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Bernie D. Jones papers
Collection
Identifier: SSC-MS-00743
Abstract
Bernie D. Jones is a legal scholar and author. She was born in Brooklyn, New York. She graduated from Hunter College, the New York University School of Law and the University of Virginia, where she earned a doctorate in U.S. History. Her specialization was in legal history and theory. She served as an Assistant Corporation Counsel in the New York City Law Department from 1992-1995 and was on the faculty of the University of Massachusetts Amherst Department of Legal Studies from 2003-2008....
Dates of Materials:
1986 - 2016
Betty McGinnis Fradkin collection of research materials on Olive Schreiner
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: SSC-MS-00299
Abstract
Born on the Cape of Good Hope, South Africa, Olive Schreiner was a writer in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. This collection consists primarily of research materials on Schreiner gathered by Betty McGinnis Fradkin for a proposed biography.
Dates of Materials:
1874 - 1981
Elizabeth Lapovsky Kennedy papers
Collection
Identifier: SSC-MS-00780
Abstract
The collection contains personal and professional papers reflecting Elizabeth Kennedy's role as one of the pioneers in the field of Women's Studies and LGBTQ Studies as well as her activism, both in Buffalo, NY and in Arizona. Especially well documented is the emergence of Women's Studies as a viable academic field, as well as the opening up of American Studies and cultural anthropology.
Dates of Materials:
1951-2017
Guida West papers
Collection
Identifier: SSC-MS-00555
Abstract
Political sociologist; activist; author. The papers focus primarily on West's activism, research, professional activities, speeches, and writings related to welfare rights and economic justice. Her extensive working files document individuals and organizations working for civil rights, welfare rights, and related social movements from the 1960s to the early 2000s. Organizations represented include the Montclair Welfare Rights and Friends of Welfare Rights, National Welfare Rights...
Dates of Materials:
1946 - 2006
Loretta J. Ross papers
Collection
Identifier: SSC-MS-00504
Abstract
Loretta J. Ross is a Reproductive Rights advocate, Civil Rights activist, feminist, women's health activist. Her papers contain speeches, writings, correspondence, organization and conference files, and audiovisual materials. The collection pertains primarily to Ross' activism for reproductive justice rights for women of color, anti-violence, international human rights work, and particularly to issues related black women's health. Other topics include abortion, women's health, teenage...
Dates of Materials:
1956 - 2014
Margaret Sanger Papers Project records
Collection
Identifier: SSC-MS-00776
Abstract
The Margaret Sanger Papers Project (MSPP) is a historical editing project sponsored by the Division of Libraries at New York University. The Project was formed by Dr. Esther Katz in 1985 to locate, arrange, edit, research, and publish the papers of the noted birth control pioneer. The collection contains biographical files, subject files, chronology and newspaper clippings, correspondence, a few primary sources (pamphlets, brochures, and publications), computer files, and an FBI file on...
Dates of Materials:
1879 - 2012
Mary Aickin Rothschild papers
Collection
Identifier: SSC-MS-00573
Abstract
Mary Logan Rothschild is an Emeritus Professor of women and gender studies at Arizona State University and has taught there since 1975; she was instrumental in the founding of its women's studies program in 1977. From 2000 to 2002, Rothschild and Kathryn Kish Sklar, in cooperation with the Sophia Smith Collection, implemented the Living U.S. Women's History Oral History Project. Her papers document her career as professor and include research and oral history materials for various...
Dates of Materials:
1964 - 2006
Mary J. Oates papers
Collection
Identifier: SSC-MS-00706
Abstract
Since the early 1970s, Mary J. Oates's scholarship has focused on the study of women, especially Catholics, in American social and economic history. She is the author or editor of several books, including Higher Education for Catholic Women: An Historical Anthology (1987), ed., and The Catholic Philanthropic Tradition in America (1995). Oates has also published numerous articles in both scholarly journals and anthologies.The...
Dates of Materials:
1962-2010
Mary Mackey papers
Collection
Identifier: SSC-MS-00758
Abstract
The collection contains the literary papers of Mary Mackey, feminist novelist and poet.
Dates of Materials:
1937 - 2023
Myra Shapiro papers
Collection
Identifier: SSC-MS-00753
Abstract
The collection contains correspondence, diaries/journals, writings, both prose and poetry, course work, workshop materials, and photographs of Myra Shapiro, New York poet and author.
Dates of Materials:
1948 - 2022
Tucker Pamella Farley papers
Collection
Identifier: SSC-MS-00676
Abstract
Author; Labor organizer; Lesbian activist; Professor, English; Professor, Women's Studies. The papers contain materials from her academic career and study groups. Most material is related to Marxist Feminist Group 1 (MF 1) which include an extensive amount of discussion notes, minutes, planning materials, and publications. The group's topics ranged significantly over the years, and have included socialism, homophobia, racism, and postmodernism. Some records also exist of her participation in...
Dates of Materials:
1862 - 2014; Majority of material found within 1969 - 2014
University of Massachusetts Amherst. Women's Studies Department resource files
Collection
Identifier: SSC-MS-00350
Abstract
Resource files from the UMASS-Amherst Women's Studies Department containing printed material on a variety of topics relating to women including abortion, rape, lesbianism, domestic violence, reproductive rights, journalism, literature, the arts, prostitution and women's rights.
Dates of Materials:
1960-1986
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