Guide to the Darlene Wone Papers, 1968-1985

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Guide to the Darlene Wone Papers, 1968-1985

1968-1985

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The materials in this collection consist of organizational documents, internal notes, flyers, leaflets, publicity, and visual materials that appear to have been collected by Darlene Wone (also known as Mei Oye Soohoo), in the course of her years an activist in the Asian American and Asian/Pacific American women's movement, as well as the Asian/Pacific American Movement more generally. The large variety and number of names of organizations and projects included in this small collection reflects the birth and explosive growth of ethnic political and cultural organizations that took place in the United States during the 1970s and 1980s.

1 Linear Feet in two manuscript boxes and one oversize folder

eng, Latn

Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives

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Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives

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Darlene, Wone

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From approximately the middle 1970s through the late 1980s, Darlene Wone was an activist in the Asian American and Asian/Pacific American women's movement, as well as the Asian/Pacific American Movement more generally. These movements, arising as part of the ferment of the broader civil rights and women's movements of the 1960s and 1970s in the United States, were formed to struggle against racial and sexual steriotypes and discrimination against Asian Americans and Asian/Pacific Islander Americ...

Asian Women United

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Asian Women United (AWU) is a New York City based organization, formed in 1978 when the Asian American Women's Caucus split into two groups. As stated in their Statement of Purpose, AWU worked "towards a society free from race and sex discrimination through the development of women as community leaders with an understanding of the Asian woman's issues and concerns." The organization held regular meetings and produced a monthly newsletter entitled In Touch. AWU organized many events including a c...