• Publishes Windows on Day Care, the first nationwide survey of day care facilities and services and sounds the alarm about the growing child care crisis in America. Windows on Day Care remains a primary resource for educators and policy makers.
  • Receives an achievement award for dedicated "Service to the Children of America" from the National Council of Juvenile Court Judges.
  • Publishes Children Without Justice (a study of the US Justice Department's work with foster children) and sets up services for children in shelters, group homes, and the courts.
  • Publishes Innocent Victims, a comprehensive manual on child abuse detection and prevention.
  • Receives four major awards for work with the Court Appointed Special Advocates project (CASA).
  • Marches for the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA).
  • Plays a leading role in the first White House Conference on Families.
  • Celebrates the Roe v. Wade decision protecting women's reproductive rights.


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