Shirley Wohlfield Papers, 1972-1988

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Shirley Wohlfield Papers, 1972-1988

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Detroit, Michigan, anti-busing activist. Correspondence, speeches, minutes of meetings, and other materials relating to her involvement with anti-busing organizations, principally Northeast Mothers Alert, Mothers Alert Detroit, and the National Association for Neighborhood Schools; also files detailing involvement with Happiness of Women (HOW) and the 14th Congressional District Republican Committee; and scrapbook containing clippings and photographs relating to anti-busing rallies and activities.

1 linear ft., and 1 oversized volume.

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National Association for Neighborhood Schools.

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Mothers Alert Detroit.

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Happiness of Women, Inc.

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Northeast Mothers Alert (Detroit, Mich.)

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Republican Party (Mich.). 14th Congressional District Republican Committee.

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The Republican party organization in Michigan's 14th congressional district has seen continued conflict between Republican party factions for over twenty years. Long controlled by conservatives, it has been used as a base from which they attempted to win moderate districts to the conservative standard. Moderate Republicans, on the other hand, have repeatedly attempted to return the district to what they considered to be the party's ideological mainstream. In 1956 the Rep...

Wohlfield, Shirley.

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Shirley Wohlfield first became involved in local politics when in 1973, in an effort to protect her three sons from what she viewed as the dangers of court-ordered desegregation via busing, she began organizing efforts to stop forced busing in 1973. Like many of her colleagues, Wohlfield entered this movement with little experience in political and social protest organization. Convinced of the rectitude of her position, Wohlfield organized the Northeast Mothers Alert, serving as sec...