Women radicals
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Jessie Lloyd O'Connor papers
Collection
Identifier: SSC-MS-00254
Overview
Jessie Lloyd O'Connor was a journalist, social reformer and political activist. She worked as a reporter for Federated Press. Her extensive writings, notes, and correspondence document the labor strikes she covered in Kentucky and North Carolina and her work on civil rights, civil liberties and women's rights. O'Connor served and supported numerous progressive organizations, including the American League Against War and Fascism and the ACLU. Other materials include family biographical files;...
Dates of Materials:
1823 - 1989
Margaret G. Frantz papers
Collection
Identifier: SSC-MS-00658
Overview
Professor; Pacifist; Labor reform advocate. The collection includes correspondence, clippings, and articles, with a substantial amount from author and close friend Jessica Mitford. Materials pertaining to Frantz's teaching career at the University of California at Santa Cruz; topics include Women's Studies and American Studies curricula, women's rights, civil rights, radical social movements in the U.S., and second and third wave feminism. [NOTE: The contents list for this collection is not...
Dates of Materials:
1958-2005
Mary Daly papers
Collection
Identifier: SSC-MS-00637
Overview
Mary Daly (1928-2010) was a radical feminist philosopher, author, lecturer, and professor of religious and women's studies. This collection includes records of her personal and professional life. Of particular interest are Daly's fight with Boston College, her writing process, and her argument with Audre Lorde.
Dates of Materials:
1928 - 2013
Through the Looking Glass: A Women and Children's Prison Newsletter (Seattle), 1977
File — Multiple Containers
Identifier: (OCoLC)499554968
Scope and Contents
Holdings consist of a single issue -- Volume 2, Issue 1 -- which discusses the related cases of Michelle Whitnack and Laurie Raymond, who had been involved in leftist and feminist movements. Raymond was jailed because of a courtroom altercation during the hearing for Whitnack. This issue also includes a report on the jailing of a trans woman for jaywalking, reprints of poetry, an account of an incarcerated parent who gave birth in prison, book reviews, lists of publications...
Dates of Materials:
1977
Tucker Pamella Farley papers
Collection
Identifier: SSC-MS-00676
Overview
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:
1969 - 2010
- Smith College Special Collections
- Young Library, 4 Tyler Drive
- Northampton, Massachusetts, 01063
- specialcollections@smith.edu
- 413-585-2970
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