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Collection Overview

Biographical Note

Scope and Contents of the Collection

Arrangement of the Collection

Search Terms

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Photocopies of photographs (for research use)

Photographs

Dori Jacobson's Women's Rights Portfolio, 1977-1986

Finding Aid

Finding aid prepared by Susan Boone.

Encoding funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

2003

Collection Overview

Creator: Jacobson, Dori
Title: Dori Jacobson's Women's Rights Portfolio
Dates: 1977-1986
Abstract: Photographer and feminist. Includes photos of individual women and events, including women's rights actions in Illinois, the Equal Rights Amendment movement in Illinois, the National Organization for Women, New York anti-pornography rally, abortion rights and antinuclear events, and the March for Women's Lives, Washington, D.C.
Extent: 1 box(.25 linear ft.)
Language: English.
Identification: MS 279

Biographical Note

Dorothea (Dori) Jacobson was a freelance photographer who documented women's rights actions in Illinois, New York, and Washington, D.C. from 1977 to 1986.

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Scope and Contents of the Collection

This collection consists of twenty-eight photographs by Dori Jacobson, including images of ERA rallies and marches held in June 1982, a 1984 Nuclear Freeze Rally in Chicago, and the 1986 March for Women's Lives in Washington D.C. Jacobson has captured several well-known women in her photographs, including Betty Ford, Helen Caldicott, Gloria Steinem, and Sonia Johnson.

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Arrangement of the Collection

The photographs are arranged chronologically.

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Photographs

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2 1-2
Gloria Steinem, March for ERA and International Women's Year Conference, 1977

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3 3
Gloria Steinem, New York, New York: Anti-pornography March, October 29, 1979

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4 4
Gloria Steinem, Chicago, Illinois: National March for ERA, June 1980

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5 5-6
Springfield, Illinois: ERA march and "Nott Rally," 1981

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6 7-18
Springfield, Illinois: ERA Demonstration, June 1982

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7 19-22
Helen Caldicott, Chicago, Illinois: Nuclear Freeze Rally, October 13, 1984

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8 23
Chicago, Illinois: Nuclear Freeze Rally, October 1984

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9 24-27
Washington, D.C.: March for Women's Lives, 1986