Houston History Magazine Launch: 1977 National Women's Conference!

• Please join us at 5:30 PM for a catered reception.

• The panel will begin at 6:00 PM .

Feminist icon Gloria Steinem contended that the National Women's Conference of 1977 was "the most important event nobody knows about."

Come join the Center for Public History, Houston History magazine and the Sharing Stories from 1977 project for a magazine launch event and panel discussion to talk about just how important that 1977 National Women's Conference was.

This special issue of Houston History is dedicated to highlighting the people who made the National Women's Conference in Houston happen. Produced in collaboration with the UH Sharing Stories from 1977 team with funding from the Summerlee Foundation, the magazine allows readers to travel back in time nearly 50 years and experience something of the of the strength and excitement of those gathered at the conference.

• Learn More About the Sharing Stories from 1977 Project: https://sharingstories1977.uh.edu/

Through photographs, archival materials, and personality profiles, the articles in Houston History provides a glimpse into the tension-filled back rooms where volunteers frantically prepared for the thousands of people pouring into the city’s hotels and convention center, as well as unique insight on the conference leaders, the incredible diversity of women in attendance, and the broad array of the needs and issues they championed.

Among the articles featured in this issue:

"Why Houston? How the Women’s Conference Came to the Bayou City," written by Dr. Caitlyn Jones

"Making Houston Happen: Local Organizers and the Planning of the NWC," written by Maya Bouchebl, UH Public History graduate student

"Sylvia Ortiz: An “Everyday Woman” Who Became a Feminist Celebrity," written by Miranda Ruzinsky, UH History graduate student

"Meet Houston’s NWC Delegates," written by Dr. Nancy Beck Young, John and Rebecca Moores Professor of History, University of Houston, and Dr. Leandra Zarnow, UH Associate Professor of US and Women's History

"From Buttons to Banners," written by Mackenzie Vance, UH Public History graduate student

Panelists for the August 26 Event:

• Frances "Poppy" Northcutt, activist and local coordinator for the 1977 National Women's Conference

• Dr. Linda García Merchant, co-founder of the Chicana por mi Raza Digital Memory Collective

• Josephine Lee, McHam Investigative Reporting Fellow for the Texas Observer

• Dr. Caitlyn Jones, Mellon Humanities Postdoctoral Fellow at the Belmont-Paul Women's Equality National Monument

• And moderator Joy Sewing, 2022 Pulitzer Prize nominee and columnist for the Houston Chronicle

Parking is available in the parking lot behind the Kellum-Noble House at 212 Dallas Street, Houston, TX 77002.

You may enter the parking lot from Allen Parkway inbound or from the intersection of Clay and Bagby/West Dallas. Additional parking is available at the Heritage Clay Street Garage for a fee.PLEASE SEE THE HERITAGE SOCIETY WEBSITE FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: https://www.heritagesociety.org/campu-map/