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Archives (1972-2020)
MSS 347
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Title: National Organization for Women San Joaquin County
Chapter archives
Dates: 1972-2020
Collection number: MSS 347
Creator:
National Organization for Women
San Joaquin County Chapter
Collection Size:
1 linear foot
Repository:
University of the Pacific. Library. Holt-Atherton Dept. of
Special Collections
Stockton, California 95211
Abstract: The papers of the San Joaquin County of
California Chapter of NOW. Including clippings, correspondence, reports,
newsletters, promotional material, and ephemera.
Physical location: For current information on the location
of these materials, please consult the library's online catalog.
Languages: Languages represented in the collection:
English
Collection open for research.
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.
National Organization for Women San Joaquin County Chapter archives. MSS
347. Holt-Atherton Department of Special Collections, University of the Pacific
Library.
Biography / Administrative History
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.
Scope and Content of Collection
The papers of the San Joaquin County of California Chapter of NOW.
Including clippings, correspondence, reports, newsletters, promotional
material, and ephemera.
Collection is organized in original order of creator.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this
collection in the library's online public access catalog.
National Organization for Women - San
Joaquin County Chapter (Calif.)
Feminism
Feminism - United States
Women's rights - United States
National Organization for
Women
Women's rights
Women - Legal status, laws,
etc.
Discrimination in employment
Sex discrimination
Equality before the law - United States
Stockton (Calif.) - History