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SERIES Identifier: MC 825: Vt-67: T-563

Series III. OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES, 1973-2013 (#31.12-54.7)

Scope and Contents

Series III, OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES, 1973-2013 (#31.12-54.7), includes brochures, campaign flyers, clippings, correspondence, print material, photographs, and memorabilia related to Schafran's activism with the National Organization for Women, the National Women's Conference Committee, and other women's organizations committed to the Equal Rights Amendment. Also included are annual reports; brochures and fact sheets; clippings and correspondence; minutes and reports; speeches; transcripts from public hearings; and testimony representing Schafran's professional affiliations, memberships, and committee work on behalf of the American Bar Association, the American Civil Liberties Union Women's Rights Project, the American Jewish Committee, and the Association of the Bar of the City of New York. Conference files include correspondence, planning notes, speeches, flyers, invitations, and other print material associated with annual meetings of the American Bar Association, the United Nations World Conferences on Women; scholarly papers from the Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Distinguished Lecture Series; and photographs related to the Margaret Brent Women Lawyers of Achievement Award luncheon. This series also includes correspondence, research, reports, surveys, and testimony documenting Schafran's role as director of the Federation of Women Lawyers' Judicial Screening Panel, responsible for vetting the nominating process for Sandra Day O'Connor, William H. Rehnquist, Robert H. Bork and others. Annual reports, correspondence, planning notes, clippings, city laws and ordinances, and legislative reports that document her work for the New York City Commission on the Status of Women are also included. The series is arranged alphabetically and chronologically thereunder. Folder titles were created by the processor.

Dates

  • Creation: 1957-2013

Language of Materials

Materials in English.

Access Restrictions:

Access. The collection is open for research. An appointment is necessary to use any audiovisual material.

Extent

24.81 linear feet ((56 file boxes, 1 card file box, 1 folio box) plus 3 folio+ folders, 12 photograph folders, 1 videotape, 1 audiotape, electronic records)

Physical Location

Collection stored off site: researchers must request access 36 hours before use.

Repository Details

Part of the Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute Repository

The preeminent research library on the history of women in the United States, the Schlesinger Library documents women's lives from the past and present for the future. In addition to its traditional strengths in the history of feminisms, women’s health, and women’s activism, the Schlesinger collections document the intersectional workings of race and ethnicity, gender, sexuality, and class in American history.

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