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Scope and Contents of the Collection
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| Title: | Women's Ephemera Collection |
| Inclusive Dates: | 1970-1988 |
| Quantity: | 1.25 linear ft. |
| Abstract: | Material relating to Equal Rights Ammendment and other women's issues, chiefly from New York state with some material from Florida. |
| Language: | English |
| Repository: |
Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries 222 Waverly Avenue Syracuse, NY 13244-2010 https://library.syracuse.edu/special-collections-research-center |
Biographical History
New York has seen several notable events in the history of women's rights, most notably the Seneca Falls Convention on women's rights held in July 1848, hosted by Lucretia Mott, Mary Ann M'Clintock and Elizabeth Cady Stanton.
The National Organization for Women (NOW) was founded in 1966 by Betty Friedan and Pauli Murray in an effort to confront with concrete action the issues of political, professional, and social inequality between the sexes. As early as its second conference in 1967, NOW adopts the passage of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) and repeal of all abortion laws, becoming the first national organization to support the legalization of abortion. NOW intensely campaigned for passage of the ERA, which was approved in the House of Representatives and the Senate and submitted to state legislatures for ratification in 1972. The organization has 550 chapters in all 50 U.S. states and Washington D.C.
The Coordinating Committee of Women in the Historical Profession (CCWHP) was formed in 1969 in response to the exclusion and sexism rampant in the American Historical Association (AHA). The goals of the organization included recruiting more women into the profession, alleviate discrimination, and encourage the study and teaching of women's history. The CCWHP quickly became affiliated with the AHA and in 1974 the Conference Group on Women's History (CGWH) was formed. In 1955 the CCWHP and CGWH were combined to form the Council for Women in History (CCWH), which it is known by today.
Scope and Contents of the Collection
The Women's Ephemera Collection consists of material relating to women's issues, chiefly in New York State with some material related to Florida.
Correspondence-subject files consists mainly of correspondence and newsletters.
Printed material consists of clippings.
Writings consists of essays, bibliographies, and other similar material.
Arrangement of the Collection
Correspondence-subject files are arranged first alphabetically by sender, then chronologically, with unidentified or undated material at the end. Printed material is arranged chronologically with undated material at the end. Writings are arranged alphabetically by last name with unidentified material at the end.
Restrictions
Access Restrictions
The majority of our archival and manuscript collections are housed offsite and require advanced notice for retrieval. Researchers are encouraged to contact us in advance concerning the collection material they wish to access for their research.
Use Restrictions
Written permission must be obtained from SCRC and all relevant rights holders before publishing quotations, excerpts or images from any materials in this collection.
Related Material
The Special Collections Research Center has a plethora of information related to women's rights. Please search our collections for more material.
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Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
Preferred citation for this material is as follows:
Women's Ephemera Collection,
Special Collections Research Center,
Syracuse University Libraries
Acquisition Information
Unspecified, 1989.
Finding Aid Information
Created by: MRC
Date: 24 Oct 2010
Revision history: 12 Feb 2019 - processed (KD)
Inventory
| Correspondence-subject files | |||||||||||
| Box 1 | Cayuga County Community College 1979, undated | ||||||||||
| Coordinating Committee on Women in the Historical Profession | |||||||||||
| Box 1 | CCWHP newsletter 1979-1983 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | CCWHP CGWH newsletter 1979-1981 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | CGWH newsletter 1980-1984 | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Elizabeth Cady Stanton Foundation 1980-1986, undated | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Florida Women's Political Caucus 1971-1975, undated | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Journalism and Women Symposium, JAWS newsletter 1987 | ||||||||||
| National Organization for Women (NOW) | |||||||||||
| Box 1 | Do It NOW 1971-1973, 1977 (2 folders) | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | National NOW Times 1977-1981 (4 folders) | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Organizational information | ||||||||||
| National Organization for Women (NOW), Florida | |||||||||||
| Box 1 | Correspondence 1973-1980, undated | ||||||||||
| Box 1 | Newsletters 1976 (1 item) | ||||||||||
| National Organization for Women (NOW), New York | |||||||||||
| Box 2 | Central New York NOW Times 1979-1980 | ||||||||||
| Box 2 | Correspondence 1970-1980, undated (2 folders) | ||||||||||
| Box 2 | New York State newsletter 1980 | ||||||||||
| Box 2 | News Greater Syracuse Chapter 1980 | ||||||||||
| Box 2 | New York State History Network newsletter 1979-1984 | ||||||||||
| Box 2 | Planned Parenthood 1973-1981 | ||||||||||
| Box 2 | Project on the Status and Education of Women 1980-1982 | ||||||||||
| Box 2 | Society of American Archivists Women's Caucus 1980-1986 | ||||||||||
| Box 2 | Steinem, Gloria undated | ||||||||||
| Box 2 | Upstate New York Women's History Conference 1971-1988, undated (2 folders) | ||||||||||
| Box 2 | Women and the Arts Conference 1979, undated | ||||||||||
| Box 2 | Women's Division of the State of New York newsletter 1979-1981 | ||||||||||
| Box 2 | Women's Information Center 1979-1980 | ||||||||||
| Box 2 | A-Y miscellaneous (4 folders) | ||||||||||
| Printed material | |||||||||||
| Box 3 | Clippings 1971-1987, undated - includes article by Germaine Greer (4 folders) | ||||||||||
| Writings | |||||||||||
| Box 3 | Miscellaneous 1976-1982, undated | ||||||||||