Committee on Equal Employment Opportunity for Women records, 1980-2001.

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Committee on Equal Employment Opportunity for Women records, 1980-2001.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/681492527

Collection include annual reports, correspondence, documents regarding hiring practices, meeting minutes, and reports relating to the Rajender consent decree.

3 boxes (3.0 cubic feet)

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

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SNAC Resource ID: 7970637

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

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University of Minnesota. Equal Employment Opportunity for Women.

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The Committee on Equal Employment Opportunity for Women (EEOWC) was established as part of the Rajender consent decree in 1980. The EEOWC is a senate committee with members appointed by the University President, and two elected by the faculty. It was established to review the progress of the implementation of the decree, examine policies of the University to determine whether they are biased against women, make recommendations to the University administration and/or senate regarding policies and...

University of Minnesota. Faculty Advisory Committee on Women

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Dr. Shyamala Rajender, a chemistry professor at the University of Minnesota, filed a sexual descrimination suit against the University in 1973. By 1975, it had evolved into a class action suit with many other women professors joining in. The settlement with the University in 1980 caused the formation of the Rajender Consent Decree. It mandated a set of guidelines for the future hiring and treatment of women at the University of Minnesota and established a set of procedures for all of the Univers...