Irene Tinker papers, 1940-2009. 1940-2009.

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Irene Tinker papers, 1940-2009. 1940-2009.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/727358972

This collection consists of biographical materials; correspondence; conference materials; government, NGO, and organizational reports and newsletters; interview notes and transcripts; manuscripts; newspaper, magazine and journal articles; research notes; teaching materials; and working papers. The collection includes chapter notes, drafts and correspondence from the book she edited and published in 2004, Developing Power: How Women Transformed International Development. The bulk of this collection is comprised of materials relating to international development and especially the role of women and non-governmental organizations, much of which relates to the informal economy and her work on Street Foods, a 15 year research project investigating ways to improve vendor income and food safety. Other major topics include Indonesia and the passage and implementation of the 1973 Percy Amendment, which required U.S. bilateral aid programs to explicitly address the role of women in developing countries' economies. The collection also includes a few three-dimensional objects, including pins, buttons, t-shirts and tote bags from conferences and events Tinker attended.

36.5 linear feet.

American University, American University Library; Bender Library

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American University, American University Library; Bender Library

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Tinker, Irene, 1927-

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Irene Tinker (born March 8, 1927, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin) is Professor Emerita in the Departments of City and Regional Planning & Women's Studies at the University of California, Berkeley, teaching from 1989–1998. She was the founding Board president of the International Center for Research on Women, founder and director of the Equity Policy Center and co-founder of the Wellesley Center for Research on Women. Tinker received her B.A. from Radcliff College in political philosophy and comparat...