Mary Jo Duncanson papers, ca. 1972-1984.

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Mary Jo Duncanson papers, ca. 1972-1984.

The Mary Jo Duncanson papers, 1972-1984, document her involvement in the Equal Rights Amendment movement in Georgia. Organized into four series, the collection consists of newspaper and magazine clippings, correspondence, minutes, agendas, speeches, forms, notes, one photograph, one poster, address and phone lists, and printed materials that primarily relate to ERA Georgia, Inc., National Organization for Women, and Georgia Women's Political Caucus.

6.5 linear ft.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7808740

Georgia State University

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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....

Georgia Women's Political Caucus

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Duncanson, Mary Jo, 1947-

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Mary Jo Duncanson was born 1947 in Spring Grove, Minnesota. The third of five children, she spent her childhood in the Midwestern cities of Rochester, Minnesota, LaCrosse, Wisconsin, and Detroit, Michigan. She graduated from the University of Michigan with a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science in 1969. She married A. Burton Bradley in 1974 and became the step-mother of his five daughters. She and her husband later had a son. From 1969 until 1974, Mary Jo Duncanson worked in federally fu...

ERA Georgia, Inc.

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ERA Georgia, Inc. was formed in Atlanta (Ga.) in 1973 for the purpose of securing ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) by the Georgia General Assembly. It began under the name Georgia Coalition for the ERA and became Georgia Council for the ERA before incorporating in 1978 as ERA Georgia, Inc. From the description of ERA Georgia records, 1973-1982. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 123429906 ...