Pro-choice movement--United States

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Records of the Boston Women's Health Book Collective, a non-profit women's health education, advocacy and consulting organization that grew out of a small discussion group in 1969, and first became known for their pioneering handbook, Our Bodies, Ourselves.

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Minutes, reports, correspondence, budgets, notes, schedules, and contracts related to the planning, organizing, and executing of the March for Women's Lives, held in Washington, DC, on April 25, 2004.

Overview: Records of the National Women's Political Caucus, a national feminist organization with state and local chapters founded in 1971 to increase women's participation in the political process and create a women's political power base to achieve equality for all women by recruiting, training, and supporting pro-choice women candidates for elected and appointed offices at all levels of government, regardless of party affiliation. State and local chapters provide support to candidates running for...

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Addenda to the records of the Women's Equity Action League (WEAL), a national membership organization with state affiliates, founded in 1968 and dedicated to improving the status and lives of all women primarily through education, litigation, and legislation.

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Minutes, reports, correspondence, videotapes, audiotapes, posters, and publications related to the Reproductive Health Technologies Project.

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Professional correspondence, writings, research, printed materials, etc., of pro-life activist Dr. Joseph R. Stanton, Jr.

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Collection includes motion pictures or videotapes of Caucus activities such as committee meetings, luncheons, convention proceedings and speeches, candidate training sessions and critiques, and television appearances featuring the National Women's Political Caucus or its representatives and founders. Also included is a sample of entries by National Women's Political Caucus's media award (EMMA) winners.

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Collection includes television programs, promotional videos, and seminar recordings featuring interviews, speeches, and commentary by Mary Dent Crisp, co-founder of the National Republican Coalition for Choice.

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Talk show interviews and debates, news reports, speeches, narrated programs, TV spots, and footage of the 1986 National Abortion Rights Action League (NARAL) conference and march in Washington, D.C.

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Videotapes of interviews, marches, press conferences, etc., of the National Organization for Women, the largest feminist organization in the United States.

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Coverage of women's issues through television talk shows and news programs, interviews, public service announcements, and footage of conferences relating to women

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Collection of women's newsletters and periodicals for which the Schlesinger Library holds three or fewer issues.

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Printed material and videotapes of the Women's Video Collective.