Guide to the Women's history, suffrage, and equal rights collection Mss 371
Finding aid prepared by Zachary Liebhaber, 2019.
UC Santa Barbara Library, Department of Special Research Collections
University of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara 93106-9010
special@library.ucsb.edu
2019 January 2
Title: Women's history, suffrage, and equal rights collection
Identifier/Call Number: Mss 371
Contributing Institution:
UC Santa Barbara Library, Department of Special Research Collections
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
0.21 linear feet
(1 half-size document box)
Date (inclusive): circa 1904-1972
Date (bulk): circa 1971-1972
Abstract: 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.
Physical Location: Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library
Access Restrictions
The collection is open for research.
Use Restrictions
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.
Acquisition Information
Library purchase, 2018.
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.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Feminism -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Women -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Women -- Suffrage -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Women's rights -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Newsletters
Pamphlets
Printed ephemera
Publications (documents)
box 1, folder 1
Newsletters and pamphlets
1971-1972
box 1, folder 3
Redstockings: Feminist Revolution
undated
box 1, folder 4
Miscellaneous ephemera related to women's suffrage and equal rights including plank literature for suffrage from Carrie Chapman
Catt, pamphlet written by birth control leader Mary Ware Dennett, and a variety of letters related to equal rights and equal
pay
undated
box 1, folder 5
Women's Club of California Official Directory for 1904-1905
