Shirley T. JosephPapers 1972-1998

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Shirley T. JosephPapers 1972-1998

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Shirley T. Josephwas a feminist Jewish activist involved in a number of advocacy groups and communityorganizations working locally (in Buffalo, New York), nationally, andinternationally. She attended three of the United Nations’ World Conferences onWomen (in 1980, 1985, and 1995), and the bulk of the collection documents theseevents in the records of various planning committees, personal correspondence,official UN documentation, collections of news clippings, and Joseph’s own notes,speeches, and articles.

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