Feminist Organization for Communication, Action and Service (FOCAS)
The Feminist Organization for Communication, Action and Service (FOCAS), a New York City-based feminist organization founded circa 1971 by women formerly active in the Women's Strike Coalition, an initiative of the Socialist Workers Party, a Trotskyist group, was active throughout the 1970s, and sought to create coalitions with other women's groups, initiate actions, hold forums and disseminate information. FOCAS published a newsletter, Majority Report (1971-1978), a complete run of which is held by the Tamiment Library.
Archival Resources
| Role | Title | Holding Repository | |
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| creatorOf | Guide to the Feminist Organization for Communication, Action and Service (FOCAS) Records, 1970s | Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives | |
| contributorOf | Guide to the Majority Report Research Files, 1969-1979 | Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives |
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| associatedWith | Majority report (New York, N.Y.) | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Women's Strike Coalition. | corporateBody |
| Place Name | Admin Code | Country | |
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| New York City | NY | US |
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| Feminism |
| Feminism |
| Feminists |
| Feminists |
| Socialist feminism |
| Socialist feminism |
| Women's rights |
| Women's rights |
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| Women's rights activists |
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Establishment 1971
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