Gerald R. Ford

“ With its theme of legal equality between men and women, it is fitting, during this International Women's Year, to do so again.
Now, Therefore, I, Gerald R. Ford, President of the United States of America, do hereby designate Sunday, October 12, 1975, as World Law Day in the United States.
I call upon all Americans, men and women, especially members of the legal, educational and religious communities, to give recognition to the importance of law in our Nation's international quest for peace, human dignity and equality before the law for women and men. ”

“ Recognizing the need to destroy the discriminatory barriers of legal inequality which confront women throughout the world, the United Nations General Assembly proclaimed 1975 as International Women's Year. ”