Bella Abzug, Betty Freidan and Billy Jean King Accompany Torch Relay Runners into Houston, 1977.

In 1977, President Gerald R. Ford called for a National Women’s Conference. The chairperson was U.S. Congresswoman Bella Abzug, who declared, “This woman’s place is in the House - the House of Representatives.”
Present at the conference were also author of The Feminine Mystique and co-founder of the National Organization for Women Betty Friedan, and winner of the Battle of Sexes professional tennis player Billy Jean King.