Environmental protection -- Citizen participation -- 20th century

Abstract Frances Crowe was a major figure in peace and social justice activism in the Pioneer Valley of Western Massachusetts. Her papers document decades of social justice activism in the Valley, including through local chapters of the American Friends' Service Committee, Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, Women Against the War, War Resisters' League, and Amnesty International. Materials in this collection include her writings, notes, photographs, posters, memorabilia, and...

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Pacifist; psychiatric social worker; and political activist. The collection documents topics such as conscientious objector status during the Vietnam War; nuclear disarmament; the environment; homelessness; the plight of migrant farm workers; and governmental waste and mismanagement; as well as her work with the WPA and other agencies. Materials include photographs; correspondence; and unpublished autobiographical writings, including recordings and interpretations of her dreams.

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Pediatrician, antinuclear activist, Co-founder of Women's Party for Survival and Women's Action for Nuclear Disarmament. Papers include correspondence, memorabilia, publicity, photographs, writings, research files, and audiovisual materials. Also included are organizational records of Physicians for Social Responsibility and Women's Action for Nuclear Disarmament

Abstract The collection documents the professional work of Myron Glazer, Smith College professor of Sociology and Jewish Studies from 1965-2006, chair of the Sociology Department (1974-1984, 1996), co-director of the Project on Women and Social Change, co-director of Jewish Studies, and member of the graduate faculty at the University of Massachusetts. Particularly well documented is Myron and Penina Glazer's research in the sociology of whistle blowing and of environmental activism. Also included...