International Women's Year Tribune : Mexico City, June 19-July 3, 1975 / written by Vicki J. Semler, International Women's Tribune Centre. by Semler, Vicki J.

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American women on the move : the inside story of the National Women's Conference, 1977 / Shelah Gilbert Leader, Patricia Rusch Hyatt. by Leader, Shelah Gilbert, 1943-, Hyatt, Patricia Rusch

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A path toward gender equality : state feminism in Japan / Yoshie Kobayashi. by Kobayashi, Yoshie, 1955-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Establishment of a Women's Bureau in Japan -- The women's ineffective prior the International Women's Year -- Departure from politics of protection : agenda setting process -- Mediator's role of the Women's Bureau : activities in the decision making for the 1986 EEOL -- Activity of the Women's Bureau for amendment of the 1999 EEOL.…”
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A feminist in the White House : Midge Costanza, the Carter years, and America's culture wars / Doreen Mattingly. by Mattingly, Doreen J., 1962-

Table of Contents: “…Making It in a Man's World -- Vice Mayor of Rochester -- Sex, Power and the Campaign to Elect Jimmy Carter -- Window to the Nation : Midge Costanza Opens Up the White House -- Abortion, Controversy, and the Limits of Loyalty -- International Women's Year and the Battle to Ratify the Equal Rights Amendment -- "It Isn't Enough" : Fighting for Feminist Policy -- The Decline and Fall of Midge Costanza -- It Never Rains in California.…”
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Women politicking politely : advancing feminism in the 1960s and 1970s / Kimberly Wilmot Voss. by Voss, Kimberly Wilmot, 1970-

Table of Contents: “…Meeting the well-behaved women who made a difference -- World War II, women's pages, and women's clubs -- Women's journalism organizations, women's political writing, and offbeat Washington -- Washington Press Club, fundraising cookbooks, and Glaser's years as head of the Washington Press Club -- Questions of feminism, the 1969 press conference, and the President's Task Force on Women's Rights and Responsibilities -- Kathryn Clarenbach, continuing education programs, and helping traditional women -- Xilonen, the 1975 United Nations Women's Year conference in Mexico City, and the 1977 International Women's Year meeting in Houston -- Afterword : what happened in the post-Houston years.…”
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The paradox of paternalism : women and the politics of authoritarianism in the Dominican Republic / Elizabeth S. Manley. by Manley, Elizabeth S.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: gendering the history of dictatorship and transnational politics -- Advocating suffrage and sovereignty: Pan-American feminism and the rise of the Trujillato, 1922-1942 -- Defending the home against the chaos of communism: women, regime politics, and the Cold War, 1942-1961 -- Intimate violations: gender, family, and the Ajusticiamiento of Trujillo, 1944-1961 -- Neither Russia nor the United States: women and the search for legitimate democracy, 1961-1965 -- First to liberate women's lib: negotiating the politics of mediation during Balaguer's doce años, 1966-1978 -- Sangre Sin Revolución: the gendered politics of opposition through the doce años -- Epilogue: International women's year and Dominican transnational feminism under authoritarianism.…”
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Among women across worlds : North Korea in the global Cold War / Suzy Kim. by Kim, Suzy, 1972-

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The native south : new histories and enduring legacies / edited by Tim Alan Garrison and Greg O'Brien.

Table of Contents: “…Adams -- Witnessing the West : Barbara Longknife and the California gold rush / Rose Stremlau -- Cherokee women and the Woman's Christian Temperance Union / Izumi Ishii -- Kinship and capitalism in the Choctaw and Chickasaw nations / Malinda Maynor Lowery -- "Engaged in the struggle for liberation as they see it" : Indigenous southern women and International Women's Year / Meg Devlin O'Sullivan -- Cherokee ghostings and the haunted South / James Taylor Carson.…”
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Famous Women : from The WPA Film Library Speeches Collection / WPA Film Library.

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Undiplomatic history : the new study of Canada and the world / edited by Asa McKercher and Philip Van Huizen.

Table of Contents: “…Canadian Women at the World Conference of the International Women's Year, Mexico City 1975; Section Four Cold War and Peace…”
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International Law and the Status of Women by Hevener, Natalie Kaufman

Table of Contents: “…The World Plan of Action for the Implementation of the Objectives of the International Women's Year; Background; Summary of Text; 22. …”
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Chicana Feminist Thought : the Basic Historical Writings. by Garcia, Alma M.

Table of Contents: “…A Chicana's Look at the International Women's Year Conference; 55. The 1977 National Women's Conference in Houston; 56. …”
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