National Organization for Women San Joaquin County Chapter Archives, 1972-2020

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Summary

Title:
National Organization for Women San Joaquin County Chapter archives
Dates:
1972-2020
Creators:
National Organization for Women San Joaquin County Chapter
Abstract:
The papers of the San Joaquin County of California Chapter of NOW. Including clippings, correspondence, reports, newsletters, promotional material, and ephemera.
Extent:
1 linear foot
Language:
Languages represented in the collection: English
Preferred citation:

National Organization for Women San Joaquin County Chapter archives. MSS 347. Holt-Atherton Department of Special Collections, University of the Pacific Library.

Background

Scope and content:

The papers of the San Joaquin County of California Chapter of NOW. Including clippings, correspondence, reports, newsletters, promotional material, and ephemera.

Biographical / historical:

Taken from the NOW Origins brochure, "The National Organization for Women (NOW) was born June 30, 1966 out of the fury and frustration of 28 women attending the Third National Conference of Commissions on the Status of Women in Washington, D. C." At the conference, "delegates were prohibited by the Administration's rules for the conference from even passing resolutions recommending that the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) enforce its legal mandate to end sex discrimination." NOW is a civil rights organization dedicated to achieving full equality for women. The organization's first statement of purpose was, "To take action to bring women into full participation in the mainstream of American society now, assuming all the privileges and responsibilities thereof in fully equal partnership with men."

Currently NOW chapters focus on six priority issues including reproductive rights, ending sex discrimination/constitutional equality, promoting diversity and ending racism, economic justice, stopping violence against women, and LGBTQIA rights. This collection is comprised of the San Joaquin County of California Chapter that became a chartered member of NOW May 2, 1972.

Arrangement:

Collection is organized in original order of creator.

Physical location:
For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the library's online catalog.
Rules or conventions:
Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Nicole Grady Mountjoy
Date Prepared:
© 2013
Date Encoded:
Machine-readable finding aid created by Nicole Grady Mountjoy. Date of source: February 9, 2022.

Access and use

Restrictions:

Collection open for research.

Terms of access:

Permission for publication is given on behalf of Special Collections 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 researcher.

Preferred citation:

National Organization for Women San Joaquin County Chapter archives. MSS 347. Holt-Atherton Department of Special Collections, University of the Pacific Library.

Location of this collection:
University of the Pacific, Holt-Atherton Department of Special Collections, University Library
Stockton, CA 95211, US
Contact:
(209) 946-2404
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