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Guide to the Anne P. Draper Papers, 1969-1973
MS 611A
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Title: Anne P. Draper Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1969-1973
Collection number: MS 611A
Creator:
Draper, Anne Pauline (Kracik), 1917-1973
Extent: 7 boxes
Repository:
California Historical Society, North Baker Library
San Francisco, California 94105-4014
Language:
English.
Gift of Hal Draper and Anne Lipow.
Collection is open for research by appointment only.
Copyright has not been assigned to The North Baker Research Library. All requests for
permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing
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[Identification of item], Anne P. Draper Papers. MS 611A, California Historical Society, North Baker Research Library.
Draper was a labor organizer, socialist and founder of Citizens for Farm Labor and Union W.A.G.E. (Women's Alliance to Gain
Equality), the first women's liberation group made up of women trade unionists. The daughter of Polish immigrants, Draper
graduated from Hunter College, New York. A longtime member of the Independent Socialist League, she opposed the Vietnam war
from the 1950s onward.
The collection consists of personal papers and correspondence, including correspondence with labor union people; Christmas
cards designed by Draper and her husband, Hal; manuscripts of speeches given at her memorial services by local labor and political
leaders; newsletters and ephemera regarding legislation concerning women workers and Union W.A.G.E.
- Labor and laboring classes
- Equal Rights Ammendment
- National Women's Political Caucus of Northern California
- Industrial Welfare Commission
- Equal Employment Opportunities Commission
- International Socialist Women
- Strikes and lockouts
- Trade-unions
- Union W.A.G.E. (Women's Alliance to Gain Equality)
- Woman--Employment
- Woman--Legal status, laws, etc.
- Women in California
- Women's Liberation Movement