1973
Organization
History: Karen Coolman
was appointed State Coordinator of Florida NOW by National NOW. The
first known meeting of NOW Floridians was held on February 13 at the
National NOW Conference in Washington, D.C. In April, NOW activists met
in Orlando to plan a state conference but it became clear that "folks
weren't getting along." A subsequent meeting in Tampa was held to allow
an airing of ideas and feelings in a constructive way. A Nominating
Committee and ByLaws Committee were named at the Tampa meeting and the
first Nominating Committee meeting was held on August 21-22 in
Gainesville.
National charters were issued to
Broward, Dade, Gainesville, Jacksonville, Orlando, Pensacola, Polk,
South Dade, South Palm Beach County, Tallahassee and Tampa. By the end
of the year, charters were pending for Indian River, Naples, North Palm
Beach County and St. Petersburg. Other chapters were formed in Key
West, South Broward, North Broward, St. Lucie County, South Brevard
County, Daytona-Ormond, Naples, Clearwater, Perry, Ocala, and West Palm
Beach. The First State Conference was held in 1973 with an impressive
turnout.
The First State
Conference
Held September 7-9, 1973 in Orlando
Featured Speakers:
Jackie Frost,
Regional Director
Wilma Scott Heide,
National President Scheduled Workshops:
- Fun Rai$ing for Fund Rai$ing - Betty Armistead and Jeanette Blevins. (Including
discussion of plans to raise $10,000 NOW-ERA War Chest.)
- Raising Florida's Consciousness - Anna DeMoss, Monna Lighte (Techniques for
dealing with the press.)
- Building a Constituency - Pam Ahlen, Karen Coolman, Jackie Frost. (How to attract
and keep NOW folks.)
- Working in Coalitions and Making Coalitions
Work - Pat Hayward, Bonnie Lampe,
Joann Lordahl.
- Child Care - Trinka
Hastings
- Sexuality - Debbie
James and Sheila Pennie
- ERA Strategy Session - Jackie
Frost, Regional Director
- Women's Centers - Allen
Spangler
- Masculine Mystique - Pete
Brandenburg, David
Bolton, Cate Crowley.
(C/R for Men.)
- FCC/Media - Ginger
Reber, Doris Wetherford,
Judy Ruffo
- Employment Discrimination - Lee DeCesare, Billie Parodi
- Women in Sports - Nancy
Hamill, Alyce McAdam
- Rape Crisis/Self Defense - Alyce McAdam
- Chapter Dynamics - Edna
Saffy
- Abortion - Edie
Lashman, Mary Ranney
- Title IX/University Compliance - Donna Cotton, Margaret Menzel
- Creating a Commission on the Status of
Women/Serving in Local Government - Nikki
Beare
- Confrontation and Demonstration - Mary Dunetz, Dale Goldstein
- Self-Help - Glenna
Good
- Laws Affecting Women - Bonnie
Lampe
- Minority Women - June
Degnan
- Consciousness Raising - Sally Carter, Angela Ford
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