Organizational records. 1975-1990.

University of Minnesota

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The West Bank Union at the University of Minnesota was established in 1967 to offer services to students. It took until 1980 for the union to have its own space in Willey Hall, including an auditorium and lounge spaces for students. Student services and facilities were established in the newly constructed West Bank Union skyway, which connected Willey and Blegen Halls. From the guide to the West Bank Union papers, circa 1970s-1980s, (University of Minnesota Libraries. University Arch...

Dworkin, Andrea, 1946-2005

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Author, critic, and radical feminist Andrea Dworkin was born on September 26, 1946, in Camden, New Jersey. She was the daughter of Sylvia (Spiegel), a secretary, and Harry Dworkin, a guidance counselor. In 1965, while attending Bennington College, Dworkin was arrested in New York City for protesting against the Vietnam War, and spent four days in the Women’s House of Detention. She later made headlines, publicizing her brutal treatment at the hands of staff, which led to a grand ju...

St. Paul Pornography Action Task Force (Saint Paul, Minn.).

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Minneapolis (Minn.). City Council

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Fraser, Donald MacKay, 1924-

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Ponography Resource Center (Minneapolis, Minn.).

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Organizing Against Pornography (Minneapolis, Minn.).

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Begun in February 1984 as the Pornography Resource Center, the organization responded to the growing perception of the relationship between pornography and violence against women, which had been highlighted by groups such as Take Back the Night, Women Against Violence Against Women, and the Neighborhood Pornography Task Force. It was also motivated by the controversy surrounding the passage and subsequent veto of an anti-pornography ordinance by the Minneapolis City Council (1983-19...

Men Against Pornography Task Force (Minneapolis, Minn.).

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MacKinnon, Catherine A.

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Minnesota Civil Liberties Union

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Interest in forming a Minnesota branch of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) was first discussed at a meeting of 21 Twin Cities ACLU members on January 25, 1951 in the home of Minneapolis-based attorney Vincent Johnson. The meeting was called by Johnson; Henry E. Allen, University of Minnesota student religious activities coordinator; William Lloyd Sholes, Minneapolis attorney and ACLU state correspondent; and Maurice B. Visscher, University of Minnesota medical school profes...

Barkey, Jeanne.

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