Records of the New York Women's Anthropology Caucus

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Records of the New York Women's Anthropology Caucus

1972-2002

http://dlib.nyu.edu/findingaids/html/archives/nywac/nywac.html

The Records of the New York Women's Anthropology Caucus document the founding and activities of a group of female anthropologists and anthropology students who were active in the New York City and international feminist movements. They were focused on women's rights and were an official non-governmental organization in the United Nations and were active from the 1970s to the 2000s.

3 Linear Feet in 5 manuscript boxes and 1 flat box, 16 audiocassettes, 16 sound discs (cd)

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