Women's Action Alliance Records 1970 - 1996

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Women's Action Alliance Records 1970 - 1996

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Women's advocacy organization and feminist collective. The extensive WAA records are a rich source of information about the contemporary women's movement and the dynamics of race and class within it. The organization's projects focused on such issues as coalition-building among women's groups, women's economic development, teenage pregnancy prevention, and non-sexist child development. The WAA Records document the administration of the organization, its projects, and its role as a women's information clearinghouse. Materials include correspondence, publications, resource files, photographs, and audiovisual materials.

318 boxes; (117.25 linear ft.)

eng,

Sophia Smith Collection

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SNAC Resource ID: 6323244

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Steinem, Gloria, 1934-

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National Women's Agenda Project

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