Houston Area Women's Center Records 1975-1990

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Houston Area Women's Center Records 1975-1990

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The Houston Area Women's Center (HAWC) emerged from the Women's Information and Referral Exchange Service (WIRES) in 1977. HAWC provides resources to battered women in metropolitan Houston. In 1996, HAWC programs fell into three primary areas, Family Violence, Rape Crisis, and Community Education. This collection contains organizational and financial records, minutes, correspondence, photographs, and procedural manuals. Items date from 1975 to 1990 with most of the material dating from the early 1980s.

Special Collections, University of Houston Libraries

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Houston Area Women's Center

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The Houston Area Women's Center (HAWC) emerged from the Women's Information and Referral Exchange Service (WIRES) in 1977. The Referral Exchange eventually became a service within HAWC, providing resources to battered women in metropolitan Houston, Texas. The purpose of the Women's Center is to "provide shelter and support services to survivors of sexual assault and family violence…[to] educate and inform the community in order to prevent and eliminate the causes of this violence…[T...