Overview
Correspondence, memos, newsletters, etc., of Human Rights for Women, a research organization working on issues related to discrimination against women and the legal rights of women.
Dates
- Creation: 1966-1978
Language of Materials
Materials in English.
Access Restrictions:
Access. Collection is open for research. An appointment is necessary to use any audiovisual material.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright. Copyright in the records created by Human Rights for Women is held by the President and Fellows of Harvard College for the Schlesinger Library. Copyright in other papers in the collection may be held by their authors, or the authors' heirs or assigns.
Copying. Papers may be copied in accordance with the library's usual procedures.
Extent
3.42 linear feet (3 cartons, 1 file box)The archive contains by-laws, correspondence, memos, records of court cases and of fundraising, newsletters, reference material, and other.
Folder headings and alphabetical arrangement are those of Mary Eastwood.
HISTORY
Human Rights for Women was founded in December 1968, as "a corporation created exclusively for purposes of providing financial assistance for research on issues relevant to discrimination against women, litigation involving rights of women under the law, and educational projects on conditions concerning women."
Physical Location
Collection stored off site: researchers must request access 36 hours before use.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Accession number: 83-M229
The records of Human Rights for Women were given to the Schlesinger Library in October 1983 by Mary Eastwood.
Processing Information
Preliminary inventory: January 1984
By: Katherine Kraft
- Title
- Human Rights for Women. Records of Human Rights for Women, 1966-1978: A Finding Aid
- Author
- Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America
- Language of description
- eng
- EAD ID
- sch00304
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.