Papers, 1943-1980 (inclusive).

Brown, Rita Mae, 1944-

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Rita Mae Brown (born November 28, 1944) is an American feminist writer, best known for her coming-of-age autobiographical novel, Rubyfruit Jungle. Brown was active in a number of civil rights campaigns, but tended to feud with their leaders over the marginalising of lesbians within the feminist groups. Brown received the Pioneer Award for lifetime achievement at the Lambda Literary Awards in 2015. Brown was born in 1944 in Hanover, Pennsylvania to an unmarried teenage mother and her mother's ...

Bunch, Charlotte, 1944-....

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A participant in poverty programs and civil rights organizations while a student of history at Duke University (1962-1966), Bunch became active in the women's liberation movement of the 1960s. She has subsequently taught courses on feminism at colleges and universities, participated in international conferences concerning women, peace, or Christianity, edited feminist books and journals, and worked to develop a lesbian/feminist ideology. Her many organizational affiliations have included the Met...

Millett, Kate

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Katherine Murray Millett (September 14, 1934 – September 6, 2017) was an American feminist writer, educator, artist, and activist. She attended Oxford University and was the first American woman to be awarded a degree with first-class honors after studying at St Hilda's College, Oxford. She has been described as "a seminal influence on second-wave feminism", and is best known for her book Sexual Politics (1970), which was based on her doctoral dissertation at Columbia University. The feminist, ...

Women Make Movies (Firm)

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Wayne State University. Monteith College

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Burris, Barbara

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Atkinson, Ti-Grace,

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Ti-Grace Atkinson (1938- ) is a museum curator. She is one of the founders of the Institute of Contemporary Art at the University of Pennsylvania. From the description of Oral history interview with Ti-Grace Atkinson, 1972 May 7 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 495595113 Museum curator. One of the founders of the Institute of Contemporary Art at the University of Pennsylvania. From the description...

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....

Feminists (Organization)

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Bargowski, Dolores

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Feminist and lesbian activist Dolores Bargowski grew up in Detroit, Michigan. The first member of her family to go to college, she attended Monteith College (part of Wayne State University), beginning in 1963, and studied philosophy and the arts. By 1967 she was president of the Monteith student government, and became involved in the civil rights movement. In response to the sexism exhibited by groups such as Students for a Democratic Society, she and Barbara Burris organized one of...