Women's history, suffrage, and equal rights collection, circa 1904-1972, bulk circa 1971-1972

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Summary

Title:
Women's history, suffrage, and equal rights collection
Dates:
circa 1904-1972, bulk circa 1971-1972
Abstract:
This collection contains pamphlets, newsletters, and feminist publications, including Women's World and Redstockings, documenting radical feminism in the 1970s. The collection also includes miscellaneous ephemera related to women's suffrage and equal rights from the early 20th century.
Extent:
0.21 linear feet (1 half-size document box)
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Identification of Item], Women's history, suffrage, and equal rights collection, Mss 371. Department of Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection contains pamphlets, newsletters, and feminist publications including Women's World and Redstockings, documenting radical feminism in the 1970s.

Pamphlets and newsletters include material by the Red Women's Detachment and the Marxist-Leninist Party on class war, women's defense, marriage, children, and family and the sexual exploitation of women, as well as a pamphlet by Christian Crusade Publications on women's liberation, the ERA, and communism.

The collection also includes miscellaneous ephemera related to women's suffrage and equal rights from the early 20th century, including plank literature for suffrage from Carrie Chapman Catt, a pamphlet by birth control leader Mary Ware Dennett, a variety of letters related to equal rights and equal pay, and a Women's Clubs of California directory for 1904-1905.

Acquisition information:
Library purchase, 2018.
Physical location:
Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Finding aid prepared by Zachary Liebhaber, 2019.
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2020-01-09 16:10:20 -0800 .

Access and use

Restrictions:

The collection is open for research.

Terms of access:

Copyright has not been assigned to the Department of Special Collections, UCSB. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Department of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of Item], Women's history, suffrage, and equal rights collection, Mss 371. Department of Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Location of this collection:
UC Santa Barbara Library
Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9010, US
Contact:
(805) 893-3062
special@library.ucsb.edu
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