Dori Jacobson women's rights portfolio
Scope and Contents
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.
Dates of Materials
- Creation: 1977-1986
Creator
- Jacobson-Wenzel, Dorothea (Person)
Language of Materials
English.
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research use without restriction beyond the standard terms and conditions of Smith College Special Collections.
Conditions Governing Use
Dori Jacobson owns copyright to her works. and permission must be obtained to reproduce or display her photographs.
Biographical / Historical
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.
Extent
0.229 linear feet (1 container)
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.
Arrangement
The photographs are arranged chronologically.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
These photographs were the gift of Dorothea Jacobson in 1986.
Additions to the Collection
Periodic additions to collection are expected.
Processing Information
Processed by Susan Boone.
Subject
- Caldicott, Helen -- photographs (Person)
- Ford, Betty, 1918- --Photographs (Person)
- Johnson, Sonia -- photographs (Person)
- National Organization for Women -- photographs (Organization)
- Steinem, Gloria (Person)
- Jacobson-Wenzel, Dorothea (Person)
Source
- Jacobson-Wenzel, Dorothea (Donor, Person)
Genre / Form
Topical
- Antinuclear movement -- United States -- Photographs
- Demonstrations -- United States -- Photographs
- Equal rights amendments -- Illinois -- Photographs
- Feminists -- United States -- Photographs
- Photographers
- Pro-choice movement -- United States -- Photographs
- Women photographers -- United States
- Women's liberation
- Title
- Dori Jacobson women's rights portfolio
- Subtitle
- Finding Aid
- Author
- Susan Boone
- Date
- 2003
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Sponsor
- Encoding funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
Revision Statements
- 07/26/2017: This resource was modified by the ArchivesSpace Preprocessor developed by the Harvard Library (https://github.com/harvard-library/archivesspace-preprocessor)
- 2005-09-23: mnsss12 converted from EAD 1.0 to 2002 by v1to02-5c.xsl (sy2003-10-15).
- 2017-07-26T17:48:10-04:00: This record was migrated from InMagic DB Textworks to ArchivesSpace.
Repository Details
Part of the Sophia Smith Collection of Women's History Repository
