Kenyon, Mildred Adams
Person
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Dorothy Kenyon papers
Collection
Identifier: SSC-MS-00085
Abstract
Lawyer, feminist, judge, and political activist. The Kenyon collection illuminates the continuity of social activism around such issues as race, class, poverty, and gender from the 1930s-60s. Topics reflected include worldwide suffrage; abortion rights; minority legal rights; the Equal Rights Amendment; and civil rights. Materials include writings, speeches, organizational records, photographs, memorabilia, and audio tapes of interviews and speeches. Significant correspondents include: Bella...
Dates of Materials:
1850 - 1998
Mildred Adams Kenyon: transcript, audio recording, correspondence, and photos, 1974-75, undated
File — Box 1: [Barcode: 310183630334687], Folder: 4
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Jacqueline Van Voris Papers consists of research materials for her unpublished manuscript "Quiet Victory: The WAVES in World War II," and for her published biography of Carrie Chapman Catt. Materials on the WAVES include correspondence, interview notes, and a typescript of the book. Materials on Carrie Chapman Catt include correspondence, tapes, and transcripts of interviews conducted circa 1974-1979 with Mildred Adams Kenyon, Mary Gray Peck Koehler, Mildred Scott Olmstead, Alice Loomis...
Dates of Materials:
1974-75; undated
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- Abortion -- Law and legislation -- United States 1
- Abortion rights movement 1
- Anti-communist movements -- United States 1
- Anti-racism 1
- Audiotapes 1
- Books 1
- Chilmark (Mass.) 1
- Civil rights -- United States -- 20th century 1
- Consumer cooperatives -- United States 1
- Equal rights amendments -- United States 1
- Feminists -- United States 1
- Financial records 1
- Lawyers 1
- Left wing political movements 1
- Legal documents 1
- New York (N.Y.) -- Social conditions -- 20th century 1
- Oral histories 1
- Phonograph records 1
- Speeches. 1
- Women (International law) 1 + ∧ less
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