Women's Rights Collection, 1789-2000 (bulk 1864-1983)
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Sophia Smith Collection Smith CollegeNorthampton, MA
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Women's Rights Collection
Creation of Women's Rights Collection
Time of Creation of Women's Rights Collection
Scope and Contents of the Collection "Souvenir of Seneca Falls, N.Y., Birthplace of Women's Rights, 1848-1948," ca. 1948 The Women's Rights Collection contains a large quantity and variety of material including both published and unpublished sources documenting the broad spectrum of women's rights struggles and movements from the late eighteenth century to the present. The vast majority of the material relates to women's rights in the United States from 1846 to 1983.
Equal rights amendments--United States--History--Sources
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Feminists--United States--History--Sources
Women--Developing countries--History--20th century--Sources
Women--Legal status, laws, etc.--History--Sources
Women's rights--Congresses
Women's rights--History-Sources
Women's rights--International cooperation--History--20th century--Sources
International Women's Year, 1975
National Women's Conference (1st: 1977: Houston, Tex.)
National Women's Political Caucus--History
Woman's Centennial Congress (1940: New York, N.Y.)
Woman's Rights Convention (1st: 1848: Seneca Falls, N.Y.)
World Conference of the United Nations Decade for Women: Equality, Development, and Peace (1980: Copenhagen, Denmark)
Blackwell, Henry Browne, 1825-1909--Biography--Sources
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Bloomer, Amelia Jenks, 1818-1894 --Biography--Sources
Foster, Abigail Kelley, 1810-1887--Biography--Sources
Gilman, Charlotte Perkins, 1860-1935--Biography--Sources
Grimke, Angelina Emily, 1805-1879--Biography--Sources
Grimke, Sarah Moore, 1792-1873--Biography--Sources
Hamilton, Gail, 1833-1896--Biography--Sources
Kenyon, Dorothy, 1888-1972--Biography--Sources
Mott, Lucretia, 1793-1880--Biography--Sources
Paul, Alice, 1885-1977--Biography--Sources
Rose, Ernestine L. (Ernestine Louise), 1810-1892--Biography--Sources
Stanton, Elizabeth Cady, 1815-1902--Biography--Sources
Stone, Lucy, 1818-1893--Biography-Sources
Terrell, Mary Church, 1863-1954
Truth, Sojourner, d. 1883--Biography--Sources
Wells-Barnett, Ida B., 1862-1931--Biography--Sources
Sophia Smith Collection
United States. Citizens' Advisory Committee on the Status of Women
United States. President's Commission on the Status of Women
series
SERIES I. GENERAL
SERIES I. GENERAL includes writings and speeches by and about feminists from pamphlets dated as early as 1814, to analytical articles written in the 1970s by well-known women's historians such as Gerda Lerner and William O'Neill.
SERIES II. BIOGRAPHICAL MATERIALS
SERIES II. BIOGRAPHICAL MATERIALS includes material relating to significant figures who supported and agitated for women's rights, particularly those who made major contributions to the nineteenth century woman's rights movement, but also more recent feminist activists. Individuals represented include Ida Wells Barnett, Henry Brown Blackwell, Amelia Jenks Bloomer, Abigail Kelley Foster, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Sarah and Angelina Grimke, Marietta Holley, Dorothy Kenyon, Lucretia Coffin Mott, Alice Paul, Ernestine Rose, Sojourner Truth, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Lucy Stone, and Mary Church Terrell. Types of material include articles, memorials, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, and photographs, books, and a small amount of correspondence.
SERIES III. CONFERENCES
SERIES III. CONFERENCES includes an important concentration of published sources documenting women's rights conferences and conventions. Types of material include, correspondence, minutes, newspaper clippings, photographs, planning material, publicity, published proceedings, reports, resolutions, and memorabilia. Under the International Women's Year conference (1977), there are audio recordings of speeches and sessions. Others documented include the Seneca Falls Convention of 1848; the Women's Centennial Congress in New York City, 1940; the Conference on the Role of Women at Smith College in 1947; the Seneca Falls Centennial Convention of 1948; International Women's Year State Conferences held in 1977; International Women's Year Conference in Houston, 1977; and the United Nations Decade for Women World Conference in Copenhagen, 1980. There are also records pertaining to lesser-known nineteenth century woman's rights local conventions in Akron, Ohio, 1851; West Chester, Pennsylvania, 1852; Cleveland, Ohio, 1854; New York City, 1856; Boston, 1859; the New York Church of the Puritans in 1866; and the American Equal Rights Association Convention in New York in 1867, among others.
SERIES IV. EQUAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT
The long history of struggles related to efforts to pass and ratify the ERA from 1920 to 1983 is well documented in Series IV. EQUAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT with articles, bibliographies, correspondence, legislation, lists, memorabilia, memoranda, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, and publicity contained in the collection. There are interviews with feminist activists that were conducted for a 1983 project entitled The Fight for E.R.A.: Leaders, Strategies, and Directions, by Jennifer Jackman and Tamar Raphael. The 28 interviewees include Ruth Adams, Carol Atkins, Kathy Bonk, Pat and Twiss Butler, Susan Catania, Lillian Ciarrochi, Alice Cohan, Mary Jean Collins, Mary Crisp, Diane Cutri, Betsy Dunn, Catherine East, Don Edwards, Vicki Ferguson, Pat Frank, Audrey Ghizzoni, Sheila Greenwald, Mariwyn Heath, Mildred Jeffrey, Beth Leopold, Ann Lewis, Colette Roberts, Reed Gloria Sackman, Eleanor Smeal, Jane Wells-Schooley, Jinx Wingard, and Molly Yard. There are interview notes, and photographs, as well as audio recordings for some, not all, interviews.
SERIES V. LEGAL STATUS
SERIES V. LEGAL STATUS documents changes in women's legal status in individual states and in the United States at-large.
SERIES VI. ORGANIZATIONS
SERIES VI. ORGANIZATIONS contains materials generated by women's political and equal rights groups such as the Equity Network, Human Rights for Women, International Alliance of Women, the National Advisory Committee for Women, the National Women's Education Fund, and the Massachusetts Women's Political Caucus and the National Women's Political Caucus.
SERIES VII. COMMISSIONS ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN
SERIES VII. includes Records generated by the President's Commission on the Status of Women (circa 1960s-70s) and the various state level Commissions on the Status of Women are also a significant part of the collection. Included in this section are published articles, briefs, pamphlets, publicity, reports, meeting agendas, minutes, and correspondence.
[Note: this section is unprocessed and contains many duplicated materials]
SERIES VIII. COUNTRIES
SERIES VIII. COUNTRIES includes a small amount of material relating to women's rights in countries outside the United States: Africa, Albania, Asia, Australia, Canada, China, England, France, Germany, Israel, Italy, Japan, Lebanon, Mexico, Norway, Pakistan, Philippines, Portugal, San Marino, Spain, Thailand, Turkey, and Vietnam. International materials can also be found in the files relating to the International Women's Year conferences in Houston, Texas and Copenhagen under CONFERENCES.
Pamphlets
Women's Rights: tracts 1-6, 1851
Women's Rights Pamphlets, Cornell University Collection1814-1912 (microfiche)
The Sisterhood: pamphlet, circa 1870
Speeches
George William Curtis: speeches and clippings1867
Great American Women's Speeches: cassette tapes1973
Writings
Savery, Annie, Rev. T.O. Rice on the Subordination of Women: clippings1871
Petition to Improve the Condition of Married Womenn.d.
A Reply to John Stuart Mill on the Subjection of Women (Philadelphia)1870
Articles
Leland, Marine
Radio talks over CBC: transcripts1955-56
Speech at Business & Professional Women, Northampton1950
Lerner, Gerda, Women's Rights and American Feminismn.d.
Virginia Slims American Women's Opinion Poll1972
O'Neill, William L., Feminism as a Radical Ideology1968
Powell, Rose Arnold: writings1933
Shegda, Paula, Do Women Advertise Themselves Enough?: The Split in the Feminist Movement1869-1890 (1975)
Miscellaneous articles on the status of women1963-65
Publications: NWHP Gazelle: "Living the Legacy," 1998
The Women's Charter: What and Why?: articles, correspondence, and press releases1936-38
"Side-by-Side" (re-enactments of scenes from women's history)1848-1920 (phonograph record)
[see OVERSIZE MATERIALS]
Barnett, Ida Wells: photograph and clippings1931
Blackwell, Henry Brown: photographs, pamphlet, and manuscript1910-27
Bloomer, Amelia Jenks: article and mailing (with mini bloomers attached)1939-48
Cooley, Winifred Harper: short biographies and article1915-2002
[see also Oversize Materials]
Dodge, Mary Abigail (Gail Hamilton): pamphlets and article, circa 1840-96
Foster, Abigail Kelley: pamphlet and biography1965-84
Gaston, Lucy Page: article1924
Gilman, Charlotte Perkins: articles, photographs, pamphlets, correspondence, and thesis1905-80
Grimke, Sarah (1792-1873) and Angelina (1805-1879): pamphlet, 1970
Holley, Marietta
[see Books on shelf]
Kenyon, Dorothy: information about ERA1971
Mott, Lucretia Coffin: speeches, articles, pamphlets, and photographs1849-1959
Paul, Alice: photographs and articles1917-77
Robb, Lynda Bird Johnson: clippings1979
Rose, Ernestine Louise Potowski: address and clippings1948-49
Sojourner Truth: photographs, pamphlets, Narrative of Sojourner Truth, a Northern Slave, and biography1850-1983
Stanton, Elizabeth Cady: pamphlets, newsletters, clippings, correspondence, photographs, and speeches1827-1972
Stone, Lucy: book, photographs, correspondence, and speeches1846-1978
[see also OVERSIZE MATERIALS]
Terrell, Mary Church: clippings and program1951-54
"Role of Women," Smith College1947
Scrapbook
Miscellaneous items
Minutes: Volumes I and II
General: programs, clippings, SCAN, press releases, and correspondence1947
Speeches1947
Photographs1947
"Woman's Rights and Other 'Reforms' in Seneca Falls," 1965
World Conference of the International Women's Year, Mexico City, 1975
General
Creation of General
Time of Creation of General
Agenda items 9 and 10
Creation of Agenda items 9 and 10
Time of Creation of Agenda items 9 and 10
World Plan of Action
Creation of World Plan of Action
Time of Creation of World Plan of Action
Background papers
Creation of Background papers
Time of Creation of Background papers
National Commission on the Observance of International Women's Year - State Conferences, 1977
Alabama: correspondence, report, program, and clippings1977
Alaska: evaluations and report1977
American Samoa: pamphlet and report1977
Arizona: final report1977
Arkansas: conference information and 'litter and locator bag,' 1977
California: pamphlet, final report, and questionnaires1977
Colorado: plan of action1977
Connecticut: report and clippings1977
Delaware: final report1977
Florida: binder1977
Georgia: report1977
Guam: final report1977
Hawaii: pamphlet1979
Idaho: recommendations and final report1977
Illinois: book1977
Indiana: petition, recommendations, and reports1977
Iowa: final report1977
Kansas: report, voter information and program1977
Kentucky
"Voices of Kentucky Women": report1977
Observance of International Women's Year: Appendix1977
Louisiana: correspondence, recommendations, and book1977
Maine: report1977
Maryland: proclamation and pamphlet1977
Massachusetts: Women at Home in the World (report)1977
Michigan: report1977
Minnesota: report and agenda1977
Mississippi: report1977
Missouri: reports1977
Montana: vote results and final report1977
Nevada: pamphlet and final report1977
New Hampshire: plan for action and final reports1977
New Jersey: report1977
New Mexico: final report1977
New York
Transcripts1977
Correspondence, ballot questions, and first meeting1974-77
Report
[see Oversize Materials]
North Carolina: report1977
North Dakota: final report1977
Ohio: book1977
Oklahoma: correspondence, workshop results, and final report1977
Oregon: final report1977
Pennsylvania: "Womankind," 1977
Puerto Rico: documents and final report1977
[See also Added materials, box 51]
Rhode Island: report1977
South Carolina: final report and resolutions1977
South Dakota: report1977
Tennessee: ballot, pamphlets, photographs, minutes, and recommendations1977
Texas: final report and flyer1977
Utah: final report1977
Vermont: final report1977
Virgin Islands: survey and report1977
Virginia: final report, conference information, and clippings1977
Washington, D.C.: minutes and plan of action1977
Washington (state): policy statements and final report1977
West Virginia: resolutions, report, and recommendations1977
Wisconsin: draft of report and supporting material1977
Wyoming: report1977
IWY National Women's Conference (Houston), November 1977
[see also cassette tapes on shelf]
Daily Breakthrough and bulletins1977
Official Briefing Book
Memorabilia: calendar, t-shirt, flyer, and song lyrics1977
Articles, clippings, speeches: clippings, magazines, script, flyers, and press release1977
Clippings and magazine1977
Pamphlets, magazine, bulletin, resolutions, and newspaper1977
Resolutions and news1977
Declaration of American women: cassette tape and slides1977
IWY conventions- states: newspaper, manual, pamphlet, and clipping1976-77
Exhibit material: letter cut-outs and magazine pages1977
"Decade of Achievement": report1977
National Women's Conference: pamphlets1978
UN World Conference, Decade for Women, Copenhagen1980
Index to microfiche
Microfiche
Background Press Release; Secretary General's Opening Remarks
List of Participants
Overview of Progress/Obstacles at the National Level
Employment review/evaluation
Health review/evaluation
Education review/education
National machinery review/evaluation
Descriptive list of National Machineries
Political Participation, International Co-op and International Peace: review
Women in Rural Areas: statistical abstract
Technological Change and Microelectronics for Women Workers
Information/communication as developed resources; employment effects of science and technology
International Seminar -- Women and Media
Influence/Mass Media/Attitudes toward Societal Roles of Men and Women
Health Effects/Cultural Practices on Women and Children
Women's Status/Role in Education and in Economy/Social Areas
Reviews/Evaluation of Regional/ Global UN Programmes
UN Conference Recommendations re: Women
UN System Agencies re: Decade goals: review
ESCAP Regional Preparatory Meeting at New Delhi; Lusaka; Damascus
Economic Role of Women in ECE Region
UN Dept. of International Economic and Social Affairs re: World Plan of Action: review
Decade for Women Voluntary Fund: Secretary General's report
Dept. Technology Co-op for Development: report
Industrial Development Organization: report
Women, children, and development: UNICEF report
World Food Programme and Decade for Women
Ongoing and Future Programs re: Decade for Women: UNITAR report
Measures Taken to Implement UN Decade for Women: ILO report
Integration of Women in Rural Development: FAO report
School Education for Girls: UNESCO report
Health and Status of Women: WHO report
"Invisible" Women in Development: World Bank report
Rural Women's Participation in Development: UNDP report
Policies/Programs in the Field of Women/Population/Development: UNFPA report
Conference of Non-Aligned/Other Developing Countries on Role of Women in Development
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women
Preparatory Committee Report (Sessions 1-3)
Commission on the Status of Women Report (Sessions 27-28)
Effective Mobilization/Integration of Women in Development
Situation of Women Refugees Worldwide
Women's Role in Liberation Struggles in Zimbabwe, Namibia, and South Africa
Assistance Measures for Women in Southern Africa
Apartheid Effects of Women's Status in South Africa and Namibia
Lusaka Declaration on Racism/Racial Prejudice
Apartheid and Women's Employment/Women in Trade Unions
Women and Apartheid: reports of Montreal and Helsinki Seminars
Israeli Occupation Effects on Palestinian Women: Assistance Measures to Palestinian Women
Social/Economic Conditions of Palestinian Women
National Reports
Israel
Japan
Canada
India
Poland
Austria
Byelorussia
USA
China (PR)
New Zealand
Round-up press release
Summary
Contents and abbreviations
Background; National, International and Regional Levels of Action
Resolutions and Origins of the Conference
Organization of Work; General Debate; Report of First Committee
Reports of Second and Third Committees; adoption of conference report, Corrigendum
Program of Action: information paper
Resolutions: information paper
Women 1980: DESI newsletters (1-8)
Conventions
Women's Centennial Congress, NYC (1940): clipping, minutes, programs, correspondence, pamphlets, book, and newsletters1939-40
Seneca Falls Convention (1848)
Report, photograph, honor roll, and pamphlets1848
Centennial (1948)
Volume of papers1948
Clippings and newspaper1948
Pageant scripts (English and Spanish) and news reports1940-48
Seneca Falls Historical Society: pamphlet1972
Memorabilia: pamphlets, napkin, envelopes, map, and magazines1937-48
Akron, OH: book1973 (reprint of 1851 proceedings)
West Chester, PA: proceedings1852
Cleveland, OH: circular1854
Broadway Tabernacle, NYC: pamphlet1856
Mercantile Hall, Boston: reports1859
Church of the Puritans, NYC: proceedings1866
American Equal Rights Association, NY: proceedings1867
National Women's Rights Convention of 1850: Lisa Connolly Cook: M.A. thesis2000
General and pre-1970
Alice Paul: clippings, telegram, correspondence, and photographs1939-76
Reports, correspondence, and printed materials1898-1979
Freedom Train documents (list)n.d.
Anti-ERA: clippings, book, articles, statements, and pamphlets1924-75
Post- 1970
The Fight for ERA (oral history project)1983
[NOTE: audio cassette tapes are closed. * CD use copies of some tapes available in boxes 56-57]
Accession records, contents list, and memo
Interview schedule and questions
Adams, Ruth: interview notes, photographs, and 3 tapes
Atkins, Carol: interview notes, photographs, and 2 tapes
Bonk, Kathy: interview notes, photographs and 2 tapes *
Butler, Pat and Twiss: interview notes, photographs and 3 tapes
Catania, Susan: interview notes, photographs and 3 tapes *
Ciarrochi, Lillian: interview notes, photographs and 2 tapes
Cohan, Alice: interview notes and photographs
Collins, Mary Jean: interview notes
Crisp, Mary: interview notes and photographs
Cutri, Diane: interview notes, photographs and 2 tapes
Dunn, Betsy: interview notes, photographs and 3 tapes
East, Catherine: interview notes, photographs and 2 tapes *
Edwards, Don: interview notes, photographs and 1 tapes
Ferguson, Vicki: interview notes, photographs and 2 tapes *
Frank, Pat: interview notes and 1 tape
Ghizzoni, Audrey: interview notes and 2 tapes
Greenwald, Sheila: interview notes, photographs and 1 tape *
Heath, Mariwyn: interview notes and 2 tapes *
Jeffrey, Mildred: interview notes and 2 tapes
Leopold, Beth: interview notes and 2 tapes
Lewis, Ann: interview notes, program, photographs, and 1 tape
Roberts, Colette: interview notes and 2 tapes *
Sackman, Reed Gloria: interview notes photographs, and 4 tapes *
Smeal, Eleanor: interview notes and photographs
Wells-Schooley, Jane: interview notes and photographs
Wingard, Jinx: interview notes, photographs and 2 tapes
Yard, Molly: interview notes and photographs
Yard, Molly and Alice Cohan: interview notes and photographs
General: articles, paper, and pamphlets1970-83
Common Cause: memos and pamphlets1972-74
Citizens' Advisory Council: pamphlets1970-76
ERAmerica: mailings, correspondence, pamphlets, and articles1976-77
League of Women Voters: "weather report" and pamphlet, circa 1977
Correspondence and pamphlets1970-78
Bibliographies and pamphlets1976
NOW: information packet, pamphlets, petition, flyer, and newspaper1971-78
Pamphlets and articles1970-77
National Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs, Inc.: pamphlets and background material, circa late 1970s
Women United: pamphlet, memos, and press release1971-72
Housewives for ERA: pamphlets and correspondence1975
Pamphlets, memos, resolutions, and mailing1970-78
Vital Issues - Center for Information on America: pamphlet1975
Memorabilia: potholder, pins, matches, postcards, bumper stickers, invitation, and information packetn.d.
Anti-ERA: correspondence, pamphlets, memos, and clippings1977
ERA: hearings and congressional records1970-72
Memorabilia: mug with ERA inscriptionn.d.
Committee to ratify the Massachusetts State Equal Rights: clippings, pamphlets, bumper sticker, and reports1975-76
Pamphlets, reports, clippings, and newsletters1973-78
Harvard Women's Law Journal (Vol. 1, No. 1)Spring 1978
Articles and flyers1970-81
Court decisions: legal docket, and clippings1970-77
Heath, Kathryn G., Legislation and its Implications for Eliminating Sex Bias1973
Legislation: clippings, correspondence, and reports1927-78
Packard Trial: book1869
Property rights: legislation and article1970
Report of the President's Task Force on Women's Rights and Responsibilities1970
Social Security: report and statement1946-78
National Women's Agenda: agenda1976
Legal status and treatment of women: questionnaire replies1947
Women and the Law Conference: workshops, pamphlets, and supporting materials1976-81
Women Law Reporter: newsletters1974-75
Women's Rights Project (American Civil Liberties Union): correspondencen.d.
Articles, speech, and magazine1971-74
Pamphlets, magazine, articles, and report1901-81
Rights of Women: workbook of international conventions relating to women's issues and concerns1983
National League of Women Voters: pamphlets, stories, and speeches1924-48
Universal Declaration of Human Rights - UN Assembly: pamphlets1949
Women and the Law: report, circa 1983
States
Surveys and articles1924-71
Book, pamphlets, reports, and clippings1908-78
Connecticut: clippings, newsletters, and newspapers1972-77
Massachusetts
General: pamphlets, clippings, papers, newsletters, and correspondence1967-75
CMS: petition and legislationn.d.
Bills relating to women: pamphlets1971-72
Commission Against Discrimination: pamphlets1967
Michigan: report and newsletters1973-79
Minnesota: legislation1971
New Jersey: legislationn.d.
Tennessee: clippings1912
Blueprints for Women Conference: newspaper1976
National Commission on the Observance of IWY: Homemakers Committee reports1977
The Legal Status of Homemakers in...
Alabama - Oregon
Pennsylvania - Wyoming
National Commission on the Observance of International Women's Year
Agenda letters1977
Miscellaneous: memos, pamphlets, and correspondence1976-77
Press releases1976-1977
Publications1975
Report "To Form a More Perfect Union," 1976
Workshop guides, circa 1977
National Women's rights organizations: fact sheetn.d.
Anti-defamation League of B'nai B'rith: press releasen.d.
Equity Network: correspondence and handouts1981
Human Rights for Women: handbook, mailings, and court rulings1971-73
International Alliance of Women: pamphlet1985
Maine Women's Political Caucus: correspondence and newsletters1973-74
Massachusetts Women's Political Caucus
General: handouts, newsletters, bylaws, correspondence, pin, clippings, and pamphlets1971-83
Plenary Session: information1971
November Caucus, Boston College: agenda and pamphlet1971
Second Plenary Session: agenda1972
National Advisory Committee for Women: clippings1979
National Women's Education Fund: poster and correspondence1978
National Women's Political Caucus: pin, agenda, statements, workshop information, pamphlets, clippings, and articles1971-76
North Carolina Women's Political Caucus: clippings1971
Oregon Women's Political Caucus: newspaper1977
Pennsylvanians for Women's Rights: newsletters1973
The Women's Commission in Exile: newsletters1982-83
Virginia Women's Political Caucus: clippings1971
Women USA: correspondence and pamphlets1980
Women's Action Alliance: pamphlets, press releases, correspondence, and agenda1976-79
Women's Coalition for the Third Century: pamphlets, correspondence, articles, and pin1974-76
Women's Commission in Exile - Massachusetts: pamphlets, annual report, and newsletters1979-81
Women's Equity Action League: pamphlets, press releases, articles, and memos1971-78
Women's Lobby, Inc.: correspondence, newsletters, and pamphlets1973-78
Miscellaneous women's rights organizations: clippings1971
Publications
Statement by the President on the Establishment of the President's Commission on the Status of Women
Report of the Committee on Home and Community1963
American Women1963-68
Report of the Committee on Private Employment1963
Report of the Committee on Federal Employment1963
Report of the Committee on Protective Labor Legislation1963
Report of the Committee on Social Insurance and Taxes1963
Report of the Committee on Education1963
Report request forms1964-65
Clippings1963
Press release1963
Correspondence1964
Commission meetings: reports, agendas, press releases, correspondence, pamphlets, and minutes1961-63
Executive letters: executive letters to members of the commission with press releases, and reports1962-63
Reports of the Committee on Educationn.d.
Report of the Committee on Federal Employment Policies and Practices1963
Reports of the Committee on Social Insurance and Taxes: pamphlets1962-63
Report of the Committee on Political and Social Rights1963
Reports and articles1961-63
Agenda, reports, minutes, and memos1962-63
Committee on Private Employment: background facts1962
Press releases and proposals1962-63
Committee on Protective Labor Legislation: pamphlets, memos, and reports1962-68
Citizens' Advisory Council on the Status of Women
Women in Women in 1975 (6 reports)1970-
Committee on Home and Community: memos, agendas, reports, and pamphlets1962-72
Miscellaneous publications
Women Today: Trends and Issues, by Dr. Caroline F. Ware1962
American Women (3 copies)1963
Background Memorandum of the Status of Women, by Dr. Caroline F. Ware1962
Report on Four Consultations, by the Commission1963
Report of the Committee on Private Employment, by the Commission1963
Report of the Committee on Social Insurance and Taxes, by the Commission1963
A Brief in favor of an Equal Rights Amendment (3 copies) presented by National Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs1963
Women (in 1972), by Citizens' Advisory Council, on the Status of Women (2 copies)1973
Report on Progress in 1965 on the Status of Women, by Citizens' Advisory Council, on the Status of Women, 1965
Report of the Committee on Federal Employment (2 copies)1963
Follow-up reports
Interdepartmental Committee and Citizens' Advisory Council on the Status of Women: Progress Reports1964-66
Report on Four Consultations1963
Report of the Task Force on Family Law and Policy1968
Women in 1970 - Women in 1975 (6 reports) 1970-75
Press release concerning new appointments1969
Report of the Task Force on Labor Standards, 1968
Report of the Task Force on Health and Welfare1968
Progress and Prospects1965
The President's Task Force on Women's Rights and Responsibilities: press releases, bill, and reports1961-70
State Commissions on the Status of Women
Alabama: bulletin and statement1951-71
California: bulletin1977
Colorado: summary report1965
Connecticut: annual report1974
Florida: annual report1978
Hawaii: reports, newsletter, and book1966-77
Iowa: article1975
Kentucky: Kentucky Women1964
Maryland: legislation1971
Massachusetts: clippings, reports, correspondence, and newsletters1974-75
Michigan: report1968
Minnesota: annual reportn.d.
New Jersey: report1964
New York: pamphlets1964-77
North Carolina: report1964
Oregon: report1965
Pennsylvania: remarks, report, newsletter, and pamphlet1965-73
Texas: pamphlet1958
Utah: report1966
Washington: reports1963-78
Wisconsin: reports and newsletter1965-76
General: note cards, clippings, articles, and packets1973-80
United Nations: clippings, articles, and pamphlets1968-75
Albania1973
Asia1980
[see box 47]
China1973
England
[see box 48]
France
Israel/ Jerusalem - Arabs1973
Italy1972
Japan1973
Lebanon1973
Norway1973
Philippines1980
San Marino1973
Spain1980
Thailand1973
Turkeyn.d.
Vietnam1973
La Bonne Parole: pamphlets and newspapers1917-58
Canadian Advisory Council on the Status of Women: pamphlets1982
Casgrain, Madame. Pierra F.: clipping, pamphlet, and transcriptn.d.
Le Code Civil: articles and pamphlets1943-49
Legal status of married women: pamphlets, correspondence, and clippings1924-64
National Action Committee: pamphlets, circa 1974
Nationality of married women: pamphlet1959
Status Anyone?: pamphlet1972
General: pamphlets, clippings, and A Woman's Place1850-1974
Nationality rights: pamphlets1925-46
Pamphlets and books1866-1976
Alfred B. Wallace: correspondence1913
Wollstonecraft, Mary: pamphlets, correspondence, articles, and engraving, circa 1876
Facsimile of a Deed by a Single Lady of land in the Manor of Naudelsleigh, Lancasshire, England(poster)1318
General: clippings, pamphlets, and book1871-1974
Early History: books and articles1888-1893
Condorcet, Marquis de: pamphlets1789
Gallant, Mavis: "Annals of Justice," 1971
ADDED MATERIALS
International Women's Year (IWY) conference, Puerto Rico: minutes, agendas, correspondence, resolutions, and program materials1976-78
OVERSIZE MATERIAL
New York State Women's Meeting: report1977
Winifred Harper Cooley: scrapbook of articles re: women's rightscirca 1920s
"Representative Women," Lithograph by L. Grozelier (Lucretia Mott, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Abby Kelley Foster, Lucy Stone, Lydia Maria Child, Antoinette Brown Blackwell, Maria Weston Chapman)1857
The Fight for ERA(oral history project): original cassette tapes and preservation copies1983
The Fight for ERA(oral history project): CD use copies1983
Equal Rights Amendment: editorials and press comments1943-44
Exhibit material (IWY conference, Houston): photographs and printed material1977
Fac-simile of a Deed by a Single Lady... (poster), 1318
Poster, "The Time is Now," (for benefit of women candidates)1992
Proclamation of Women's History Month1999 (signed by Bill Clinton)
Side-by-Side (phonograph record album): re-enactments of scenes from women's history1848-1920
Seneca Falls Centennial (1948): newspaper, 1948
Stone, Lucy (Blackwell): clipping from Woman's Journal1893
ITEMS ON SHELF
Alexander, Shana, Women's Legal Rights1975
Blackwell, Alice Stone, What I Owe to My Father1931, 1999
Davis, Paulina W., A History of the National Woman's Rights Movement1871
Discrimination Against Women (Parts I and II)1970
Equal Rights1970
The "Equal Rights" Amendment1970
The Federal Civil Rights Enforcement Effort-1974
First New York State Women's Meeting (volumes I and II): report1977
Fishman, Nathaniel, Married Woman's Bill of Rights, intro by Dorothy Kenyon1943
Holley, Marietta, Samantha Among the Brethren1890
International Women's Year National Women's Conference: cassette tapes1977
IWY National Women's Conference: Official Briefing Book1977
Keep Your Laws Off My Bodyn.d.
Report of the Women's Action Program1972
The Spirit of Houston1978
Status of Women in Canada1970
...To Form a More Perfect Union...1976
Woman's Centennial Congress1940
Woman's Rights Pamphlets (bound volume)n.d.
Women and the Law1981
Miscellaneous publications (photocopies)
[NOTE: many of these are duplicates of pamphlets and articles located in SERIES I. GENERAL]
Woman's Rights Almanac1858
The Rights and Conditions of Women by Samuel J. May, 1846
Letters to Dupont De L'Eure on the Political Position of Women by Emma Willard1848
Enfranchisement of Women1851
Education of Females by Paulina W. Davis1851
Sanctity of Marriage by E. Oakes Smithn.d.
Responsibilities of Woman by C.I.H Nichold1851
Letter from Mrs. Elizabeth C. Stanton1850
Women's Rights1853
The Elective Franchise by Geo William Curtis1858
National Women's Political Caucues, keynote speeches, San Jose, California (6 audio cassettes) September 9-11, 1997