National Organization for Women. Milwaukee Chapter (Wis.).Records, 1971-1983.Milwaukee Manuscript Collection 1761.0 cubic ft. (2 archives boxes, and 1 small archives box) |
ABSTRACT: Records of a local chapter of a national women’s organization. The Milwaukee Chapter was established in April 1967 at a meeting held at Alverno College. Since its beginning, the chapter has worked on almost every women’s issue. These include abortion rights, divorce reform, equal pay and credit legislation, consciousness raising, gender equity in education, poverty, childcare, sex segregation in public places, political campaigns, sexual assault, and marital property reform.
The collection consists of board meeting minutes, chapter by-laws, newsletters and subject files. The subjects include much material concerning abortion, August 26th (19th Amendment) Celebrations, and the Equal Rights Amendment. The collection also includes records from the Scott Enk case, where the Milwaukee Chapter requested revocation of Enk’s membership. Enk responded by charging the chapter with sex discrimination. The case was resolved by the National NOW Board Grievance Committee in 1983. The collection also includes materials from the Media Reform Task Force, which sought to open more media-related jobs to women.
The collection most heavily contains records from the mid-1970s to the early 1980s. Much of it relates to the Equal Rights Amendment and organizing local efforts to ratify it in Wisconsin and nationally. Because the time limit for ratification passed in 1982, there is little material dating past 1982.
National Organization for Women. Milwaukee Chapter (Wis.). Records, 1971-1983. Milwaukee Manuscript Collection 176. Wisconsin Historical Society. Milwaukee Area Research Center. UWM Libraries. University of Wisconsin--Milwaukee.
Business and Professional Women's Club of Milwaukee. Records, 1920-1998. (UWM Manuscript Collection 127)
League of Women Voters of Greater Milwaukee (Wis.). Records, 1920-1981. (Milwaukee Manuscript Collection 80)
Women's Coalition, Inc. (Milwaukee, Wis.). Records, 1972-1987. (Milwaukee Manuscript Collection 177)
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MILWAUKEE MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION 176 |
BOX |
FOLDER |
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Abortion, undated |
1 |
1-2 |
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Abortion, Newsclippings, 1979-1980 |
1 |
3 |
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August 26th, 19th Amendment Celebration, 1973-1974 |
1 |
4-5 |
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Board Meeting Minutes, 1978 |
1 |
6 |
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By-Laws, Milwaukee Chapter, 1977-1979 |
1 |
7 |
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"Chronology of Recent Highlights of Wisconsin’s Women’s Movement," 1962-1977 |
1 |
8 |
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Enk, Scott, Grievance, 1982-1983 |
1 |
9 |
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Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), Activities, 1980-1981 |
1 |
10 |
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Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), Boycott, 1977-1979 |
1 |
11 |
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Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), Editorials & Cartoons, 1971-1975 |
1 |
12 |
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Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), Effects, undated |
1 |
13 |
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Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), Extension, undated |
2 |
1 |
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Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), Newsclippings, 1971-1982 |
2 |
2-3 |
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Goldsmith, Judy, Presidential Bid, 1978 |
2 |
4 |
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Media Material, Local Women in Media Surveys, 1973 |
3 |
5 |
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Media Material, Media Reform Task Force, 1973 |
3 |
6 |
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Media Material, Radio Show (WZMF), 1973-1974 |
3 |
7 |
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National March for ERA Ratification, 1980 |
2 |
5 |
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National Women’s Conference, 1977 |
2 |
6 |
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Newsletters, 1973-1977 |
2 |
7-9 |
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Newsletters, 1978-1982 |
3 |
1-4 |
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