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Civil rights--United States

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Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source

Found in 27 Collections and/or Records:

Additional papers of Ann Hunter Popkin, 1954-1979

Collection Identifier: MC 621
Overview:

Addenda to the papers of educator, sociologist, feminist, and activist Ann Hunter Popkin.

Additional papers of the Alger family, ca.1850-1980 (inclusive), 1918-1980 (bulk)

Collection Identifier: 1632--80-M189
Overview:

Addenda to the papers (A-103) of the Alger family from New England, including correspondence, photographs, and account books.

Biographical files of the Black Women Oral History Project, ca.1879-2011

Collection Identifier: MC 916
Overview:

Articles, resumes, ephemera, and photographs providing additional biographical information about women interviewed for the Schlesinger Library's Black Women Oral History Project. Materials relate to family background, childhood, education, careers, and professional and voluntary accomplishments.

Letters of Alice Stone Blackwell, 1921-1950

Collection Identifier: MC 1026
Overview:

Blackwell's letters from the American Civil Liberties Union and other civil liberties organizations.

Papers of Angela Y. Davis, 1937-2017 (inclusive), 1968-2006 (bulk)

Collection Identifier: MC 940
Overview:

Writings, correspondence, speeches, and subject files of black feminist philosopher and prison abolitionist Angela Y. Davis.

Papers of Catherine Shipe East, 1941-1996

Collection Identifier: MC 477: T-264: CD-131
Overview:

Papers of government official and feminist activist Catherine East

Papers of Cynthia Anthonsen Foster, 1825-2007 (inclusive), 1915-2007 (bulk)

Collection Identifier: MC 653
Overview:

Papers of civil rights, peace, and social justice activist, Cynthia Anthonsen Foster.

Papers of Tove Gertrud Gerson, 1919-1993

Collection Identifier: MC 447
Overview:

Biographical material, speeches, correspondence, etc., of Tove Gertrud Mueller Gerson, teacher, physical therapist, YWCA administrator, and activist for peace and civil rights.

Papers of Jean V. Hardisty, 1954-2015 (inclusive), 1976-2008 (bulk): A Finding Aid

Collection Identifier: MC 1018: T-524: Vt-294
Overview:

Professional correspondence, writings, photographs, and reports of political scientist and social activist Jean V. Hardisty.

Papers of Dorothy I. Height, 1933-2012

Collection Identifier: MC 1149: T-571: DVD-153
Overview:

Awards, organizational records, biographical essays, correspondence, photographs, and memorabilia of human rights activist Dorothy I. Height.

Papers of Louise E. Jefferson, 1861-1991 (inclusive), 1943-1980 (bulk), undated

Collection Identifier: MC 1147
Overview:

Maps, correspondence, and artwork of African American artist, cartographer, graphic designer, author, and photographer Louise E. Jefferson.

Papers of Lori Ann Mennella related to NOW, 1977-1985

Collection Identifier: A/M547
Overview:

Printed material, writings, correspondence, and photographs of Lori Ann Mennella related to the work of the National Organization for Women (NOW) in the Washington, DC, area during the late 1970s and early 1980s.

Papers of Pauli Murray, 1827-1985

Collection Identifier: MC 412: T-194: T-245
Overview:

Correspondence, writings, photographs, etc., of Pauli Murray, lawyer, activist, and first African-American woman ordained as an Episcopal priest.

Additional records of the National Organization for Women, 1970-2011

Collection Identifier: MC 666
Overview:

Additional records of the National Organization for Women (NOW), the largest feminist organization in the United States.

Papers of Jacqueline Bernard, 1893-1983 (inclusive), 1943-1983 (bulk)

Collection Identifier: MC 543
Overview:

Correspondence, writings, photographs, etc., of author, journalist, and social activist Jacqueline Bernard.

Papers of Mary Ware Dennett, 1874-1945

Collection Identifier: MC 392: M-138
Overview:

Correspondence, scrapbooks, writings, etc., of Mary Ware Dennett, suffragist, pacifist, artisan and advocate of birth control and sex education.

Papers of NOW officer Dolores Alexander, 1960-1973

Collection Identifier: MC 499: T-157
Overview:

Papers of National Organization for Women executive director Dolores Alexander.

Papers of NOW officer Mary Jean Collins, 1966-1988

Collection Identifier: MC 493: T-498
Overview:

Papers of National Organization for Women officer, Mary Jean Collins, Midwest Regional Director, National Board member, and Action Vice President.

Papers of NOW officer Patricia Ireland, 1972-2005

Collection Identifier: MC 663: Vt-189
Overview:

Papers of Patricia Ireland, feminist activist, lawyer, and former president of the National Organization for Women, include correspondence, reports, legal case files, notes, and other research and printed materials regarding NOW's work for women's rights and social justice.

Papers of Sophia Yarnall, 1932-1975

Collection Identifier: 75-386
Overview:

Correspondence, speeches, articles, etc., of Sophia Yarnall Jacobs, civic worker and author.

Papers of Susan Brownmiller, 1935-2000

Collection Identifier: MC 523: T-326
Overview:

Papers of feminist, activist, and writer Susan Brownmiller.

Papers of the Alger family, 1809-1969

Collection Identifier: A-103
Overview:

Correspondence, diaries, financial accounts, photographs, etc., of seven prominent New England and Pennsylvanian families: Alger, Rodgers, Meigs, Taylor, Jackson, Price, and Hubbell.

Papers of Esther Peterson, 1884-1998 (inclusive), 1929-1988 (bulk)

Collection Identifier: MC 450
Overview:

Papers of Esther Peterson, labor, education, women's rights, and consumer affairs advocate.

Papers of Vivian Rothstein, 1924-2017

Collection Identifier: MC 995: DVD-130: Vt-282: Phon-072: T-536
Overview:

Correspondence, writings, and political ephemera of feminist, anti-Vietnam War, and homeless rights activist Vivian Rothstein.

Ruchell Magee collection, 1971, undated

Collection Identifier: A/M191
Overview:

Nine items of printed material, including press releases and open letters, created for distribution by several Oakland, California, groups in support of Ruchell Magee and other Black people incarcerated for political reasons.