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Sex discrimination against women--Law and legislation

 Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source

Found in 21 Collections and/or Records:

Audiotapes of the Women's Equity Action League, 1973-1987

Collection Identifier: T-126
Overview:

These audiotapes were culled from the records of the Women's Equity Action League and include board meetings from both WEAL and WEAL Fund, conferences, and recordings from programs on women in the military, and women and employment, among other topics.

Papers of Irene Davall, 1971-1987

Collection Identifier: MC 585
Overview:

The papers of Irene Davall, feminist writer, lecturer, and political activist.

Papers of Margaret C. Dunkle, 1957-1993

Collection Identifier: MC 530
Overview:

Papers of Margaret Dunkle, advocate for women's equality in sports, education, and the delivery of health services.

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 Sonia Pressman Fuentes, ca.1929-2009 (inclusive), 1955-2009 (bulk)

Collection Identifier: MC 612: CD-40: T-361: Vt-167
Overview:

Correspondence, transcripts of speeches and other writings, articles and clippings, and notes of attorney, women's rights activist, writer, and public speaker, Sonia Pressman Fuentes.

Papers of Hazel Hunkins-Hallinan, 1864-1984

Collection Identifier: MC 532: T-328
Overview:

Papers of Hazel Hunkins-Hallinan, suffragist and freelance journalist.

Records of NARAL Pro-Choice Massachusetts, 1972-2014

Collection Identifier: MC 659
Overview:

Board records, financial documents, and correspondence of NARAL Pro-Choice Massachusetts, the former Massachusetts affiliate of NARAL Pro-Choice America.

Additional records of the National Association of Women Judges, 1966-2012

Collection Identifier: MC 749: T-255: Vt-73: DVD-94
Overview:

By-laws, minutes, conference materials, financial and membership records, photographs, and audiovisual material of the National Association of Women Judges, a non-partisan, charitable and educational organization.

Papers of Jane R. Plitt, 1964-1998 (inclusive), 1964-1976 (bulk)

Collection Identifier: MC 845
Overview:

Papers of Jane R. Plitt, Executive Director of the National Organization for Women from 1973 to 1975.

Papers of NOW officer Betty Blaisdell Berry, 1940-2006 (inclusive), 1967-1977 (bulk)

Collection Identifier: MC 506
Overview:

Papers of Betty Blaisdell Berry, coordinator of the National Organization for Women's Marriage, Divorce, and Family Relations Task Force and founder of The Marriage and Divorce Press, Inc.

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 Toni Carabillo and Judith Meuli, ca.1890-2008 (inclusive), 1950-2005 (bulk)

Collection Identifier: MC 725: T-405: DVD-24: CD-71
Overview:

Personal and professional papers, including correspondence, appointment calendars, photograph/scrapbook albums and other photographs, writings, notes, research and printed materials, audiocassettes etc., of feminists and National Organization for Women officers Toni Carabillo and Judith Meuli, who were politically active in California and nationally.

Papers of Alice Paul, 1785-1985 (inclusive), 1805-1985 (bulk)

Collection Identifier: MC 399
Overview:

Correspondence, minutes, reports, photographs, etc., of Alice Paul, Quaker, lawyer, and women's rights activist.

Records of Legal Momentum, 1978-2011

Collection Identifier: MC 727: Vt-240: DVD-73
Overview:

Correspondence; conference material; grant proposals; legal files; legislative material; minutes; project and planning files; publications; resource material; audiovisual materials, etc., reflecting Legal Momentum's work to advance the rights of women and girls through litigation and public policy advocacy.

Records of the National Association of Women Lawyers, 1913-1999

Collection Identifier: MC 740
Overview:

By-laws, minutes, annual reports, financial records, publications, clippings, photographs, and membership records of the National Association of Women Lawyers, a voluntary legal organization promoting the interests of women lawyers and advocating for women's rights.

Records of the NOW Legal Defense & Education Fund, 1968-2008

Collection Identifier: MC 623: T-200: Vt-177: DVD-57: MP-12: Phon-54
Overview:

Records of the National Organization for Women Legal Defense & Education Fund (NOW LDEF), founded in 1970 to fight gender inequality in the United States through litigation and public policy advocacy.

Records of the United States President's Commission on the Status of Women, 1961-1963

Collection Identifier: B-26
Overview:

Minutes, transcripts, reports, etc., of the United States President's Commission on the Status of Women, established by President John F. Kennedy in 1961 to examine the needs and rights of women and to make recommendations for "the diminution of barriers that result in waste, injustice, and frustration."

Records of the Women's Bar Association of Massachusetts, 1975-ca.2012

Collection Identifier: MC 818
Overview:

Records, including by-laws, minutes, correspondence, and legal documents, of the Women's Bar Association of Massachusetts, an organization founded to promote the advancement of women in the legal profession and the interests of women in society.

Records of the Women's Equity Action League, 1967-1990

Collection Identifier: MC 500
Overview:

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.

Papers of Bernice Resnick Sandler, 1963-2008

Collection Identifier: MC 558: PhotoCD-4: CD-26: T-290: Vt-151
Overview:

Correspondence, writings, testimonies, speeches, subject files, photographs, and audiovisual material of Bernice Resnick Sandler, feminist and activist specializing in educational equity for women, gender issues in higher education, and other issues of women's rights and equality.

Papers of Doris Stevens, 1884-1983 (inclusive), 1920-1960 (bulk)

Collection Identifier: MC 546: T-182: M-104
Overview:

Personal and professional papers of Doris Stevens, suffragist and international women's rights advocate.