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Podcast: This Day (An America 250 History Show)
Episode: The National Women's Conference, and the Schlafly Backlash (1977)
Description: **It's the Radiotopia fundraiser! We can only make this show with your support. Give now and help support This Day and all the independent shows at Radiotopia. Thank you! https://www.radiotopia.fm/donate**It's November 21st. This day in 1977, the National Women's Conference in Houston is coming to a close after a joyous but tense event. It would be the first and last conference of its kind.Jody, Niki, and Kellie discuss how the conference came together, how it tried to bring together the many different strands of feminism -- and how the backlash...