Stewardesses for Women's Rights Collection Bulk, 1972-1976 1966-1987

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Stewardesses for Women's Rights Collection Bulk, 1972-1976 1966-1987

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Stewardesses for Women’s Rights (SFWR) was founded in 1972 after two flight attendants, Sandra Jarrell and Jan Fulsom, took Eastern Airlines to court on discrimination charges. The organization grew nationwide and worked to inform the public and other flight attendants about airline companies’ sexist advertisements, company discrimination, and airline health and safety hazards. This collection includes correspondence, the constitution and by-laws, membership lists, and agendas. Along with general records, there is extensive research material from each of the SFWR task forces, records from affiliated unions, updates from regional offices, photographs, and papers from SFWR national conferences.

3.0 linear feet; in two record cartons, one oversize flat box, and one folder.

Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives

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SNAC Resource ID: 6331822

Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives

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