THE DAY IN HISTORY · JULY 2
July 2 in history
What happened on July 2: 1 moment from the Maps of History atlases, in 1975, each linked to the map that shows it.
— World Conference on Women, Mexico City
19 Jun – 2 Jul 1975 — For International Women’s Year, delegations from 133 states gather at the first UN World Conference on Women. A parallel Tribune brings together 4,000–6,000 activists. There, Domitila Barrios de Chungara, a Bolivian miner’s wife, insists that her people’s first enemy is poverty, not men.
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