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Writings

 Subject
Subject Source: Local Inmagic Collection

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

Margaret Sanger papers

 Collection
Identifier: SSC-MS-00138
Overview Birth control advocate and nurse. Sanger, a sex reform activist, fought for women's rights to use contraceptives and founded both the national and international Planned Parenthood Federations. Papers include correspondence, writings, organizational and conference materials documenting her leadership of the American and international birth control movements. Also included are records of activities and events related to Sanger's personal life, tributes, travels, art work, family materials, audio...
Dates of Materials: 1761 - 1995; Majority of material found within 1900-1966
Found in: Sophia Smith Collection of Women's History / Margaret Sanger papers

Population problems collection

 Collection
Identifier: SSC-MS-00438
Overview The Population Problems Collection contains mainly printed materials on issues pertaining to world population problems in the 20th century; family planning and the birth control movement in the United States; the international birth control movement; and development programs and agencies that assist poorer women and their families. Related issues such as sterilization and eugenics are also documented. Types of materials include books, pamphlets, booklets, newspaper clippings, articles, and...
Dates of Materials: 1896-1979
Found in: Sophia Smith Collection of Women's History / Population problems collection

Sports collection

 Collection
Identifier: SSC-MS-00442
Overview This small collection is comprised mostly newspaper clippings about girls and women breaking into collegiate and professional sports, and youth sports, circa 1970s. Included are printed materials on the Women's Equity Action League Educational and Legal Defense Fund (WEAL) and its interpretations of Title IX - Educational Amendments of 1972, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex in all federally funded education programs.
Dates of Materials: 1942-2007 (ongoing)
Found in: Sophia Smith Collection of Women's History / Sports collection

Suffrage collection

 Collection
Identifier: SSC-MS-00447
Overview Feminists, Suffragists. Comprised largely of printed materials such as pamphlets, newspaper clippings, petitions, legislative documents, articles, periodicals, and books pertaining to the enfranchisement of women primarily in the U.S., but also in England and there are small amounts of material on other countries. There are also manuscript materials including unpublished writings and correspondence. Photographs document suffrage parades, demonstrations, groups, and individuals. Suffrage...
Dates of Materials: 1851-2009; Majority of material found within 1880s-1920s
Found in: Sophia Smith Collection of Women's History / Suffrage collection

Women's rights collection

 Collection
Identifier: SSC-MS-00397
Overview This collection contains both printed materials and original sources documenting the broad spectrum of women's rights struggles and movements from the late eighteenth century to the present, primarily in the United States. Materials include biographical writings on individuals who made significant contributions to women's rights; an important concentration of sources on women's rights conferences and conventions; records pertaining to the E.R.A. fight; records of the President's Commission on...
Dates of Materials: 1789-2000; Majority of material found within 1864-1983
Found in: Sophia Smith Collection of Women's History / Women's rights collection
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