All Volunteer Escort Service for the Summit Women's Center records 1994-2003

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All Volunteer Escort Service for the Summit Women's Center records 1994-2003

Legal documents pertaining to anti-choice demonstrations and protests outside the Summit Women's Center (an abortion clinic), and VHS tapes and 8mm videocassettes documenting activities of protestors and the escort service; photographs of Summit Women's Center; and memorabilia.

3.75 linear ft. (3boxes)

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SNAC Resource ID: 8171737

Smith College, Neilson Library

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All Volunteer Escort Service for the Summit Women's Center (Bridgeport, Conn)

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Abortion rights advocacy group. The All Volunteer Escort Service for the Summit Medical Center in Bridgeport, Connecticut was founded by Patricia Hendrickson in 1993. Its purpose was to escort patients and staff from the parking lot of the Summit Women's Center, (an abortion facility), to the building itself, shielding them from harassment by anti-choice zealots. In 1994, Hendrickson's husband, Donald Hendrickson, began videotaping the clinic location to document the beh...