Women At Work records, 1978-2014

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Summary

Creators:
Women at Work (Organization : Pasadena, Calif.)
Abstract:
The Women at Work records, 1978-2014, document the founding, and programmatic and fundraising activities of this social service non-profit agency. Women at Work was founded in 1979 as the Women's Public Policy Research Center (WPRCC) to study issues surrounding women in the labor force. In 1980, the name was changed to "Women at Work". The founding members, Barbara Burke, Marge Leighton, and Betty Ann Jansson, served as co-executive directors of the organization, which is headquartered in Pasadena. The organization's mission is to empower women by helping them reach their full employment and earnings potential.
Extent:
27.81 Linear Feet 40 boxes
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Box/folder no. or item name], Women at Work records, Collection no. 0471, California Social Welfare Archives, Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California

Background

Scope and content:

The Women at Work records consist of reports, meeting minutes and agendas, memorandums, correspondence, publications, brochures, newsletters, clippings, financial records, and printed ephemera, 1978-2014, detailing the programmatic and fundraising activities of this social service non-profit agency.

Biographical / historical:

Women at Work was founded in 1979 as the Women's Public Policy Research Center (WPRCC) to study issues surrounding women in the labor force. In 1980, the name was changed to "Women at Work". The founding members, Barbara Burke, Marge Leighton, and Betty Ann Jansson, served as co-executive directors of the organization, which is headquartered in Pasadena. The organization's mission is to empower women by helping them reach their full employment and earnings potential. With the economic downturn in 2008, WAW also began providing services for men. Today, their concentration is helping women search for careers using the online environment and helping women over 50 find employment, in addition to assistance in finding careers in non-traditional fields of employment.

Acquisition information:
Gift of Betty Ann Jansson.
Processing information:

The Women at Work records consists of three accessions--two from Betty Ann Jansson and one from Marge Leighton. Ms. Leighton's files have been segregated from the bulk of the records in order to maintain their original order; as a result there is duplication, primarily with regard to Board of Directors meetings. Ms. Leighton's files contain many handwritten notes, and thus provide additional context to the bulk of the records.

Arrangement:

The records are organized into 11 series: 1. Board records; 2. Marge Leighton papers; 3. Projects; 4. Funding requests; 5. Publications; 6. Working files; 7. Events; 8. Social Services Information File; 9. Press; 10. Financial records; 11. Realia

Within each series, records are generally arranged either chronologically or alphabetically.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE. Advance notice required for access.

Terms of access:

The use of archival materials for on-site research does not constitute permission from the California Social Welfare Archives to publish them. Copyright has not been assigned to the California Social Welfare Archives, and the researcher is instructed to obtain permission to quote from or publish manuscripts in the CSWA's collections from the copyright holder.

Preferred citation:

[Box/folder no. or item name], Women at Work records, Collection no. 0471, California Social Welfare Archives, Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California

Location of this collection:
Special Collections
Doheny Memorial Library, Room 209
Los Angeles, CA 90089-0411, US
Contact:
(213) 740-5900
specol@usc.edu
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