University of Washington Women's Council records, 1969-1983.

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University of Washington Women's Council records, 1969-1983.

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The collection contains records donated by several council members. Most correspondence is limited to members of the university community. Major correspondents include women who held leadership positions in the council as well as representatives of various UW administrative offices: Anne Guthrie, Thelma Kennedy, Veleda Pierre, Ruth A. Robinson, Mira Sinco, Rose Marie Stogsdill, Katherine Thom, Mary Lou Tull, Lesley Wilson and the offices of the president and provost. Subject series include background information on the status of women in general, sexual harassment, comparable worth, and Title IX. Major administrative records include membership files, minutes, goals, and procedures. There are also some letters and meeting minutes concerning the position of director for the Office of Equal Opportunity for Women, and records of the Women's Council Steering Committee, the Task Force on the Comparability of Certain Exempt and Classified Positions, the UW Women's Studies Advisory Committee, and the UW Faculty Senate Special Committee on Women.

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University of Washington

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Guthrie, Anne

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Secretary and advisor to the Y.W.C.A., particularly in The Philippines. Representative of The International Alliance of Women to the General Assembly of The United Nations, Biographer of Vijaya Lakshimi Pandit, High Commissioner from Irelia to The United Kingdom. From the description of Papers, ca. 1929-1957. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122553016 Anne Guthrie was secretary and advisor to the Y.W.C.A., as well as being the representative of the International Alliance of Wo...

University of Washington. President

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The Office of the President serves as the chief executive officer of the University of Washington and reports directly to the Board of Regents. The President is responsible for the management and conduct of all the affairs of the University. Fiscal affairs are managed by the Office of the Executive Vice President, while the Office of the Provost provides leadership and services to the University of Washington in academic program, budget, research, and faculty matters. From the descri...

University of Washington. Office of the Provost.

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Robinson, Ruth Adkins

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Chief, Army Medical Specialist Corps, Office of the Surgeon General. From the description of Correspondence with Margaret Naumburg, 1959. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 122628996 ...

Stogsdill, Rose Marie.

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University of Washington. Special Committee on Faculty Women

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Thom, Katharine B.

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University of Washington. University Archives

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Cartwright, Philip W.

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University of Washington. Women's Council.

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The University of Washington Women's Council was established by the provost's office in 1972 to ensure that the university's affirmative action goals were met. These goals included promoting, developing, and advancing rights and equal opportunities for all women at the University of Washington. The council often weighed in on specific cases of employment discrimination, particularly as it related to job classification, tenure, and pay inequity; it also researched issues of concern to women in th...