This correction to my posting, from a friend who was closer to the action
than I was at the time...
Joanne
--------- Forwarded message ----------
From: "grubac" <grubac@prodigy.net>
To: "Joanne P Gavin" <wordswordjeandarc@juno.com>
Date: Fri, 3 Jan 2003 10:18:56 -0600
Subject: Re: [SNCC] National Women's Conference -- Houston 1977
Message-ID: <00e301c2b343$e3b64830$f5fe9840@gloria>
References: <20021231.023259.-224543.20.wordSwordJeanDArc@juno.com>
Joanne, As I recall, the Klan demo was not anti lesbian, but against the
whole conference. Their lead banner said something like down with
communists, dikes and somethingorother. And yes, I do know how to spell
dyke, but they didn't. The comrade attacked was Elaine from Boston. She
and I wrapped one of the scumbags tightly in our YAWF banner so that he
was
immobilized! Several women had to go to the hospital but we did succeed
in
sending them running away.
gloria
----- Original Message -----
From: "Joanne P Gavin" <wordswordjeandarc@juno.com>
To: <jfrbc@cunyvm.cuny.edu>; <sncc@honors.olemiss.edu>;
<sixties-l@lists.village.virginia.edu>
Cc: <GRubac@prodigy.net>
Sent: Tuesday, December 31, 2002 2:29 AM
Subject: Re: [SNCC] National Women's Conference -- Houston 1977
> Jo,
> I hope you got some of when the YAWF (Youth Against War and Fascism)
> women who, on the steps of the convention center, took on the Klan
(one
> of whom opened his jacket to show an HPD badge) which was having an
> anti-lesbian demo, and after one of our African members from Buffalo
had
> been insulted by them, or inside when we refused to sell literature to
> the Eagle Forum antifeminists who wanted to buy it only to destroy it,
> and one of them had a conniption fit over that. Or the excellent
> non-mainstream resolutions proposses by some of the third world
women....
> All was not sweetness and light at that conference....
>
>
> I'll pass on the web info to an associate here who has web access.
>
> Joanne
>
> On Sat, 16 Nov 2002 18:29:03 -0500 Jo Freeman <jfrbc@cunyvm.cuny.edu>
> writes:
> >Twenty five years ago over 20,000 people gathered in Houston, Texas
> >to
> >celebrate International Women's Year and identify goals for women for
> >the next decade. This was the first and only national women's
> >conference
> >to be sponsored by the federal government.
> >
> >I was a delegate to this confernce from New York State and took a lot
> >of
> >photos. I've posted a selection to my web page. You can view them
> >at:
> >http://www.jofreeman.com/photos/IWY1977.html
> >
> >Hope this brings back memories for some of you, and informs others on
> >what you missed.
> >
> >Jo Freeman
> >http://www.JoFreeman.com
> >http://www.seniorwomen.com/authorpageFreeman.html
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