, and ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment. Ruth Clusen (Wisconsin Commissioner), Bella Abzug, Addie Wyatt, Gloria Steinem, and other women delegates speak. Several delegates revolt during the meeting. Women vote against the substitution motion. Bella Abzug delivers remarks during the closing of the conference. A woman holds up a sign that says, "Keep your hands off my body."
A news reporter summarizes the events of the closing session of the National Women's Conference held in Houston, Texas. She sits in an empty meeting hall and delivers her report. Scenes showing women holding hands and in high spirits after conclusion of the conference focused on equal rights for women, women's issues, and ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment.
Cowboys approaching ride horses into a stable. Cattle graze. Oil wells and military airfield from overhead. Distant view of Dallas Texas city skyline. Night view of streets and signs in Amarillo Texas. Daytime view of a tall skyscraper building and wide street in Houston Texas with cars and traffic View of the Hotel Nimitz in Fredericksburg Texas. Downtown Fort Worth Texas city street with shops, offices, and cars. Downtown area in Pampa Texas. Street corner view in Kerrville Texas. Two different views of The Alamo and surroundings in San Antonio, Texas. A water tower and oil rigs in Kilgore Texas. Downtown area of El Paso, Texas from elevated view. Street view in downtown Beaumont, Texas. Downtown view in Wichita Falls, Texas. Downtown San Angelo Texas views. Distant view of the city of Austin Texas from an elevated position, and then in downtown Austin featuring the State House Capitol building. Cattle, sheep, and sorghum farming views. Rice fields and Turkey ranches. Many oil rigs and oil wells. A busy shipyard in Texas making ships for World War II war effort. A sprawling aircraft factory. Oil rigs pumping oil. Farmer on tractor plows wheat field. View of rice harvesting (Massey Harris Self Propelled Harvest Brigade). Men stack magnesium bars. Magnesium factory next to ocean in Texas. Hand cotton picking and view of a mechanical cotton picker. Tractor pulling sorghum harvester. Sulfur mining and Helium plant in Amarillo. Black clouds in sky from burning natural gas in making synthetic rubber for war effort. Cliff of sulfur dynamited and loaded by train crane. Cowboys herd cattle and view of Fort Worth Stockyards and Exchange. Angora goat farm and turkey farming. War time workers manufacturing. Alabama and Coushatta Native American Indian village with flag of service stars for men in the war. Indian children with elder and Indian logging camp. Campus of University of Texas and State Capitol in Austin. Well dressed women exit Dallas department store.
Woman shows a 'National Plan for Woman' to women present in a meeting held few days before the National Women's Conference in Houston, Texas, focused on equal rights for women, women's issues, and ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment. Issues relating to rights of Hispanic and other minority women are raised in the meeting. Voting is done by American women delegates. The attendees have food after the meeting.
American women present in a meeting in Houston, Texas as part of the National Women's Conference. African American women speak up questioning the composition of ERA (Equal Rights Amendment) delegates from various states, and fair representation for African American women. Women delegates from the state of Mississippi present in the meeting. Voting for a motion is done. Women in favor of the motion raise their hands. Several women speak and share their views as African American women.
Bella Abzug makes a speech at National Women's Conference in Houston, Texas. Bella Abzug surrounded by photographers and reporters. Barbara Jordan delivers her speech during the National Women's Conference. Indiana State senator Joan Governs speaks. Montage shows interviews and speeches by several other prominent American women figures both for and against the Equal Rights Amendment, including Gloria Steinem, conservative and anti-feminist Phyllis Schlafly, Mary Anne Krupsak, Eleanor Smeal, Liz Carpenter, and Rosalynn Carter.
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