Elizabeth H. Giese papers 1971-1992 and 1997 1979-1984

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Elizabeth H. Giese papers 1971-1992 and 1997 1979-1984

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Giese served as director of the Michigan Project on Equal Education Rights (PEER), a division of the National Organization for Women's Legal Defense and Education Fund, from 1978 to 1984. The collection also contains files on Michigan women in high school athletics, vocational education courses, math classes, and science classes. Other files relate to legal cases on sex discrimination, the Michigan Women's Hall of Fame, and all-male academies in Detroit.

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