Descriptive Summary
Access
Publication Rights
Preferred Citation
Acquisition Information
Scope and Content
Indexing Terms
Descriptive Summary
Title: Chicano Studies Research Center: Women's Unit
Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1985 -
1995
Collection number: 50
Creator: CSRC Women's
Unit
Extent:
1 linear foot
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library.
Chicano Studies Research Center, UCLA
Los Angeles, California 90095-1490
Abstract: The Women's Unit was created in view of the
fact that women of Mexican decent carry the burden of their gender in
addition to their racial and class status and that efforts by the CSRC
to address and rectify Chicano oppression largely ignored sexism. The
Women's Unit was officially established in 1985 to define and promote
Chicana / Mexicana Studies and to advance the social, political, and
economic welfare of the Chicana / Mexicana
community.
Researchers who would like to indicate errors of
fact or omissions in this finding aid can contact the research center at
www.chicano.ucla.edu
**Please note that accents have been
eliminated inorder to accomodate and facilitate the use of all types of
web browsers.
Language of Material: Collection materials in English, Spanish
Access
Access is available by appointment for UCLA student and faculty
researchers as well as independent researchers. To view the collection
or any part of it, please contact the archivist at
archivist@chicano.ucla.edu or the librarian at yretter@chicano.ucla.edu
Publication Rights
For students and faculty researchers of UCLA, all others by
permission only. Copyright has not been assigned to the Chicano Studies
Research Center. All requests for permission to publish or quote from
manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Archivist and/or the
Librarian at the Chicano Studies Research Center Library. Permission for
publication is given on behalf of the UCLA Chicano Studies Research
Center as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include
or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be
obtained.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Chicano Studies Research Center: Women's
Unit Papers, 50, Chicano Studies Research Center, UCLA, University of
California, Los Angeles.
Acquisition Information
This collection is a part of the Chicano Studies Research Center's
own internal papers.
Scope and Content
Various papers; range from 1985 - 1993, approx. 1 linear foot.
The Women's Unit was created in view of the fact that women of Mexican
decent carry the burden of their gender in addition to their racial and
class status and that efforts by the CSRC to address and rectify Chicano
oppression largely ignored sexism. The Women's Unit was officially
established in 1985 to define and promote Chicana / Mexicana Studies and
to advance the social, political, and economic welfare of the Chicana /
Mexicana community.
Researchers who would like to indicate errors of fact or omissions in
this finding aid can contact the archivist at
archivist@chicano.ucla.edu
**Please note that accents have been eliminated inorder to accomodate
and facilitate the use of all types of web browsers.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this
collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Subjects
Chicana
Feminism
Mexicana
Racism
Sexism