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Women's Liberation Collection, 1959-2006
Finding AidEncoding funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.2003
| | | | | Title: | Women's Liberation Collection | | Dates: | 1959-2006 | | Dates: | 1966-78 | | Abstract: | This collection documents the mid-20th century women's liberation movement in the United States. Materials include printed material, bibliographies, book reviews, books, catalogs, correspondence, position papers, publicity, questionnaires, reports, resolutions, speeches, photographs and audiotapes. There is also memorabilia and ephemera. Also included are organizational files of the National Organization for Women, and local groups such as New York City's Redstockings and Berkeley's Women's History Research Library, among others. Individuals represented in the collection include Ti-Grace Atkinson, Shulamith Firestone, Betty Friedan, Germaine Greer, Kate Millett, Robin Morgan and Gloria Steinem. | | Extent: | 26 boxes; 6 books(11 linear ft.) | | Language: | English. | | Identification: | MS 408 |
The Women's Liberation Collection documents the emergence,
evolution, impact, and decline of the women's liberation
movement and the contributions of some of the major
personalities associated with it during the period 1966 to
1977. Material generated by the women's liberation movement
includes bibliographies, book reviews, books, brochures,
bumper stickers, audiotapes, catalogs, comic books,
conference programs, correspondence, directories, leaflets,
minutes, newsletters [see also Periodicals Collection],
newspaper clippings, pamphlets, photographs, position papers,
posters, publicity, questionnaires, reports, resolutions,
songbooks, and speeches. Campaign poster for Massachusetts primary, Shirley Chisholm for President, 1972Individuals represented in the collection include Ti-Grace
Atkinson, Shulamith Firestone, Betty Friedan, Germaine Greer,
Kate Millett, Robin Morgan and Gloria Steinem. These
individuals' files consist primarily of biographical
information, newspapers clippings, and published writings,
though a few also contain speeches and photographs. National
organizations, such as the National Organization for Women
are represented; as are local women's groups such as New York City's Redstockings and Berkeley's Women's History Research Library. Feminist groups
associated with the Five Colleges and the Pioneer Valley are
also well-represented in the collection. Additional material includes published material and
ephemera relating to a variety of issues that concerned
feminists in the 1960s and 1970s. These cover the spectrum
from anti-feminism to men's liberation to spirituality. Some
of the more unique material includes both pornographic and
anti-pornographic comic books; and "Consumer products" such
as catalogs that document the wide array of t-shirts, bumper
stickers, jewelry, buttons, postcards, and posters marketed
to feminists. The collection also contains a large number of
newspaper clippings from prominent mainstream publications
such as the New York Times, Newsweek, Redbook, and Time
Magazine documenting both unsympathetic cultural responses to
women's liberation and the dramatic cultural shifts ushered
in by feminists during their heyday in the 1970s. Return to the Table of Contents
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| 2 | General clippings,
1970-75 |
| 3 | Arab countries,
1971-73, n.d. |
| 5 | Australia and New Zealand,
1977-85 |
| 17 | Miscellaneous countries,
1971-74 |
Box |
Folder |
| | 2 | 1-8 | General articles and reprints: A-Z,
1969-74, n.d. |
| 4 | Sophia Smith Collection,
1979-70 |
| 5 | Bookstores and dealers,
n.d. |
| 6 | Feminist Book Mart,
1974-76 |
Box |
Folder |
| | 4 | 1 | Atkinson, Ti-Grace,
1968-74 |
| 1a | Firestone, Shulamith: Airless Spaces
(1998) |
| 6 | Steinem, Gloria,
1969-82 |
| 7 | Miscellaneous women,
1975, 1980 |
Box |
Folder |
| | 5 | 1-2 | General,
1970s, n.d. |
| 3 | Holyoke Transcript column,
1970-74 |
| 5 | Western Massachusetts newspaper columns on
and for women,
n.d. |
Box |
Folder |
| | 6 | 1 | The Whole Women Catalog,
1971 |
| 3 | Multi-service women's centers in New
England,
1980, n.d. |
| 4 | Mushroom Effect,
1970-71 |
| 5 | Women's Action Alliance Directory,
1973 |
| 6 | Women's Centers: Where Are They?,
1974-79 |
| 8 | The People's Yellow Pages,
1971 |
| 9 | The Women's Guide to Amherst-Northampton,
1973 |
| 10 | Women's Resource Guide,
1979 |
| 11 | Women's Resource Guide to Ithaca,
1976 |
| 12 | Women's Yellow Pages,
1974-78 |
| 1b | American Friends Service Committee
Women's Newsletter,
1974 |
| 2 | Berkeley Women's Center,
1978 |
| 3 | Berkeley/Oakland Women's Union
Newsletter,
1974-75 |
|
| Isla Vista Women's Center,
1975 |
| 4 | Los Angeles Women's Center,
1970-72, n.d. |
| 5 | San Diego Women's Center,
1971 |
| 6 | San Francisco People's Press |
|
| The Woman's Street Theatre |
|
| San Francisco Women's Switchboard and
Women's Center |
|
| San Francisco Survival Manual United
States,
1978, 1983, n.d. |
|
| The Women's Building of the Bay Area:
newsletter |
| 6a | San Jose Women's Center,
1974-76 |
| 6b | Santa Cruz Women's Center,
1973 |
| 7 | Stanford Women's Center,
1972-78 |
| 8 | Boulder County Women's Resource Center,
1975 |
| 9 | University of Boulder,
n.d. |
| 10 | Bristol: Connecticut Woman,
1973 |
| 11 | Hartford: Women's Lib Newsletter and
Women's Voice,
1971-74 |
| 12 | New Haven: Women's Lib Newsletter and
Sister,
1969-75 |
| 13 | Norwalk: Women's Lib Center,
1972-73 |
| 14 | Storrs: University of Connecticut:
Women's Center Information and paper, Atlanta,
1973-78 |
| 15 | Waterbury Area Women's Center, Inc. and
ON OUR WAY,
1974-75 |
Box |
Folder |
| | 8 | 1-1a | D.C. Area Feminist Alliance,
1978-79 |
| 3 | The Georgetown Voice Magazine,
1972 |
| 4 | Liberation Newsletter,
1971 |
| 5 | Washington Women's Liberation,
n.d. |
|
| Florida International University:
Institute for Women,
1973, n.d. |
|
| The Women's Forum Clearinghouse:
International Newsletter,
1976 |
| 8a | Chicago Women's Liberation Union,
1973 |
| 8b | Evanston Women's Liberation Center,
1977 |
| 9 | Illinois Women's Agenda,
1977 |
|
| Illinois Women's Advocate,
(both Mid-West Women's Center
publications)
n.d. |
| 10 | New University Conference,
1970-71 |
|
| Bloomington Women's Liberation,
1970-71 |
|
| New Orleans: Southern Female Rights
Union,
n.d. |
|
| Maine Women's Newsletter,
1974 |
|
| Amherst Women's Liberation (includes
transcript of Pat Sackrey lecture, 1976):
1970-72 |
| 2 | Athol Women's Center,
1975-77 |
| 3 | Berkshires: Women's Liberation
Newsletter,
and Berkshire Women's News,
1972-751987 |
| 4 | Cambridge Women's Center,
1973 |
| 5 | Cambridge Women's Center newsletter,
On Our Way,
1971-75 |
| 6 | Women's Liberation Newsletter,
1969-70 |
| 7 | Cape Cod: Women's Liberation Newsletter,
1972 |
| 8 | Fall River: Bristol Community College:
The Women's Center,
1974 |
| 9 | Franklin County Women's Coalition
Journal,
1974 |
| 10 | Montachusett Women's Center,
1975 |
| 11 | New Bedford Women's Center,
1977, 1985-86 |
| 12 | North Adams: Women's Center,
1975 |
| 13 | Northampton: Common Womon Club,
1977-88 |
| 14 | North Shore: Essecondsex (newsletter),
1971-73 |
| 14a | Pittsfield: Arachne's Loom,
1984 |
| 15 | South Shore: Woman's Day,
1975 |
| 16 | Springfield: Women's Center Newsletter,
1972-75 |
|
| Women's Press: UP Under,
1972-7 |
|
| Worcester Connection,
1984 |
|
| Colleges and Universities |
Box |
Folder |
| | 10 | 1 | Greenfield Community College:
Community Women's Center,
1972-75 |
| 1a | Hampshire College: Women's Center
News,
1988 |
| 2 | Middlesex Community College: Women's
Opportunity Research Center,
1976, n.d. |
| 3 | Mount Holyoke College: Mount Holyoke
Women's Center,
1978 |
| 4 | North Dartmouth: Southeast
Massachusetts University Women's Center,
1973, n.d. |
| 5 | Women's Liberation Newsletter,
1970-71 |
| 6 | Women's Resource Center,
1979 |
| 7 | Women's Resource Center Newsletter,
1975-82 |
|
| University of
Massachusetts |
| 8 | Newsletters, general,
1970-73 |
| 9 | Newsletters, UMass Boston,
1977-78 |
Box |
Folder |
| | 11 | 1 | Kalamazoo Women's Center: directory,
1974 |
| 1a | Center for Continuing Education
Newsletter,
1970-73 |
| 2 | The Feminine Mistake,
1970-71 |
| 3 | Northern Michigan University Women's
Center,
1975-76 |
| 5 | Twin Cities Women's Union,
1974-75 |
|
| Kansas City Women's Liberation,
1970, n.d. |
Box |
Folder |
| | 12 | 1 | Littleton Women's Center,
n.d. |
| 3 | Rutger's Women's Caucus Newsletter,
1973 |
| 4 | UPSALA College and YWCA Newsletter,
1974-75 |
| 5 | Barnard College Women's Center,
1972-79 |
| 5a | Brooklyn Bridge,
1971-72 |
| 5b | Brooklyn: Union Center for Women,
1974-83 |
| 5c | Bronx Women's Center,
1983 |
| 5d | Buffalo Women's Center,
1973-74 |
|
| Fighting Woman News,
1978 |
| 7a | A History of the City Federation of
Women's Organizations of Ithaca, NY,
and the Women's Community Building,
1910-1969,1969 |
| 8 | Long Island Women's Liberation,
1969-70 |
| 9a | Rochester: The Founding of Alternatives
for Battered Women,
1976-1977 |
| 10 | Syracuse: Women's Information Center
Newsletter,
1973-79, n.d. |
| 12 | Women's Liberation Center of New York,
1972-73 |
| 13 | Dayton Women's Center: newsletter and
directory,
1974-75 |
|
| Ohio State University: Women Are Human,
1973 |
| 14 | Bucks County Women's Caucus,
1973-74 |
| 15 | Harrisburg Women's Center |
| 16 | Philadelphia Women's Liberation Center,
n.d. |
| 17 | Pittsburgh Women's Center,
1972 |
| 17a | Women's Resource Center: reading,
1981 |
|
| Nashville Women's Alliance,
1980 |
| 18 | SMU Women's Center,
1974-75 |
| 19 | Utah: Rocky Mountain Woman,
1977 |
Box |
Folder |
| | 12A | 1a | Seattle Lesbian Feminist,
1981-82 |
| 1b | Seattle Radical Woman,
1970-75 |
| 1c | Wisconsin: Milwaukee,
1975 |
|
| National Organization for Women |
Box |
Folder |
| | 13 | 1 | By-laws, statements of purpose, and
letters to officials,
1966 |
| 2 | Communications to members,
1967-80 |
| 3 | Correspondence, blanks, etc.,
1970-74 |
| 9-10 | Washington, DC,
1973, 1978 |
| 11 | Clippings, printed material,
memorabilia,
1968-80, n.d. |
| 12 | How It Began, by Betty Friedan and The
First Five Years,
1966-73 |
| 14 | Newspaper and magazine
articles |
| 15 | Press releases,
1966-78 |
Box |
Folder |
| | 14 | 1 | Reports of the president, committees,
and workshops,
1966-77 |
| 2 | Business and Industry Compliance and
Enforcement,
1971-73 |
| 3 | Compliance and Enforcement,
1973-75 |
| 4 | Finance and Credit,
1973-75, n.d. |
| 5 | Legal and Political Rights,
1975, n.d. |
| 6 | Image of Women in Media and Public
Relations,
1971-75 |
| 7 | Marriage, Divorce and Family
Relations,
1973-75 |
Box |
Folder |
| | 15 | 1 | N.O.W. local chapter directory,
1980 |
| 10 | Maryland,
1976, 1982-83 |
| 16 | Middlesex County,
1978-79 |
| 17 | Northern New Jersey,
1971-72, 1980 |
| 19 | Pennsylvania: Pittsburgh,
1970-71 |
Box |
|
| | 15 |
| Presses and publishers |
Box |
Folder |
| | 16 | 1 | Presses, general,
1970-78, n.d. |
| 2 | The Feminist Press,
1972-83 |
| 3 | Helaine Victoria Press,
1980-83 |
| 4 | Know, Inc.,
1971-74, n.d. |
| 5 | Know Publications Lists,
1971-76 |
| 6 | Know - Tuning Into the Women's Movement,
n.d. |
|
| Gabrielle Burton, I'm Running Away (Know,
Inc.,
1972) |
Box |
Folder |
| | 17 | 1 | Women's History Research Center Library,
1971-75, n.d. |
Box |
|
| | 17 |
| Pamphlets and position papers |
Box |
Folder |
| | 18 | 1-3 | New York Radical Women, notes,
1968-71 |
| 4 | Notes on women's liberation: news and
letters,
1970 |
| 6 | Position papers,
1969-74, n.d. |
Box |
Folder |
| | 19 | 1 | Anti-feminism Game,
1976 |
| 2 | Assertiveness training,
n.d. |
Box |
Folder |
| | 20 | 1 | Book reviews,
1969-73 |
| 5 | Cornell Conference on Women,
Jan 1969 |
| 6 | Smith College Symposium on Women's Role
in Society,
Feb 1970 |
| 7 | University of Massachusetts Women's
Conference,
1975 |
| 8 | University of Pittsburgh Symposium on
Feminism,
1970 |
| 10 | International Feminist Planning Council,
Jun 1973 |
| 11 | International Tribunal on Crimes Against
Women,
1975-76 |
| 12 | Consciousness training,
1970-75, n.d. |
Box |
Folder |
| | 21 | 1-2 | Consumer products: buttons, bumper stickers,
and other memorabilia,
1971-77, n.d. |
| 3 | Divisiveness in the movement,
1970-74 |
Box |
Folder |
| | 22 | 1 | International Women's Day,
1959-75 |
| 3 | Maiden name controversy,
1970-73 |
| 4 | Image of women in television,
1972-74 |
| 5 | Women and the media,
1970-80, n.d. |
Box |
Folder |
| | 23 | 1 | Clippings and paper,
1970-72 |
| 2 | Articles and writings,
1970-73 |
| 3 | Men's Studies: bibliography ,
1977, n.d. |
| 4 | Misandry and misogyny,
1969-72 |
| 4aa | Music: "The Together Sound book,"
1977 |
| 4b | Older Women's Liberation,
n.d. |
| 5 | Political action,
1972, n.d. |
| 9 | Women Take Back the Night,
1978 |
Box |
Folder |
| | 23a | 1 | Public opinion polls,
1970-72 |
| 2 | Public speaking and speakers,
1970 |
| 3 | Revolution,
1969-75, n.d. |
Box |
Folder |
| | 24 | .5 | Self Defense,
1975 |
| 3 | Beauty contests,
1971-72 |
| 4 | Children's literature,
1970-75 |
| 5 | Children's television,
1972, n.d. |
| 8 | Speeches: Rossi Marlene Dixon, Germaine
Bree, Betty Friedan, Ti-Grace Atkinson (audio tape),
1969-72 |
Box |
|
| | 25 |
| Harrisburg [Pennsylvania] Area Women's
Newsletter,
(incomplete)
Jun 1976 - Jun 1982 |
|
| Cartoon from "Puck": At the Emancipated Women's Club,
1896 |
|
| Earth Rites: Vol. 2: Rituals, Sherry Mestes, Ed.,
1978 |
|
| Feminist Wicca: Catalog,
1979 |
|
| The Holy Book of Women's Mysteries by Zsuzsanna E. Budapest,
1979 |
|
| In Defense of Ourselves by Linda T. Sanford and Ann Felter,
1979 |
|
| Self-Defense: Instructor and Participant Guide by Linda Sattem,
1976 |
|
| Womancraft: The Conscious Development of Psychic Skills We All Possess by Diane Mariechild,
1976 |
|
| Posters for Pioneer Valley and Five College women's events,
1970-82, n.d. |
|
| "100 Simple Things You Can Do To End PATRIARCHY,"
1991 |
|
| Mounted poster of Cartoon: "Occupation? Woman,"
n.d. |
|
| Miscellaneous posters, circa
1970-71, n.d. |
|
| Gender Advertisements by Irving Goffman,
1979 |
|
| The New Woman's Survival Catalog: A Woman-made Book by Susan Rennie and Kriten Grimstad,
1973 |
|
| I'm Running Away From Home But I'm Not Allowed to Cross the Street by Gabrielle Burton,
1972 |
|
| The Philosophy of Misogyny: Power, Myth and Silence in the U.S. During the 1950's by Linda Nelson,
1983 |
|
| Women at Work: An Annotated Bibliogrpahy by Mei Liang Bickner,
1974 |
|
| Woman Power: The Movement for Women's Liberation by Cellestine Ware,
1970 |
|
| Everything Men Know About Women by Dr. Alan Francis, MD,
n.d. |
|
| Unbecoming Men by Mike Bradley et al.,
1971 |
|
| Sisterhood is Powerful edited by Robin Morgan,
1970 |
|
| Sisterhood is Forever edited by Ruth Morgan,
2003 |
|
| The PMS Conspiracy by Felicity Artemis Flowers,
1986 |
|
| Women's Liberation and Revolution by Sheila Rowbothem,
1972 |
|
| Channeling Children: Women on Words and Images
1975 |
|
| Jenuneit Revolutions by Redstockings,
1975 |
|
| 50-50 Gender Balance: Why We Have to "Get It" and Get It Now! by Angela Z. Allen,
2009 |
|
| Guidelines to Feminist Consciousness Raising by Harriet Perl and Gay Abarbanell,
1979 |
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