Guide to the Women's Rights Poster Collection

Daniel Hartwig
Stanford University. Libraries. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Stanford, California
October 2010
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Overview

Call Number: SC0807
Creator: Butler, Matilda collector
Title: Women's rights poster collection
Dates: 1976-1977
Physical Description: 1 Linear feet
Summary: Collection includes images of historic feminist protests and leaders, images of the 1970s women's movement, images of women in non-traditional jobs, Black women leaders, images pertaining to changing sex roles, and a series on women of the American Revolution. Groups and/or publishers represented include Women's Equity Action League, Sex Desegregation Assistance Center of the Southwest (Texas), Documentary Photo Aids, and the U. S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare. Collection also includes a set of 8 photographs and a poster of men in the nurturing role published by the Women's Action Alliance (New York).
Language(s): The materials are in English.
Repository: Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Green Library
557 Escondido Mall
Stanford, CA 94305-6064
Email: specialcollections@stanford.edu
Phone: (650) 725-1022
URL: http://library.stanford.edu/spc

Administrative Information

Information about Access

This collection is open for research.

Ownership & Copyright

All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from, or otherwise use collection materials must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, California 94304-6064. Consent is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission from the copyright owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright owner, heir(s) or assigns. See: http://library.stanford.edu/depts/spc/pubserv/permissions.html.
Restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted to research and educational purposes.

Cite As

Women's Rights Poster Collection (SC0807). Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

Biographical/Historical Sketch

Matilda Butler earned her MA in communication at Stanford University in 1966 and was on the staff of the Institute for Communication Research at Stanford.

Description of the Collection

Collection includes images of historic feminist protests and leaders, images of the 1970s women's movement, images of women in non-traditional jobs, Black women leaders, images pertaining to changing sex roles, and a series on women of the American Revolution. Groups and/or publishers represented include Women's Equity Action League, Sex Desegregation Assistance Center of the Southwest (Texas), Documentary Photo Aids, and the U. S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare. Collection also includes a set of 8 photographs and a poster of men in the nurturing role published by the Women's Action Alliance (New York).

Access Terms

Butler, Matilda collector
Feminism--United States.
Photoprints.
Posters.
Women's rights--United States--Posters.


 

Posters 1976-1977

Box 1, Folder 1

Federal Laws and Regulations Concerning Sex Discrimination in Educational Institutions 1977

Box 1, Folder 2

Our World is Changing

Box 1, Folder 3

Men in the Nurturing Role 1978

Box 1, Folder 4

Our World is Changing (2)

Box 1, Folder 5

Families - choices: learning about changing sex roles 1977

Box 1, Folder 6

What's Wrong With These Pictures?

Box 1, Folder 7

Roots - choices: learning about changing sex roles 1977

Box 1, Folder 8

What's Wrong With These Pictures? (2)

Box 1, Folder 9

Federal Laws and Regulations Prohibiting Sex Discrimination 1976

Box 1, Folder 10

Equal Credit Opportunity Act 1977

Box 1, Folder 11

DPA Pioneers Series (42 photo posters on the Feminist Revolution, etc.)

Box 1, Folder 12

Shirley Chisholm 1976

Box 1, Folder 13

No Stereotyping

Box 1, Folder 14

You Can So Do It

Box 1, Folder 15

Union Organizer, Farm Worker 1977

Box 1, Folder 16

Barbara Jordan 1976

Box 1, Folder 17

Women of the American Revolution (set of 9 painted placards of women in the Revolution including: Catherine Greene, Elizabeth Zane, Martha Washington, etc.) 1976