National Women's Conference Center (National Women's Conference Committee)
Variant namesEstablished by a mandate from the first National Women's Conference, Houston, Tex., 1977, the National Women's Conference Committee was designed to represent and sustain grassroots groups working for women's equality. The NWCC is (or represents) a network of individuals as well as national, state, and local women's groups; its purpose has been to mobilize support for the national plan of action issued by the 1977 conference, which addressed the legal, economic, and social changes needed to ensure equality. The National Women's Conference Center is the tax-deductible education and public information arm of the NWC Committee. It has a 15-member board of directors, and an advisory committee made up of current and prior leaders of the NWC Committee.
From the description of Records, 1991. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 232008343
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| referencedIn | Schafran, Lynn Hecht. Papers of Lynn Hecht Schafran, 1972-2008. | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| referencedIn | Boyer, Gene, 1925-2003. Papers, 1925-2002. | Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project | |
| referencedIn | Downie, Susanna. Susanna Downie papers, 1972-1990. | University of Pittsburgh | |
| creatorOf | National Women's Conference Center (National Women's Conference Committee). Records, 1991. | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America |
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| associatedWith | Boyer, Gene, 1925-2003. | person |
| associatedWith | Downie, Susanna. | person |
| associatedWith | National Women's Conference. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Schafran, Lynn Hecht. | person |
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| United States |
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| Women |
| Women's rights |
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