Women's Ephemera Collection, 1970-1988

Summary

Abstract:
Material relating to Equal Rights Ammendment and other women's issues, chiefly from New York state with some material from Florida.
Extent:
1.25 linear ft.
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Preferred citation for this material is as follows:

Women's Ephemera Collection,

Background

Scope and content:

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.

Biographical / historical:

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.

Acquisition information:
Unspecified, 1989.
Arrangement:

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.

Access and use

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.

Terms of access:

Written permission must be obtained from SCRC and all relevant rights holders before publishing quotations, excerpts or images from any materials in this collection.

Preferred citation:

Preferred citation for this material is as follows:

Women's Ephemera Collection,

Location of this collection:
Special Collections Research Center
Syracuse University Libraries
Bird Library, Room 600
Syracuse, NY 13244, United States
Link to repository site
Contact:
315.443.2697
scrc@syr.edu