Records, 1975-1985.

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Records, 1975-1985.

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Correspondence, financial materials, newsletters, workshop materials, mailing lists, printed pamphlets, newsclippings, photographs, postcards, slides, and cassette tapes reflecting International Women's Year activities and organizations at the Indiana state and national level. Topics include the equal rights amendment, the legal and social status of women, and the International Women's Decade. Organizations included are the National Organization for Women and its Indianapolis chapter, and the National Commission on the Observance of International Women's Year and its Indiana Coordinating Committee.

6 boxes and 11 cassette tapes.

Indiana Historical Society Library

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National Organization for Women. Indianapolis Chapter

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The National Organization for Women is a women's rights group formed to lobby for the Equal Rights Amendment and other feminist objectives. Indiana NOW is the state branch of the organization, and the Indianapolis chapter was formed in 1972. From the description of Collection, 1960- (bulk 1972-1986) (Indiana Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 19771660 ...

International Women's Year, 1975.

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Created by an act of the United Nations to call attention to women's issues worldwide. The National Commission on the Observance of International Women's Year oversaw the year's activities and each state had its own coordinating committee. The U.N. expanded the year into the International Women's Decade, 1976-1985. From the description of Records, 1975-1985. (Indiana Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 33195571 ...

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....