Records: Series XVII-XXXII, 1967-1996.

United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration

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The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) was established as an independent agency of the executive branch on October 1, 1958 by the National Aeronautics and Space Act (72 Stat. 426), approved July 29, 1958. It superseded the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA). NASA conducted redsearch on problems of flight, developed aeronautical and space vehicles, explored outer space, and participated in international programs for the peaceful development of space technology....

Steers, Newton I. (Newton Ivan), 1917-

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From the guide to the Newton I. Steers papers, circa 1955-1980, circa 1970-1980, (State of Maryland and Historical Collections) ...

United States

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Idaho became a state on July 3, 1890 with post offices being established as early as 1876. From the guide to the Franklin County, Idaho Post Office Location Records, 1876-1945, (Utah State University. Special Collections and Archives) These photographs document Region 4, started in 1910, of the US Forest Service, covering Utah, Nevada, Southern Idaho, and Western Wyoming. From the guide to the US Forest Service Photograph Collection., 19...

Specter, Arlen, 1930-2012

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Arlen Specter (February 12, 1930 – October 14, 2012) was an American lawyer, author and politician. Originally a member of the Democratic Party, Specter became a Republican to successfully run for District Attorney of Philadelphia, serving in that office from 1966 to 1974. In 1980, Specter was elected to the first of five terms in the U.S. Senate representing Pennsylvania. In 2009, Specter re-joined the Democratic Party. He is the longest-serving senator from Pennsylvania, having represented the...

Sandler, Bernice Resnick, 1928-2019

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Bernice Resnick Sandler (March 3, 1928 – January 5, 2019) was an American women's rights activist born in New York. Sandler is best known for being instrumental in the creation of Title IX, a portion of the Education Amendments of 1972, in conjunction with Representatives Edith Green (D-OR) and Patsy Mink (D-HI) and Senator Birch Bayh (D-IN) in the 1970s. She has been called "the Godmother of Title IX" by The New York Times. Sandler wrote extensively about sexual and peer harassment towards w...

Tsongas, Paul, 1941-1997

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Paul Efthemios Tsongas (February 14, 1941 – January 18, 1997) was an American politician. He represented Massachusetts in both houses of the United States Congress, holding office from 1975 to 1985. He won eight states as a candidate in the 1992 Democratic presidential primaries, losing the nomination to Bill Clinton. Born in Lowell, Massachusetts, Tsongas graduated from Dartmouth College, Yale Law School and the Kennedy School of Government. After working for the Peace Corps and as an aide t...

Sears, Roebuck and Company

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Sears, Roebuck and Co., commonly known as Sears, is an American chain of department stores founded by Richard Warren Sears and Alvah Curtis Roebuck in 1892, and reincorporated by Richard Sears and Julius Rosenwald in 1906. Formerly based at the Sears Tower in Chicago and currently headquartered in Hoffman Estates, Illinois, the operation began as a mail ordering catalog company and began opening retail locations in 1925. The first location was in Chicago, Illinois. In 2005, the...

United States. Supreme Court

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Supreme Court of the United States, final court of appeal and final expositor of the Constitution of the United States. Within the framework of litigation, the Supreme Court marks the boundaries of authority between state and nation, state and state, and government and citizen. Scope And Jurisdiction The Supreme Court was created by the Constitutional Convention of 1787 as the head of a federal court system, though it was not formally established until Congress passed the Judiciary Act in 17...

Thompson, Nancy

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General Mills, inc.

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Minneapolis, MN. From the description of Pamphlet and handbill, ca.1930. (College of Physicians of Philadelphia). WorldCat record id: 122364952 In 1893 the Washburn-Crosby Company of Minneapolis opened a Buffalo office from which to distribute its flour throughout the East. A Buffalo flour mill followed in 1904, and in 1928 General Mills was organized with Washburn-Crosby as its nucleus. Washburn-Crosby was dissolved in 1937. General Mills Buffalo operations include a cereal...

Tully, Mary Jean.

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Tully was president and served on the board of directors of the National Organization for Women Legal Defense and Education Fund. The Fund grew out of the Legal Committee of NOW and was incorporated in 1970. From the description of Papers, 1973-1979 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 232008209 ...

United States. Congress

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Bills of the 96th Congress to provide for temporary increases in the public debt limit, and for other purposes. From the description of Public debt legislation, 96th Congress : legislative history of public debt legislation, 1979-1980. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 243776779 Bill of the 96th Congress to impose a windfall profit tax on domestic crude oil, and for other purposes. From the description of Crude oil windfall profit tax act of 1980 ...

Wendell, R. Anderson.

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Weinberger, Caspar W.

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U.S. secretary of defense; U.S. secretary of health, education, and welfare; California state legislator; lawyer; journalist; and business executive. Full name: Caspar Willard Weinberger. Born 1917; died 2006. From the description of Caspar W. Weinberger papers, 1910-2005 (bulk 1951-2005). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71009624 ...

Schlafly, Phyllis, 1924-2016

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Phyllis Schlafly was born 15 August 1924 in St. Louis, Missouri. The mother of six, she is an attorney and a conservative political activist. Her biggest platforms have been against equal rights amendments and feminist views. She founded the Eagle Forum and the Eagle Forum Education & Legal Defense Fund in 1972 and remains in the office of their president today. From the guide to the Phyllis Schlafly reports, 1989-1991, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) ...

Tydings, Joseph D. (Joseph Davies), 1928-2018

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Lawyer and former United State Senator from Maryland. From the description of Joseph D. Tydings papers, 1930-1986 (bulk 1964-1970). (University of Maryland Libraries). WorldCat record id: 22233155 Joseph Davies Tydings was born on May 4, 1928, in Asheville, North Carolina, to Thomas Cheeseborough and Eleanor Davies Cheeseborough. At the age of six, his mother divorced Cheeseborough; she later married Millard Tydings of Havre de Grace, Maryland, who adopted her s...

Wingard, Jinx.

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Thompson, Karen M.

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National Organization for Women. National Board of Directors

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Common Cause (U.S.)

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Common Cause is a non-profit advocacy organization committed to honest, open and accountable government and participation in the democratic process. The group was founded in 1970 by John Gardner, who served as the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare under President Lyndon B. Johnson and later as chairman of the National Urban Coalition. Originally created with the intention of representing citizens’ interests in Washington, the group soon became a vehicle for protesting the Vietnam War. ...

Sparkman, John, 1899-1985

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Senator. From the description of Reminiscences of John Sparkman : oral history, 1962. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122481724 From the description of Reminiscences of John Sparkman : oral history, 1969. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122513439 John Jackson Sparkman (b. Dec. 20, 1899, Morgan County, Ala.-d. Nov. 16, 1985, Huntsville, Ala.), U.S. Representative and U.S. Senator from Alabama, was ...

Russell, Ruth V., 1948-

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Operation Rescue (Organization)

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United States. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

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United States. Federal Communications Commission

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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....

Democratic Party (U.S.)

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Slattery, Jim.

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Sarasin, Ronald A.

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American Telephone and Telegraph Company.

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Women's Media Project (NOW Legal Defense & Education Fund)

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Sackman-Reed, Gloria.

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Steinem, Gloria

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Author, editor, feminist. From the description of Reminiscences of Gloria Steinem : oral history, 1976. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122528716 Journalist; Feminist; Political activist; Co-founder, Ms magazine; Co-founder, Women's Action Alliance; Co-founder, Ms Foundation for Women; Co-founder, National Women's Political Caucus. Born 1934; graduated Smith College, 1956; received post-graduate 2 year fellowship to...

United States. Commission on Civil Rights

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Talmadge, Herman E. (Herman Eugene), 1913-2002

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Herman E. Talmadge (1913- ), Georgia Governor (1947-1955) and U.S. Senator (1956-1980), born near McRae, Georgia. From the description of Herman E. Talmadge senatorial papers, 1945-1987. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38477028 Herman E. Talmadge (1913- ), Georgia Governor (1947-1955) and United States Senator (1956-1980) born near McRae, Georgia. T. Rogers Wade served as administrative assistant, fund raiser, and chairman of the 1980 U.S. senatorial campaign for Senator Talm...

Claritas Corporation

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Sedey, Mary Anne.

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Snowden, Carl.

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Stevenson, Adlai E. (Adlai Ewing), III, 1930-2021

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Adlai Ewing Stevenson III (October 10, 1930 – September 6, 2021) was an American lawyer, business executive, and politician. A member of the Democratic Party and the son of former Illinois Governor and two-time presidential candidate Adlai Stevenson, he represented the state of Illinois in the U.S. Senate from 1970 to 1981 and was twice a candidate for Governor of Illinois. Born in Chicago, Stevenson attended the Milton Academy in Massachusetts, Harrow School in England, and Harvard College. ...

Terry, Diana

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Wood, Nan Elizabeth, 1942-

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Louis Harris and Associates

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NOW Majority Caucus.

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Seidenberg, Faith.

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Lawyer Faith Seidenberg was legal vice president of the National Organization for Women. She was also legal counsel for the Congress of Racial Equality (1965-1966) and director of the national board of the American Civil Liberties Union. From the description of Papers of NOW officers, 1969-1977 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 122421452 ...

Smeal, Eleanor

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Smeal was Chair of the Woman's Trust. From the description of TLS, 1985 April 16 : Washington, D.C. to Nancy Magnuson / Ellie Smeal. (Haverford College Library). WorldCat record id: 29463769 ...

Webb, Kathy

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Taft, Robert, 1917-1993

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Lawyer, state legislator, and U.S. representative and senator from Ohio; grandson of President William Howard Taft and son of U.S. senator Robert Alphonso Taft (1889-1953); full name: Robert Alphonso Taft, Jr.; d. 1993. From the description of Papers, 1897-1993 (bulk 1963-1976). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 34576613 Lawyer, state legislator, and U.S. representative and senator from Ohio. Grandson of President William Howard Taft and son of U.S. Senator Robert Alphonso Taft...

Pro-Life Action Network.

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Williams, Harrison A.

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Harrison A. Williams, Jr. (1919-2001) represented New Jersey in the U.S. Senate from 1959 until 1982. He also served in the House of Representatives from 1953 through 1956. A member of the Democratic Party, Williams held leadership positions on the Committee on Labor and Human Resources, the Special Committee on Aging, the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, and the Select Committee on Small Business, among others. From the description of Harrison A. Williams, Jr., pape...

Young, Andrew W. (Andrew White), 1802-1877

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Tunney, John V. 1934-

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Wells-Schooley, Jane.

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West, Anne Grant.

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Schooley, Terry.

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Roth, William V., 1921-2003

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Weitzenkorn, Helene.

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Terry, Randall A.

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Thompson, Frank, Jr.

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Yard, Molly.

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Witter, Johann Jakob -1747

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Jean Witter was born Jean Peindl on July 23, 1927, and was raised in the South Hills of Pittsburgh. She earned a degree in crystallography from Duquesne University during World War II, which was rather rare for the time period. She worked as a chemical librarian until she was able to get a research position at the University of Pittsburgh. She married DuWayne Witter and had two sons. During the 1960s, Witter became interested in the women's rights movement, and became one of the first presidents...

West, Donna Carlson.

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Scheidler, Joseph M., 1927-

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Sommers, Tish

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Tish Sommers was most known as an advocate of women's rights, especially older women's rights. She chaired NOW's Task Force on Older women in the 1970s, and in 1980 founded the Older Women's League (OWL), an advocacy organization with chapters across the country. Sommers was influential in the founding of the Alliance for Displaced Homemakers which was responsible for taking many older women's issues to the White House. From the description of Tish Sommers papers, 1970-1985. (San Die...

Stone, Richard, 1928-2019

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Richard Bernard Stone (September 22, 1928 – July 28, 2019) was an American lawyer, politician, and diplomat. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as a Democratic United States Senator from Florida from 1975 to 1980, as Ambassador at Large to Central America from 1983 to 1984, and as Ambassador to Denmark from 1991 to 1993. Born in New York City, he was raised in Dade County, Florida where he attended public schools. Stone graduated cum laude with a B.A. from Harvard University in 1949...

Jaycees International

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Scholberg, Andrew

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Women's Coalition for the Third Century

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The Women's Coalition for the Third Century grew out of a meeting called by the American Revolution Bicentennial Commission in 1972 to explore women's participation in the bicentennial celebration. While cooperating with the ARBC, the group saw the need to create a coalition that could set its own agenda. In 1973 eleven organizations meeting in Independence Hall in Philadelphia became coalition members, reaffirming their interest in recovering women's history, celebrating the present, and creati...

Vogel, Mary Beth

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Scott, Ann, 1929-1975

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Vice-president for legislation of the National Organization for Women and a founder of the Buffalo, N.Y., chapter of NOW, Ann (London) Scott graduated from the University of Washington (B.A. 1952, Ph.D. 1970). A poet and translator, she was an editor of Poetry Northwest while in Seattle, and taught English literature and composition at the State University of New York at Buffalo (1965-1972). After her election to NOW's national board in 1970, she devised much of the organization's lobbying strat...

Slavin, Sarah

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Dr. Hale Slavin was hired 1938 by Clark County as county physician and obtained funds from the County Commission to install surgical facilities in the Clark County General Hospital - later University Medical Center (UMC). From the description of [Sarah Slavin Collection]. 1905-1965. (University of Nevada, Las Vegas Libraries). WorldCat record id: 459818672 ...

Stevens, Ted

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X., Laura

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The National Clearinghouse on Marital Rape (NCOMR) was formed in 1980 by Laura X.  It began as a project of the Women's History Research Center.  The organization aims "to make intimate relationships truly egalitarian." The Clearinghouse researches and complies materials on marital rape and marital rape cases. From the guide to the National Clearinghouse on Marital Rape Subject File, 1952-1996, 1978-1996, (University of Illinois Archives) ...

Spalding, Elizabeth

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Elizabeth Coxe Spalding (ca.1921-2001) was head of the National Organization for Women's Task Force on Marriage, Family Relations, and Divorce (1973-1976), and president of the NOW chapter in Hartford, Conn. She was also a member of Connecticut's Permanent Commission on the Status of Women, chairing their committee to pass the equal protection amendment to the state constitution in 1974. From the description of Papers of NOW officers, 1970-1977 (inclusive). (Harvard University). Worl...

Whitney, Ruth

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Walgren, Doug.

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Schweiker, Richard S. (Richard Schultz), 1926-

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United States congressman, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. From the description of Correspondence to Edward F. Fry, 1961. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 212908346 Richard Schultz Schweiker was born in Norristown, Pennsylvania, in 1926. After serving in the U.S. Navy from 1944 to 1946, he graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the Pennsylvania State College in 1950. Following a ten-year career in manufacturing and sales, Schweiker was elected as a Senator t...

NOW National Action Center

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Commission for Responsive Democracy.

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Socialist Workers' Party (Great Britain)

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Members and supporters of the Socialist Workers Party have worked with the farm movement and have covered farm protests for the Party's newspaper, The militant, since the 1970s. The items in this collection were collected by various members who were active with the farm movement. From the description of Farm protests collection, 1954-1990, n.d. (Iowa State University). WorldCat record id: 221317319 American socialist political party. From the description of Socia...

Van Buskirk, Mary Barber.

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Vanik, Charles

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Pro-Life Action League.

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Wolf, Linda Star

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NOW Legal Defense & Education Fund

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The National Organization for Women Legal Defense & Education Fund was established in 1970 as a "public service organization dedicated to achieving equality for women and girls." LDEF has focused its efforts on gaining legal rights for women in educational and employment opportunity, cases of physical abuse and sexual harassment, and in marriage and divorce laws. During the 1970s, it campaigned for passage of the Equal Rights Amendment. NOW LDEF has sponsored the Women's Media Project, the P...

Stark, Fortney H.

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