Cynthia W. Hlass papers, 1970-1976.

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Cynthia W. Hlass papers, 1970-1976.

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The Cynthia W. Hlass Papers, 1970-1976, are arranged under the following topics: Atlanta NOW, Georgia NOW, National NOW, NOW State Legislative Coordinator, Equal Rights Amendment, and Miscellaneous and consist of manuscript and printed materials documenting Hlass's participation in NOW, as well as efforts to ratify the ERA in Georgia. Material focuses on NOW national, state and local levels, and on Hlass's work in NOW as president (Atlanta chapter), board member (Atlanta chapter, 1974-1975), Legislative Coordinator (Georgia), International Feminist Committee member (1974-1975), and Compliance Coordinator (Southern Region, 1976). Other materials (news clippings, newsletters, publications, pamphlets, etc.) document the history of the ERA movement in Georgia (1970-1976). Additional subjects covered are women's rights, including Women's Liberation (1975-1976), feminist songs (n.d.), and the International Women's Year conference [Mexico City, 1975].

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Hlass, Cynthia W. (Cynthia Welch), 1944-2003.

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Cynthia Welch Hlass, real estate broker and former Atlanta NOW president, was born in Kansas City, Missouri in 1944. She attended Northwestern University (Chicago, Illinois) two years during the early 1960s, then left to become an airline attendant. Hlass graduated from Mercer University [Atlanta, Georgia] in 1977 with a dual major in psychology and sociology. It was while she was finishing her degree at Mercer that she served as Atlanta NOW President (1973-1974) and as Legislative Coordinator (...

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....