Object number:
H97.23.11
Object name:
newsletter
Title:
NOW, Newsletter, Vol. 2, No. 9, Sept. 1971
Date made:
September 1971
Material / Technique:
paper ~ gray | print ~ black | staple
Dimensions:
W: 8.5 in
Credit line:
Gift of Diana Thatcher
Copyright status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Physical description:
Five pages on 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. 9, September 1971 - (Berkeley, California), editor: Lynn Maffly. Includes Chapter News: Articles about the NOW National Convention held in August 1971 in Los Angeles over labor day weekend by Marijean Suelzle, "From a New Board Member" by Tish Sommers, on "The Tyranny of Textbooks," by Pat McCormick, August Meeting Notes, and a report from the "Media Image of Women Committee" by Roberta Debono; "Job Discrimination Suit Against the Oakland Police Department," and the final article in a 3-part series called "The Union Woman" by Lynn Maffly. Also includes a quote from Aileen Hernandez from the NOW National Convention.Quote at bottom of first page of newsletter: "Equality for women in truly equal partnership with men.
Concepts:
convention; women's issues; Civil Rights Act; feminism; gender bias; job discrimination; women's rights; Equal Rights Amendment; labor unions
Places:
Los Angeles, California; Berkeley, CA
Persons:
Lynn Maffly; Diana Thatcher; Marijean Suelzle; Roberta Debono; Tish Sommers; Pat McCormick
Organizations:
Berkeley Chapter National Organization for Women; Oakland Police Department; National Organization for Women
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