National Organization for Women, Michigan Conference Records 1969-1996

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National Organization for Women, Michigan Conference Records 1969-1996

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Records of various officers of the Michigan Conference of the National Organization for Women collected by one-time state presidents Margot Duley-Morrow and Alicia Perez-Banuet. Presidential files of Duley-Morrow, Nan Frost-Welmers, Shirley Monson, Lynn Hierholzer, Gloria Woods, and Alicia Perez-Banuet; files of state chapter developer Rhonda Drinan, and Macomb County chapter president Doris Little; contain correspondence, newsletters, clippings, mass mailings, agendas and minutes, photographs, and other materials concerning the formal and personal aspects of this feminist organization. Topics covered include the Equal Rights Amendment, the Project for Equal Education Rights, Women's Assembly III, and other issues pertaining to women's rights.

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Duley, Margot I.

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Hierholzer, Lynn.

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Frost-Welmers, Nan.

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Woods, Gloria.

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National Organization for Women

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The National Organization for Women (NOW) was formed in Washington D.C. in 1966, and incorporated in 1967. The organization was formed to bring women into full participation in the mainstream of society, assuming all privileges and responsibilities in fully equal partnership with men. Local chapters were formed throughout the country and task forces were set up to deal with problems of women in areas such as employment, education, religion, poverty, law, politics, and image in the media....

Perez-Banuet, Alicia.

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Little, Doris.

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Drinan, Rhonda.

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Harris, Virginia, 1977-

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National Organization for Women. Macomb County (Mich.) Chapter.

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National Organization for Women. Michigan Conference.

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The National Organization for Women was founded in 1966. The Michigan Chapter (later Conference) of NOW was convened in December 1969 by Patricia Hill Burnett in Detroit. By the middle of 1971 local chapters had been established in Big Rapids and Lansing. The first annual state convention was held in June 1972. A year later, Michigan NOW could boast of 17 local chapters and more than 1000 members. By 1983, the state organization had grown to 28 chapters and 6500 members (a loss of 1...

Michigan Project on Equal Education Rights

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Michigan Women's Assembly

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Coalition of Michigan women's organizations established in support of a platform of equal status for women in society, especially in support of the Equal Rights amendment. From the description of Michigan Women's Assembly records, 1982-1991. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 85778559 The Michigan Women's Assembly by-laws date from June, 1985 but the first Organizing Committee meeting was held in 1982. The issue-focus of the organization drove the act...