NOW Newsletter, Vol. 2, No. 6, June 1971

Object number:

H97.23.8

Object name:

newsletter

Title:

NOW Newsletter, Vol. 2, No. 6, June 1971

Date made:

June 1971

Material / Technique:

paper ~ gray | print ~ black | staple

Dimensions:

W: 8.5 in

Credit line:

Gift of Diana Thatcher

Physical description:

Seven pages of tan-colored fibrous paper, printed on two sides in black ink, stapled at upper left corner. On rear, address label to Diana Thatcher, Oakland with canceled stamp, sent through the mail folded in half.

Content description:

National Organization For Women, Newsletter, Vol. 2, No. 6, (Berkeley, California) - June 1971, 25 cents. Announcement that Del Martin & Phyllis Lyon of SF Chapter of NOW will speak on subject of Lesbian and human sexuality at general membership meeting on June 30th. Contents include: "Woman's Place is on the City Council," Chapter News: Media Image of Women, Berkeley NOW in Sacramento, Abortion Hearings, Bay Area Info on Academe, Women's Lib Comes to Bar Assoc., Women's Ad-Hoc Abortion Coalition, No Job Security at Security National; State Data on Equal Protection for Men, Status of Women Commission, WEAL coming to California, National News: Nat'l Abortion Coalition, Assoc of Women in Science, NOW View: Representational Democracy, essay: "The Union Woman." Back page has canceled "Woman Suffrage 50th Anniversary" 6 cents postage stamp" with postmark Oakland, CA, Sept. 21, 1970 and mailing label addressed to Diana Thatcher.

Concepts:

Lesbian/Gay Liberation Movement; gender bias; Women in Law; Academia; lesbian/feminist; electoral politics; job discrimination; feminism; Equal Rights Amendment; abortion rights; Civil Rights Act; women's issues; women's rights

Places:

Berkeley, CA

Persons:

Marijean Suelzle; Diana Thatcher; Del Martin; Phyllis Lyon; Babette Chamberlain; Roberta Debono

Organizations:

Women's Equity Action League (WEAL); National Organization for Women; Berkeley Chapter National Organization for Women

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