launched a television talk show called Woman Alive, which was hosted by Steinem. In 1975, she attended the International Women’s Year conference in Mexico City, but not as a delegate. Along with many others, she was disappointed that women’s real concerns were being ignored over nationalistic issues and in propaganda. Two years later, as a member of Jimmy Carter’s national commission to organize an American Conference on Women to be held in Dallas in 1977, Steinem traveled around the country speaking about feminist concerns and organizing state conferences that would elect delegates to the national
launched a television talk show called Woman Alive, which was hosted by Steinem. In 1975, she attended the International Women’s Year conference in Mexico City, but not as a delegate. Along with many others, she was disappointed that women’s real concerns were being ignored over nationalistic issues and in propaganda. Two years later, as a member of Jimmy Carter’s national commission to organize an American Conference on Women to be held in Dallas in 1977, Steinem traveled around the country speaking about feminist concerns and organizing state conferences that would elect delegates to the national