Papers, 1957-1989.

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Papers, 1957-1989.

Series 1: Records, including statements, depositions, appeals, correspondenc, and a personal diary of Smith's suit against the University of Nevada, Reno, for equal pay. Series 2: Music Department Faculty Meeting minutes and other department records, 1969-1988; miscellaneous records of other university and community groups, including the Nevada Symphonic Association, 1970-1979; a Survey of Females on UNR Faculty, and the Equal Opportunity Board (re: Women's Athletics), 1979-1982.

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Smith, Catherine Parsons, 1933-2009

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Catherine Parsons Smith began as a part-time lecturer in the Music Department, University of Nevada, Reno, in 1969; by 1972, Smith was teaching under a complicated multiple contract arrangement that equaled almost full-time, but without equal compensation. She filed a complaint, and after numerous hearings was terminated in 1975. The U.S. Department of Labor filed suit on her behalf, the first in the nation under the Equal Pay Act, against the University of Nevada, and an out-of-court settlement...

University of Nevada, Reno. Dept. of Music.

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University of Nevada, Reno. Equal Opportunity Board.

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Nevada Symphonic Association (Reno, Nev.)

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