Social justice -- 20th century
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Committee on Women, Population and the Environment records
Collection
Identifier: SSC-MS-00768
Overview
The collection contains the business records of the Committee on Women, Population,& the Environment (CWPE), a multi-racial alliance that works on the local, regional, national, and international levels to oppose population control policies that blame overpopulation for poverty, hunger, environmental degradation and political volatility.
Dates of Materials:
1979 - 2012
Guida West papers
Collection
Identifier: SSC-MS-00555
Overview
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 Organization...
Dates of Materials:
1946 - 2006
R. Elizabeth Johns papers
Collection
Identifier: SSC-MS-00607
Overview
YWCA worker, Social worker, Social reform advocate. Papers are primarily related to her professional and public life, dating from 1932 to 1972. Organization files make up the bulk of the materials, documenting Johns' employment and volunteer work with a variety of liberal religious organizations from the mid-1950s to the early 1970s, for economic, social, and racial justice; her work in the YWCA of Burma-Ceylon in the mid-1950s; a 1966 trip to Asia and Africa while working for the United Church...
Dates of Materials:
1932-1972
Theresa Carr papers
Collection
Identifier: SSC-MS-00748
Overview
Theresa Carr was an activist and became involved in numerous political activities during her lifetime. Her papers include correspondence, journals, poetry, photographs, minutes, pamphlets, fliers, and organizational records. Also included is a significant amount of personal papers, political materials, and photographs related to Carr's long time lover, Alessandra Nichols.
Dates of Materials:
1920 - 2014
- Smith College Special Collections
- Young Library, 4 Tyler Drive
- Northampton, Massachusetts, 01063
- specialcollections@smith.edu
- 413-585-2970
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