Just a humorous memory of Democratic Conventions in the past---The US had
escalated to
bombing dikes in Vietnam, and I believe the media was interviewing McGovern
on Network TV
and gay rights had been touched upon--just as a war protester carried a sign
for the cameras...
"Stop Bombing The Dikes"---Unfortunately the (IM)morale majority (are
neither),but if they had the power they would have bombed any spelling!
SOLIDARITY Rohn"Grandpa"Webb
----- Original Message -----
From: Joanne P Gavin <wordswordjeandarc@juno.com>
To: <jfrbc@cunyvm.cuny.edu>; <sncc@honors.olemiss.edu>;
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Sent: Friday, January 03, 2003 6:39 PM
Subject: Fw: Re: [SNCC] National Women's Conference -- Houston 1977
> 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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