Records of OWL (Organization), 1974-2009.

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Records of OWL (Organization), 1974-2009.

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Collection includes board minutes and manuals; conference programs; statements and reports; tool kits and training manuals; speeches and correspondence; scrapbooks; clippings; chapter newsletters and other publications such as Field Advocate and Powerline; audiovisual material; and photographs and slides; etc.

10 linear ft.

Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏

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SNAC Resource ID: 7958175

Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏

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OWL (Organization)

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OWL was formed by Laurie Shields and Tish Sommers in October 1980 as the Older Women's League following the first White House Mini-Conference on Older Women in Des Moines, Iowa. The only national grassroots membership organization to focus solely on issues unique to women as they age, OWL consists of a network of over 60 chapters and undertakes public education and advocacy campaigns to address issues such as health care, economic security, and quality of life. From the description o...

Sommers, Tish

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Tish Sommers was most known as an advocate of women's rights, especially older women's rights. She chaired NOW's Task Force on Older women in the 1970s, and in 1980 founded the Older Women's League (OWL), an advocacy organization with chapters across the country. Sommers was influential in the founding of the Alliance for Displaced Homemakers which was responsible for taking many older women's issues to the White House. From the description of Tish Sommers papers, 1970-1985. (San Die...

Shields, Laurie

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