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International Women's Year ~ 1975

     The first International Women's Year was called for in 1975 by the United Nations, and a conference on women was convened in Mexico City.
    The stamp issued for the International Women's Day was designed by Miriam Schottland and includes the female gender symbol, ♀, a dove, an equals sign, and stylized globe gores.

SCN 1571

World Peace through Law ~ 1975

     The World Peace Through Law Center was established in 1963 in Athens, Greece, and World Law congresses were held at two year intervals beginning in 1965 in Washington, D.C. In 1975 the World Law Congress was again held in Washington, D.C. with the theme "Women and the Law."
    The stamp issued for the 7th World Law Conference of the World Peace through Law Center in Washington, D.C. includes a law book, a gavel, and olive branch and a globe on an oblique polar projection.

SCN 1576

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