Minors -- Civil rights -- United States -- 20th century
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Here are entered legal works on persons below the age of legal competence. Works on child welfare laws and on the laws of government programs to protect children are entered under [Children--Legal status, laws, etc.]
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Harriet F. Pilpel papers
Collection
Identifier: SSC-MS-00311
Abstract
Lawyer; birth control advocate; and abortion rights advocate. The Harriet F. Pilpel Papers are primarily related to her professional work with sexual and reproductive rights. The collection is essentially Pilpel's reference files, and is primarily composed of court documents from various legal cases on the state and federal level. The papers allow for a comprehensive, state-to-state comparison of a variety of sexual and reproductive laws, and provides a sense of the debates going on in...
Dates of Materials:
1913-1981
Ms. Magazine records
Collection
Identifier: SSC-MS-00362
Abstract
The collection contains the office files of Ms. Magazine, a magazine edited, published, and written by women, focusing on women's issues and the women's movement, including fiction, poetry, readers' letters, and "No Comment" column on sexist journalism and ads.
Dates of Materials:
1907 - 2022; Majority of material found within 1965 - 1996
National Congress of Neighborhood Women records
Collection
Identifier: SSC-MS-00322
Abstract
The National Congress of Neighborhood Women (NCNW) is a feminist grassroots network. The primary goal of this organization was to empower poor and working-class women to become community leaders. The collection offers valuable source material for the study of working-class feminist organizing; urban studies; and women in community development. Also documented are the inner workings of grassroots organizing, with all of the personal and political dynamics that come with incorporating a...
Dates of Materials:
1970 - 2013