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Collection: Women's History - Fall 2024 (HIST 27/127)

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U.S. Rep. Barbara Jordan, D-Houston, gives the keynote address at the National Women's Conference in Houston as the IWY Commission's Bella Abzug, from left, first lady Rosalynn Carter and former first ladies Betty Ford and Lady Bird Johnson listen

Drawing shows men, possibly legislators, climbing a ladder to board a large vehicle labeled "Band Wagon" that's heading towards the U.S. Capitol that has banners and signs saying "Votes for women." A horn blasts "Last call" as some men stand back…

Wall Of Femmes -- Margaret Sanger

Black and white portrait of Margaret Sanger (1879-1966), an American activist, sex educator and nurse. Sanger opened the first birth control clinic in the U.S. and established organizations that evolved into Planned Parenthood."Wall of Femmes is a…