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The original documents are located in Box 35, folder "International Women's Year" of the William J. Baroody Files at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library. Copyright Notice The copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material. Gerald R. Ford donated to the United States of America his copyrights in all of his unpublished writings in National Archives collections. Works prepared by U.S. Government employees as part of their official duties are in the public domain. The copyrights to materials written by other individuals or organizations are presumed to remain with them. If you think any of the information displayed in the PDF is subject to a valid copyright claim, please contact the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library. Digitized from Box 35 of the William J. Baroody Files at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library THE UNITED THE OF STATES International Women's Year 1975 By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation There is a growing awareness today of the significant contributions that American women have made to our country's development, its culture, and its social and economic life. Women have enriched our society as homemakers and mothers and our community life through dedicated service as volunteers. Their entry into the labor force in increasing numbers has strengthened and expanded our economy. Despite these important contributions, women continue to face inequities as they seek a broader role in the life of our Nation. In recent years, we have made significant progress toward remedying this situation, not only by striking down barriers to the employment and advancement of women in Government, but by ending discriminatory practices in other fields through legislation, Executive order, and judicial decree. Even when legal equality is achieved, however, traditional discriminatory attitudes, beliefs and practices may persist, pre- venting women from enjoying the full and equal rights that they deserve. This Administration is committed to providing an opportunity for women to participate on an equal basis with men in our national life. We support the Equal Rights Amendment, we are moving vigorously to ensure full equal employment oppor- tunity for women in the Federal service, and we are enforcing the law requiring similar efforts in business and institutions which receive Federal contracts or assistance. The United Nations General Assembly, by adoption of Resolution 3010 of December 18, 1972, designated 1975 as International Women's Year. This resolution offers an exceptional opportunity to intensify the national effort already underway in the United States to further advance the status of women. In observing International Women's Year, we should emphasize the role of women in the economy, their accomplishments in the professions, in Government, in the arts and humanities, and in their roles as wives and mothers. The Congress approved the Equal Rights Amendment to the Constitution in 1972. It would be a fitting tribute to America's women to complete the ratification of this amendment by 1975. Let us begin now to work together, men and women, to make 1975 an outstanding year for women in the United States, and lend our support to the advancement of women around the world. NOW, THEREFORE, I, RICHARD NIXON, President of the United States of America, do hereby designate the year 1975 as International Women's Year in the United States. I call upon the Congress and the people of the United States, interested groups and organizations, officials of the Federal Government and of State and local governments, educational institutions, and all others who can be of help, to begin now to provide for the observance of International Women's Year with practical and constructive measures for the advancement of the status of women, and also to cooperate with the activities and observances to be arranged under the auspices of the United Nations. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this thirtieth day of January in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred seventy-four, and of the Independ- ence of the United States of America the one hundred ninety-eighth. THE UNITED THE OF International Women's Year 1975 By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation There is a growing awareness today of the significant contributions that American women have made to our country's development, its culture, and its social and economic life. Women have enriched our society as homemakers and mothers and our community life through dedicated service as volunteers. Their entry into the labor force in increasing numbers has strengthened and expanded our economy. Despite these important contributions, women continue to face inequities as they seek a broader role in the life of our Nation. In recent years, we have made significant progress toward remedying this situation, not only by striking down barriers to the employment and advancement of women in Government, but by ending discriminatory practices in other fields through legislation, Executive order, and judicial decree. Even when legal equality is achieved, however, traditional discriminatory attitudes, beliefs and practices may persist, pre- venting women from enjoying the full and equal rights that they deserve. This Administration is committed to providing an opportunity for women to participate on an equal basis with men in our national life. We support the Equal Rights Amendment, we are moving vigorously to ensure full equal employment oppor- tunity for women in the Federal service, and we are enforcing the law requiring similar efforts in business and institutions which receive Federal contracts or assistance. The United Nations General Assembly, by adoption of Resolution 3010 of December 18, 1972, designated 1975 as International Women's Year. This resolution offers an exceptional opportunity to intensify the national effort already underway in the United States to further advance the status of women. In observing International Women's Year, we should emphasize the role of women in the economy, their accomplishments in the professions, in Government, in the arts and humanities, and in their roles as wives and mothers. The Congress approved the Equal Rights Amendment to the Constitution in 1972. It would be a fitting tribute to America's women to complete the ratification of this amendment by 1975. Let us begin now to work together, men and women, to make 1975 an outstanding year for women in the United States, and lend our support to the advancement of women around the world. NOW, THEREFORE, I, RICHARD NIXON, President of the United States of America, do hereby designate the year 1975 as International Women's Year in the United States. I call upon the Congress and the people of the United States, interested groups and organizations, officials of the Federal Government and of State and local governments, educational institutions, and all others who can be of help, to begin now to provide for the observance of International Women's Year with practical and constructive measures for the advancement of the status of women, and also to cooperate with the activities and observances to be arranged under the auspices of the United Nations. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this thirtieth day of January in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred seventy-four, and of the Independ- ence of the United States of America the one hundred ninety-eighth. Richard PREST THE OF THE LIMITED OF SEAL International Women's Year 1975 By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation There is a growing awareness today of the significant contributions that American women have made to our country's development, its culture, and its social and economic life. Women have enriched our society as homemakers and mothers and our community life through dedicated service as volunteers. Their entry into the labor force in increasing numbers has strengthened and expanded our economy. Despite these important contributions, women continue to face inequities as they seek a broader role in the life of our Nation. In recent years, we have made significant progress toward remedying this situation, not only by striking down barriers to the employment and advancement of women in Government, but by ending discriminatory practices in other fields through legislation, Executive order, and judicial decree. Even when legal equality is achieved, however, traditional discriminatory attitudes, beliefs and practices may persist, pre- venting women from enjoying the full and equal rights that they deserve. This Administration is committed to providing an opportunity for women to participate on an equal basis with men in our national life. We support the Equal Rights Amendment, we are moving vigorously to ensure full equal employment oppor- tunity for women in the Federal service, and we are enforcing the law requiring similar efforts in business and institutions which receive Federal contracts or assistance. The United Nations General Assembly, by adoption of Resolution 3010 of December 18, 1972, designated 1975 as International Women's Year. This resolution offers an exceptional opportunity to intensify the national effort already underway in the United States to further advance the status of women. In observing International Women's Year, we should emphasize the role of women in the economy, their accomplishments in the professions, in Government, in the arts and humanities, and in their roles as wives and mothers. The Congress approved the Equal Rights Amendment to the Constitution in 1972. It would be a fitting tribute to America's women to complete the ratification of this amendment by 1975. Let us begin now to work together, men and women, to make 1975 an outstanding year for women in the United States, and lend our support to the advancement of women around the world. NOW, THEREFORE, I, RICHARD NIXON, President of the United States of America, do hereby designate the year 1975 as International Women's Year in the United States. I call upon the Congress and the people of the United States, interested groups and organizations, officials of the Federal Government and of State and local governments, educational institutions, and all others who can be of help, to begin now to provide for the observance of International Women's Year with practical and constructive measures for the advancement of the status of women, and also to cooperate with the activities and observances to be arranged under the auspices of the United Nations. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this thirtieth day of January in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred seventy-four, and of the Independ- ence of the United States of America the one hundred ninety-eighth. Intinated Armins 1975 G ANIZATIONS THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON TO: Kathie 1 S. Beatty FROM: Harriet rector onal Auxiliaries For your information treet, N.W. FORD i LIBRARY GERA 1 D.C. 20006 For appropriate handling X X Per your request wards and es Association Drive Remarks: Here's a list of 15 women nois 60606 (the ones with check marks along side names) whom Vera Boyle feels should receive a special edition of the national Inc. Proclamation on International higan Avenue Women's Year 1975. Ijust hois 60604 noticed that she has checked C. Kuehlhorn more than 15 - 64 to be ctor Specific. Apparently she lational, Inc. 322 South Michigan Avenue Chicago, Illinois 60604 Miss Midge Baptista Director of Club Services American Advertising Federation 1225 Connecticut Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20036 Ms. Patricia E. O'Brien President American Association of Industrial Nurses, Inc. 79 Madison Avenue New York, New York 10016 Mr. John Garde President American Association of Nurse Anesthetists 111 East Wacker Drive Chicago, Illinois 60601 feels all 64 are important enough to be recipients of 11 The Word" checked ESTATED theye aportpo LOCOTAL after (yre specify ITES OF TO you bee Acct Ledness for кобкобатусе EPI lost ABOM: manager to: WOMEN'S ORGANIZATIONS Ms. Marcella S. Beatty Executive Director AFL-CIO National Auxiliaries 815 16 th Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20006 Helen Chase Treasurer Air Line Stewards and Stewardesses Association 205 W. Wacker Drive Suite 550 Chicago, Illinois 60606 Mrs. Ethel J. Boyle President Altrusa International Inc. 322 South Michigan Avenue Chicago, Illinois 60604 Mrs. Dorothy E. Kuehlhorn Executive Director Altrusa International, Inc. 322 South Michigan Avenue Chicago, Illinois 60604 Miss Midge Baptista Director of Club Services American Advertising Federation 1225 Connecticut Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20036 Ms. Patricia E. O'Brien President American Association of Industrial Nurses, Inc. 79 Madison Avenue New York, New York 10016 Mr. John Garde President American Association of Nurse Anesthetists 111 East Wacker Drive Chicago, Illinois 60601 Mrs. Carol Abbey Immediate Past President American Association of Nurse Anesthetists 111 East Wacher Drive Chicago, Illinois 60601 Mrs. Anne Campbell President American Association of Universtiy Women Room 308 Administration Building University of Nebraska Lincoln, Nebraska 68508 Miss Alice Beeman General Director American Association of University Women 2401 Virginia Avenue, N.W. Wsshington, D.C. 20037 Ms. Jean Ross American Association of Univeristy Women 2401 Virginia Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20037 The Reverend Mary Alice Dougherty President American Association of Women Ministers United Church of Canada 74 Hyde Park Avenue Hamilton 12, Ontario, Canada Ms. Eileen Lubin American Can Company Suite 1007 1660 L SXreet, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20036 Miss S. Ansley Ketchin President American Council of Railroad Women c/o Southern Railway System P.O. Box 1808 Washington, D.C. 20013 Miss Konnetta Putman, R.D.H. President American Dental Hygienists Association 237 A dsley Road Scarsdale, New York 10593 Mrs. Walter Fox, R.D.H. Immediate Past President American Dental Hygienists Association 2192 West 29th Eugene, Oregon 97405 Mrs. Isabelle A. Hallahan President The American Dietetic Association 620 North Michigan Avenue Chicago, Illinois 60611 Mr. Robert M. Crum Executive Director American Dietetic Association 620 North Michigan Avenue Chicago, Illinois 60611 Dr. Majorie East President American Home Economics Association Pennsylvania State University 212 Rackley Building University Park, Pennsylvania 16802 Dr. Naomi G. Albanese Immediate Past President American Home Economics Association School of Home Economics Universtiy of North Carolina Greensboro, North Carolina 27412 Dr. Doris Hansen Executive Director American Home Economics Association 2010 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20036 Mrs. Naomi Levine Executive Director American Jewish Congress 15 East 84th Street New York, New York Mrs. Fay Brown President American Medical Record Association 211 East Chicago Avenue Chicago, Illinois 60611 Dr. Ruth Fleming President American Medical Women's Association, Inc. 490 Post Street San Francisco, California 94102 Dr. Frances K. Harding Immediate Past President American Medical Women's Association, Inc. 3660 Westerville Road Columbus, Ohio 43224 WOMEN'S ORGANIZATIONS Mrs. Eugene McCarthy Church Women United 3525 Woodley Road, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20016 Ms. Elsie Karo Church Women United 6307 Kirby Road Bethesda, Maryland 20035 Ms. Margaret Shannon Executive Director Church Women United Room 812 475 Riverside Drive New York, New York 10027 Mrs. Elnora B. Wolcott National Vice President Church Women United 1417 Margaret Avenue, S.E. Grand Rapids, Michigan 49507 Catherine East Executive Secretary Citizens' Advisory Council on the Status of Women Room 4211 Department of Labor Washington, D.C. 20210 Dr. Dorothy B. Ferebee Chairman Commission on the Status of Women Room 201 District Building Washington, D.C. 20004 Pat Keefer Ms. Pam Curtis Common Cause 2100 M Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. Dr. Neena B. Schwartz Co-President Association of Women in Science Department of Psychiatry University of Illinois Chicago, Illinois 60680 Dr. Judith G. Pool Co-President Association of Women in Science Stanford University Department of Medicine Stanford, California 94305 Ms. Mercedes A. Bates Vice President and Director Betty Crocker Kitchens General Mills, Inc. 9200 Wayzata Boulevard Minneapolis, Minnesota 55440 Mrs. Nathan Holstein President B'nai B'rinth Women 262 North Dithridge Street Apartment 202 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213 Miss Miriam Albert Executive Director B'nai B'rinth Women 1640 Rhode Island Avenue Washington, D. C. 20036 Miss Barbara Ginsburg Program Assistant B'nai B'rinth Women 1640 Rhode Island Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20036 Ms. Clarie Collins Harvey National President Church Women United 415 North Farish Street Jackson, Mississippi 39202 Miss Majorie June, CPA American Women's Society of Certified Public Accountants Touche Ross and Company 111 East Wacker Drive Chicago, Illinois 60601 Dr. Bernice Sandler Association of American Colleges 1818 R Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20009 Association of American Foreign Service Women Post Office Box 4931 Washington, D.C. 20008 Dr. Estelle Ramey President Association of Women in Science 1818 R Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20009 Dr. Jean E. Campbell President Association of American Women Dentists 532 West Chapman Avenue Placentia, California 92631 Dr. Jeanne C. Sinkford Assistant Dean Association of American Women Dentists Howard University Dental School 620 W Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. Mrs. Pete Minnerly President Association of Desk and Derrick Clubs of North America 303 Wall Towers, West Midland, Texas 79701 Mrs. Madeline Draheim Immediate Past President American Society of Women Accountants 42-49 Colden Snreet Flushing, New York 11355 Katherine West President American Woman's Society of Certified Public Accountants 327 La Salle Street Chicago, Illinois 60604 Mrs. Elaine R. Pitts President American Women in Radio and Television 1321 Connecticut Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20036 Miss Patricia L. Nealin President (May 1974) American Women in Radio and Television 1321 Connecticut Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20036 Mrs. Rose B. Kemp Immediate Past President American Women in Radio and Television 1321 Connecticut Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20036 Ms. Mary B. Sommer President American Women's Society of Certified Public Accountants Marine Midland Banks, Inc. 241 Main Street Buffalo, New York 12403 Dr. Minerva Smith Buerk Past President American Medical Women's Association Suite 110 Bryn Mawr Medical Building Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania 19010 Mrs. Gertrude Conroy Executive Director American Medical Women's Association 1740 Broadway New York, New York 10019 Ms. Ruth Flemming, M.D. American Medical Women's Association, Inc. 1740 Broadway New York, New York 10019 Ms. Rosamond Gabrielson, M.A., R.N. President American Nurses Association 2420 Pershing Road Kansas City, Missouri 64141 Dr. Hildegarde Peplau Immediate Past President American Nurses' Association 2420 Pershing Road Kansas City, Missouri 64141 Ms. Connie Holleran Director of Government Relations American Nurses Association, Inc. 1030 15th Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20005 Miss Doris A. Welch President American Society of Women Accountants 610 Laurel Drive Sacramento, California 95825 Mrs. Valerie Howard Communications Workers of America 1925 K Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20006 Ms. Irma Masker President Credit Women, International P. O. Box 695 Loveland, Colorado 80537 Mrs. Wanda Brown Immediate Past President Credit Women, International c/o Bob Schukei Ford, Inc. Post Office Box 1525 Mason City, Iowa 50401 Mrs. Wathena Shine President Electrical Women's Round Table, Inc. c/o Home Economics Institute Research and Development Center Churchill Borough Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15235 Ms. Shelley Gross Executive Woman 747 3rd Avenue New York, New York 10017 Dr. Pricilla Ransoff President Federally Employed Women 19 River Avenue Monmouth Beach, New Jersey 07750 Ms. Esther E. Lawton Immediate Past President Federally Employed Women, Inc. Suite 467 National Press Building Washington, D.C. 20001 Ms. Olive Ritchie President National Association of Educational Secretaries 301 North Ninth Avenue Richmond, Virginia 23222 Ms. Jean Priest Immediate Past President National Association of Educational Secretaries 8309 Dellwood Road, N.W. Albuquerque, New Mexico 87110 Ms. Kathleen Meyer Executive Secretary National Association of Educational Secretaries 1801 North Moore Street Arlington, Virginia 22209 Mrs. Doris G. Bramlett President National Association of Insurance Women P.O. Box 5152 Station B Robinson & Bramlett Agency Greenville, South Carolina 29606 Miss Jean E. Quayle Immediate Past President National Association of Insurance Women 1847 East 15th Street Tulsa, Oklahoma 74104 Miss Helen E. Harney President National Association of Legal Secretaries 3124 Dwight Way Stockton, California 95204 Mrs. Rosalie J. McGuire President National Association of Negro Business & Professional Women's Clubs 3411 Lynchester Road Baltimore, Maryland 21215 Mrs. Joy Simonson President Interstate Association of Commissions on the Status of Women Room 204, District Building 14th and E Streets, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20004 Mrs. Angeline Krout, CPS President Maryland Association of Women Highway Safety Leaders, Inc. Office of the Commanding Officer U.S. Coast Guard Yard Baltimore, Maryland 21226 Mrs. Inez Kaiser President Minority Women in Business Suite 500 906 Grand Avenue St. Louis, Missouri 64106 Mrs. Howard Ahmanson Women's Division Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce 401 South Hudson Los Angeles, California 90005 Mrs. Ruth D. Harrison President National Association of Bank Women, Inc. c/o Irwin Union Bank and Trust Company Columbus, Indiana 47201 Mrs. Myrtle Ollison President National Association of Colored Women's Clubs, Inc. 5808 16th Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20011 Ms. Carole A. Early Headquarters Secretary National Association of Colored Women Clubs 1601 R Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. Ms. Margie Chapman President Intercollegiate Association of Women Students 2030 Student Union University of Arkansas Fayetteville, Arkansas 72701 Ms. Lynn Heather Mack Executive Director Intercollegiate Association of Women Students Apartment 212 1300 West Columbia Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19122 Miss Casey Eike Immediate Past National President Intercollegiate Association of Women Students P. O. Box 3028 University Station Columbus, Ohio 43210 Miss Betty M. Bone President International Association of Personnel Women Room 2400 225 Franklin Street Boston, Massachusetts 02110 Mrs. Lila W. Weir Immediate Past President International Association of Personnel Women 358 Fifth Avenue New York, New York 10001 Ms. Lois Beckett President International Association of Women Police 24 Laird Street Sault Ste. Marie Ontario, Canada Mrs. Grace Christian Executive Secretary General Federation of Women's Clubs 1734 N Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20006 Wm. Ittmann Mrs. Douglas H. MacNeil President Girl Scouts of the USA 830 Third Avenue New York, New York 10022 Miss Nancy Porter National Representative in Washington Girl Scouts of the U.S.A. 2000 L Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20036 Mrs. Ruby Sills Miller Girl Scouts of the United States of America National Headquarters 830 Third Avenue New York, New York 10022 Dr. Dorothy A. Truex Director, Graduate Program on Student Personnel University of Oklahoma Normen, Oklahoma 73069 Human Rights for Women, Inc. 1128 National Press Building Washington, D.C. 20004 Ms. Gabriela Gazmuride Tauler Executive Secretary Inter-American Commission of Women 19th and Constitution Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20006 Ms. Daisy Fields Federally Employed Women, Inc. 13905 North Gates Drive Silver Spring, Maryland 20906 Mrs. Joan P. Schmutz President Federation of Women's Republican Clubs of New York State, Inc. 120 East 56th Street Suite 440 New York, New York 10022 Mrs. Sally Brinnier First Vice President Federation of Women's Republican Clubs of New York State, Inc. 120 East 56th Street Suite 440 New York, New York 10022 Mrs. Anne Zittell Second Vice President Federation of Women's Republican Clubs of New York State, Inc. 120 East 56th Snreet Suite 440 New York, New York 10022 Mrs. Kermit V. Haugan President General Federation of Women's Clubs 1734 N Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20003 Mrs. Earle A. Brown Immediate Past President General Federation of Women's Clubs 300 Le Roi Road Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15208 Mrs. Cirtie Mae Turner President Washington, D.C. League National Association of Negro Business & Professional Women's Clubs 3909 Georgia Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20010 Ms. Eva S. Poling President National Association of Women in Construction c/o Mechanical Contractors D.C. Association, Inc. 1750 K Street, N.W. #290 Washington, D.C. 20006 Mrs. Margaret C. King President D.C. Chapter National Association of Women in Construction c/o Earl K. Rosti, Inc. General Contractor Post Office Box 9 Falls Church, Virginia 22046 Dr. Elizabeth Greenleaf Immediate Past President National Association of Women Deans and Counselors c/o Student Personnel Office Indiana University Bloomington, Indiana 47401 Mrs. Joan M. McCall Executive Director National Association of Women Deans and Counselors 1201 16th Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20036 Mrs. Ruth B. Maul Administrative Assistant National Association of Women Deans and Counselors 1201 Sixteenth Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20036 Mrs. Lee Berger Anderson National Association of Women Lawyers 3809 Montrose Driveway North Chevy Chase Maryland 20015 Ms. President Netta Bell G. Larson Helen Visity Porter National Association of 3825 N. alta Vista Terr- Women Lawyers are 519 E Main Street Checser 60613 Riverson, Wyoming 82501 Miss Jean J. McVeety Immediate Past President National Association of Women Lawyers 908 Soo Line Building Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402 Ms. Marguerite Rawalt National Association of Women Lawyers please 1600 South Joyce Street Arlington, Virginia Mrs. Lillie E. Herndon President National Congress of Parents and Teachers 700 North Rush Street Chicago, Illinois 60611 Miss Frances Hamilton President National Council of Administrative Women in Education 4200 Cathedral Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20036 Ms. Paula Frohman Zero Population Growth, Inc. 620 C Street, S.E. Washington, D.C. Mrs. Harriette Yeckel International President Zonta International 59 East Van Buren Street Chicago, Illinois 60605 Miss Leota Pekrul Immediate Past President Zonta International 4200 East Ninth Avenue Denver, Colorado 80220 Dr. Ruth Osborn Zonta Club of Washington, D.C. Continuing Education for Women George Washington University 2029 K Street Washington, D.C. Mrs. Earle A. Brown 300 Le Roi Road Pittsburg, Pennsyvania 15208 Miss Katherine M. West 1655 Flatbush Avenue Brooklyn, New York 11210 Mrs. Elizabeth Harris Regional Vice President Women's Council of the National Association of Real Estate Boards 4044 Sherwood Lane Virginia Beach, Virginia 23455 Carolyn C. Goodwin President Ohio Division, WEAL 534 Lake Forest Drive Bay Village, Ohio 44140 Ms. Norma Raffel President Women's Equity Action League 610 Glenn Road State College, Pennsylvania 16801 Ms. Arvonne Fraser National President Women's Equity Action League 531 National Press Building Washington, D.C. 20004 Ida Calhoun Burritt Alabama Convener for WEAL 4722 Circle Drive Florence, Alabama 35630 Mrs. James W. Gerard President Women's National Republican Club 3 West 51st Street New York, New York 10019 Mrs. Frederick R. Schauffler The Women's National Republican Club, Inc. Three West 51st Street New York, New York 10019 Mrs. Hazel L. Kohring President Women Leaders Round Table of the National Association of Life Underwriters 7250 A Natural Bridge St. Louis, Missouri 63121 Mrs. Mary E. Fort Treasurer Women Leaders Round Table of the National Association of Life Underwriters c/o National Association of Life Underwriters 1922 P Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. Mrs. Margaret Laurence Women United Laurence, Hueschen & Laurence Crystal Plaza One Suite 805 2001 Jefferson Davis Highway Arlington, Virginia 22202 Miss Dorothy A. Dickes President Women's Army Corps Veterans Association 6049 Amboy Road Dearborn Heights, Michigan 48127 Mrs. Ethel J. Beck Immediate Past President Women's Army Corps Veterans Association 2809 40th Avenue, South Minneapolis, Minnesota 55406 Miss Katherine Wallace Chief, International Division Women's Bureau Room 1314 Department of Labor 14th Street & Constitution Avenue Washington, D.C. 20210 Mrs. Olive Salembier National President Society of Women Engineers 910 East Marlotte Phoenix, Arizona 85014 Ms. Naomi J. McAfee National President Society of Women Engineers 345 E. 47th Street New York 17, New York 10017 Ms. Eileen Bidwell President Soroptimist Federation of the Americas, Inc. 1557 Brighton Avenue El Centro, California 92243 Ms. Katherine Stinson Immediate Past President Soroptimist Federation of the Americas 1616 Walnut Street Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103 Ms. Mary D. Janney Co-Director Washington Opportunities for Women 1st Floor Vanguard Building 1111 20th Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20036 Ms. Jane Fleming Washington Opportunities for Women 1111 20th Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20036 Wauhillau La Hay President Washington Press Club 505 National Press Building Washington, D.C. 20004 Doris L. Sassower, Esq. Professional Women's Caucus 30 Mildred Parkway New Rochelle, New York 10804 Miss Dorothy Milligan President Quota International, Inc. 738 Parkdale Avenue Ottowa, Ontario Canada KlY 1J6 Mrs. Charlotte L. Shaffer Immediate Past International President Quota International, Inc. 1145 19th Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20036 Ms. Dora Lee Haynes Executive Secretary Quota International 1145 19th Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20036 Ms. Marlene Plyler Chairman Registry and Status of Women Committee 1316 Statesville Boulevard Salisbury, North Carolina 28144 Dr. Nancy C. Sawin Chairman, Council for Women Sanford School Hockessin, Delaware 19708 Mrs. Ruth C. Gould President Sigma Alpha Iota 841 Oleander Drive, S.E. Winter Haven, Florida 33880 Dr. Hazel Fox Metz President Sigma Delta Epsilon 6234 Mary Lane Drive San Diego, California 92115 Miss Peggy Creighton President National Secretaries Association 1204 Mitchell Street Raleigh, North Carolina 27607 Mrs. Doris B. DiPalermo Executive Director National Secretaries Association 2440 Pershing Road, Suite G-10 Kansas City, Missouri 64108 Mrs. Elizabeth Chittick National Chairman National Woman's Party 144 Constitution Avenue, N.E. Washington, D.C. 20002 Ms. Yetta Riesel The Newspaper Guild 3408 Wisconsin Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. Mrs. Betty McNabb President Ninety-Nines 3114 Beechwood Drive Panama City, Florida 32401 Miss Elizabeth Brown President Pilot Club International 823 Walnut Street Des Moines, Iowa 50309 Mrs. Frances B. Keever Immediate Past President Pilot Club International 244 College Street Macon, Georgia 31201 Mrs. Vera Glaser Immediate Past President The Press Clubs of Washington National Press Building Washington, D.C. 20004 Mrs. Carol M. Eady President National League for Nursing 115 South Seminary Avenue Park Ridge, Illinois 60068 Ms. Margaret E. Walsh General Director National League for Nursing 10 Columbus Circle New York, New York 10019 Dr. Helen G. Edmonds President National Links P.O. Box 3827 Durham, North Carolina 27702 Ms. Wilma Scott Heide President National Organization for Women 96 Irene Drive Vernon, Connecticut 06066 Ms. Flora Crater National Organization for Women 1957 East 73rd Street Chicago, Illinois 60649 Ann Scott Vice President for Legislation National Organization for Women 50 Willowbrook Drive Williamsville, New York 14221 Mrs. Margaret Dillon President National Secretaries Association P.O. Box 2641 Birmingham, Alabama 35291 Ms. Jean L. McCarrey President The National Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs, Inc. of the U.S.A. 2012 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20036 Ms. Louise Shadduck President National Federation of Press Women, Inc. 1250 Fourth Street, S.W. Washington, D.C. 20024 Mrs. Constance D. Armitage President National Federation of Republican Women 310 First Street, S.E. Washington, D.C. 20003 Mrs. Camilla Moody Payne National Home Fashions League 40 River Drive Bay Ridge Annapolis, Maryland 21403 Mrs. Helen Lakin Trueheart President The National League of American Pen Women, Inc. 1300 17th Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20036 Mrs. Margaret M. Steele Immediate Past President National League of American Pen Women, Inc. 1300 17th Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20036 Dr. Eleanor F. Dolan Executive Secretary National Council of Administrative Women in Education 1201 16th Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20036 Mrs. C. Fern Ritter President National Council of Administrative Women in Education 9204 Maple Witchita, Kansas 67209 Ms. Rita Burke Executive Director National Council of Catholic Laity 32 Spring Street Carbondale, Pennsylvania 10407 Ms. Dorothy I. Height National President National Council of Negro Women 1346 Connecticut Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20036 Mrs. Lloyd J. Phillips President National Council of Women of the United States 345 East 46th Street New York, New York 10017 Ms. Mary Gereau National Education Association 1201 16th Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE JANUARY 30, 1974 Office of the White House Press Secretary THE WHITE HOUSE INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S YEAR 1975 BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION There is a growing awareness today of the significant contributions that American women have made to our country's development, its culture, and its social and economic life. Women have enriched our society as homemakers and mothers and our community life through dedicated service as volunteers. Their entry into the labor force in increasing numbers has strengthened and expanded our economy. Despite these important contributions, women continue to face inequities as they seek a broader role in the life of our Nation. In recent years, we have made significant progress toward remedying this situation, not only by striking down barriers to the employment and advancement of women in Government, but by ending discriminatory practices in other fields through legislation, Executive order, and judicial decree. Even when legal equality is achieved, however, traditional discriminatory attitudes, beliefs and practices may persist, preventing women from enjoying the full and equal rights that they deserve. This Administration is committed to providing an opportunity for women to participate on an equal basis with men in our national life. We support the Equal Rights Amendment, we are moving vigorously to ensure full equal employment opportunity for women in the Federal service, and we are enforcing the law requiring similar efforts in business and institutions which receive Federal contracts or assistance. The United Nations General Assembly, by adoption of Resolution 3010 of December 18, 1972, designated 1975 as International Women's Year. This resolution offers an exceptional opportunity to intensify the national effort already underway in the United States to further advance the status of women. In observing International Women's Year, we should emphasize the role of women in the economy, their accomplish- ments in the professions, in Government, in the arts and humanities, and in their roles as wives and mothers. The Congress approved the Equal Rights Amendment to the Constitution in 1972. It would be a fitting tribute to America's women to complete the ratification of this amendment by 1975. more 2 Let us begin now to work together, men and women, to make 1975 an outstanding year for women in the United States, and lend our support to the advancement of women around the world. NOW, THEREFORE, I, RICHARD NIXON, President of the United States of America, do hereby designate the year 1975 as International Women's Year in the United States. I call upon the Congress and the people of the United States, interested groups and organizations, officials of the Federal Government and of State and local governments, educational institutions, and all others who can be of help, to begin now to provide for the observance of International Women's Year with practical and constructive measures for the advancement of the status of women, and also to cooperate with the activities and observances to be arranged under the auspices of the United Nations. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this thirtieth day of January in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred seventy-four, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred ninety-eighth. RICHARD NIXON # # #