Union WAGE (Women's Alliance to Gain Equality) photograph collection, circa 1971-1982

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Summary

Creators:
Union WAGE (Organization) and Cade, Cathy, 1942-
Abstract:
Photographs of Union WAGE staff and volunteers participating in various strikes and demonstrations, conferences, meetings, fundraisers, benefits and other events in San Francisco and other places in California (and a few out of state), circa 1971-1982.
Extent:
0.80 Cubic Feet (2 boxes)
Language:
Languages represented in the collection: English.
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Union Women's Alliance to Gain Equality (Union WAGE) Photograph Collection, larc.pho.0007, Labor Archives and Research Center, San Francisco State University.

Background

Scope and content:

Photographs of Union WAGE staff and volunteers participating in various strikes and demonstrations, conferences, meetings, fundraisers, benefits and other events in San Francisco and other places in California (and a few out of state), circa 1971-1982, including images of members attending and picketing Industrial Workers Commission (IWC) legislative hearings. Also contains photographs of members producing the organization's newsletter Union WAGE. Includes photographs of Union Wage leader Jean Maddox, newsletter editor Maxine Jenkins, politician Dianne Feinstein, and one photograph of Gloria Steinem supporting No on Proposition L. Most of the photographs were taken by Cathy Cade.

Biographical / historical:

Union WAGE (Women's Alliance to Gain Equality) was founded on International Women's Day, March 8, 1971, at an educational conference sponsored by the National Organization for Women (NOW), at the University of California, Berkeley. Union WAGE was a politically non-partisan, non-profit organization for "working women" which included housewives, unemployed, retired, and welfare women. The organization's purpose was to achieve "equal rights, equal pay, and equal opportunity" for working women.

Physical location:
Collection available on site.
Material specific details:
The bulk of the materials comprise black and white prints of various sizes. Also includes some negatives and contacts sheets.
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Terms of access:

Copyright has not been assigned to the Labor Archives and Research Center. All requests for permission to publish or quote from materials must be submitted in writing to the Director of the Archives. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Labor Archives and 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 by the reader.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Union Women's Alliance to Gain Equality (Union WAGE) Photograph Collection, larc.pho.0007, Labor Archives and Research Center, San Francisco State University.

Location of this collection:
J. Paul Leonard Library, Room 460
1630 Holloway Ave
San Francisco, CA 94132-1722, US
Contact:
(415) 405-5549
specialcollections@sfsu.edu
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