Transition House.
Transition House was founded in 1976 when Cherie Jimenez and Chris Womendez opened their five-room apartment as a refuge for battered women and their children; it was the first shelter of its kind in Massachusetts. It has moved several times and expanded to include volunteers and paid staff offering support for legal, welfare, and housing advocacy, a crisis hotline, and outreach programs. The Dating Violence Intervention Project, initiated in 1986, is a collaboration between Transition House and Emerge, an intervention program for violent and abusive men. In 1992, DVIP collaborated with the Massachusetts Criminal Justice Training Council to develop a pilot program for police officers and educators. Transition House has also worked with Boston and Cambridge public schools to raise consciousness about battering.
From the description of Records, 1975-1983 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 122372976
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creatorOf | Transition House. Records, 1975-1983 (inclusive). | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America |
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associatedWith | Bannon, James, | person |
associatedWith | Bard, Morton, 1924- | person |
associatedWith | Bernard, Gabrielle, | person |
associatedWith | Elkin, Sandra, | person |
associatedWith | Flynn, Daniel, | person |
associatedWith | Healey, Regina, | person |
associatedWith | Hurd, Maude, | person |
associatedWith | Jimenez, Cherie. | person |
associatedWith | Kennedy, Florynce, 1916-2000. | person |
associatedWith | Leghorn, Lisa. | person |
associatedWith | Martin, Del, | person |
associatedWith | Massachusetts Coalition of Battered Women Service Groups. | corporateBody |
associatedWith | Nolin, Barbara, | person |
associatedWith | O'Malley, James, | person |
associatedWith | Straus, Murray A. 1926- | person |
associatedWith | Susskind, David, 1920-1987, | person |
associatedWith | Swenson, Norma, | person |
associatedWith | Varney, Maureen, | person |
Place Name | Admin Code | Country | |
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Massachusetts--Cambridge | |||
Massachusetts--Boston | |||
Massachusetts | |||
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Abused women |
African Americans |
African American women |
Children of abused wives |
Demonstrations |
Feminism |
Wife abuse |
Women |
Women political activists |
Women's rights |
Women's shelters |
Working class women |
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Active 1975
Active 1983