Aleta Styers was president of the Chicago chapter of the National Organization for Women, which was founded in 1966 in Washington, D.C. The material in this collection relates to the formation and early history of the Chicago chapter of N.O.W. as well as the Illinois branch of the organization between 1966 and 1971. Holdings consist of correspondence, membership lists, financial information, miscellaneous notes for speeches and articles, flyers, newspaper clippings, and information on the testimony of members of the Chicago chapter of N.O.W. at the U.S. Department of Labor hearings in Chicago in 1969.
From the guide to the Aleta Styers Papers on the National Organization for Women, 1966-1971, (Charles Deering McCormick Library of Special Collections)
