The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 60, No. 23, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 8, 1973 Page: 4 of 10
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Inside the NWPC as quiet Farenthold wins chair
by BOB MARGOLIS
The opening session of the
last day of the National Wo-
mans' Political Caucus proved
that women have reached equal-
ity in at least one area: it
was as boring as any male con-
vention I've been to. Its parlia-
mentary rigamarole went on
for a very long time. Then a
rumor spread through the press
section that Sissy Farenthold,
defeated candidate for the
Democratic gubernatorial nomi-
nation, was considering run-
ning for the chairman/woman/
personship of the NWPC. At
that moment she Was meeting
with the Texas delegation in a
small hotel room to ask their
advice and send out her sup-
port.
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Mrs. Farenthold spoke for a
few minutes, very quiet and de-
mure, always looking at the
lectern, and than went off for
a strategy session with some
of her advisers. When she had
gone it became obvious that
sentiment in the room was over-
whelmingly against her run-
ning for the national office.
Texas tries to keep her
1 received the impression,
though it was never stated, that
outside of Sissy there was no
real leadership in the Texas
women's movement, and they
didn't want to lose her. The
main objection raised by those
opposed was that "It'll ruin
her chances for the governor-
ship i-n '76." When a vote was
taken only two delegates
wanted her to run for the high-
er office, though the general
feeling was that "we'll support
Sissy in whatever she decides
to do." The meeting broke up,
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and soon an answer came. She
was going to go for it.
The convention had previous-
ly broken up into small state
caucuses. Each candidate for
office was to visit these cau-
cuses, and make a short sipeech
explaining her position. The
final balloting was to be at
five.
I followed Mrs. Farenthold
from caucus to caucus; judg-
ing only from what I heard,
her chances didn't look good.
The first thing that struck me
as she got up to speak in her
quiet gray dress and beads was
that "This is a lady". The sec-
ond thing was "She is no pub-
lic speaker." Each speech ran
about the same, which is nor-
mal for any political campaign.
"My name is Francis Farent-
hold. and I'm l'unning for the
chairpersonship of the National
Woman's Political Caucus. I'm
afraid that I've been away for
most of the convention, and I
probably couldn't give you any
answers to any specific ques-
tions, just right now. My first
act if I am elected will be to
find out exactly what was
decided at the convention." All
this in a very soft voice, al-
«ways looking at the floor. It
was not impressive.
Gloria/Bella vs.„ Betty
Rumor had it that Gloria
Steinem had been instrumental
in getting Sissy to run, and
Bella showed up repeatedly be-
tween hotel rooms, bringing
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of
campaign advice and news. Bet-
ty Friedan, though, was in the
New York delegation when Sis-
sy spoke; the expression on her
face read, "You are going to
catch it, honey." After the
speech her question implied
"Where were you during the
convention?"
After New York I followed
Marsha McKay, Sissy's oppo-
nent, about for a while. Ms.
McKay is tall, wore a pant suit,
short haircut, a fine speaker,
and very much the go-getter.
Two totally different personal-
ities. If I hadn't known Sissy,
I would have supported McKay.
Sissy takes it
The campaigning was soon
over, and the nominating-
speeches began. McKay went,
first; the applause was mostly
from her home delegation of
North Carolina. After the first
speech for Farenthold it was
obvious how the chips were go-
ing to fall: three quarters of
the convention rose to its feet
and began chanting "We want
Sissy! We want Sissy!" with
battling Bella leading the cheers
in a New York bellow. The Mc-
Kay camp looked very glum,
and I heard Ms. Fridan tell
another reporter, using five
words where one would do, "It's
not that I'm against Sissy, and
of com*se I'll support her if
she's elected. It's just that I
think we need some new blood
in the movement ..."
Balloting was by secret count,
the delegates voting in their
regional caucuses. The final
tally was McKay-149, Farent-
hold 476%. I can't be sure
about the last figure. People
were cheering all around me.
The upshot of the acceptance
speech was "We will take this
movement forward!" What this
election will do to Sissy's poli-
tical clout in Texas remains to
be seen.
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Jackson, Steve. The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 60, No. 23, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 8, 1973, newspaper, March 8, 1973; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth245157/m1/4/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Rice University Woodson Research Center.