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Mexico City, 1975: When the Year of the Woman Was Born

The UN World Conference of the International Women’s Year opened in Mexico City on June 19, 1975, with 110 delegations present at the opening session. Patricia Hutar, the delegate for the United States, appointed by President Ford, making a statement, above. Bold verbal commitments to enhance women’s rights at the conference were not met by “meaningful public investment,” the author writes in the review. B. LANE/UN PHOTO