West Virginia Feminist Activist Collection
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: This subject heading serves to unite all of the collections held by WVU that pertain to this special collecting effort.
Found in 36 Collections and/or Records:
Denise Giardina, Author, Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3740
Scope and Contents
Papers of Appalachian author Denise Giardina, whose 1987 novel Storming Heaven received the W. D. Weatherford Award, and 1992 novel The Unquiet Earth received the American Book Award and the Lillian Smith Book Award for fiction. The collection includes research notebooks and draft manuscripts of her historical novels Good King Harry, Storming Heaven, The Unquiet...
Dates:
circa 1900-2016
Gail Falk, Lawyer, Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4567
Scope and Contents
Records relating to the ratification of the ERA, women's right to keep their name, abortion rights legislative and advocacy work, women and the law, the founding of the Women's Health Center of WV in Charleston, a sex discrimination lawsuit against the WV State Police, and correspondence.
Dates:
circa 1970s
Homophile Awareness League of West Virginia University, Constitution
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 5257
Scope and Contents
Three page, typed constitution document of the Homophile Awareness League of West Virginia University. Purposes of the organization include reducing and eliminating prejudice and discrimination and promoting awareness and understading of the LGBTQ+ community (terminology used in the document is "homosexual"), providing opportunities for meaningful social interaction for members of this community, and more. The date has been inferred based on the provenance of the item, in the absence of...
Dates:
ca. 1975-1981
Janet Robbins, Professor, Papers regarding Conferences on Women in the Arts at West Virginia University
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4516
Scope and Contents
Programs, correspondence, flyers, and other materials related to the 1993 7th Annual JoAnne and Charles Dickinson Symposium "Changing Compositions: Women, Gender, and the Arts" and the 2004 national conference "Women and Creativity: Examining the Past, Composing the Future." Also includes an autographed letter and a note from Libby Larsen, keynote presenter at the latter conference.
Dates:
1993-2004
Judith Stitzel Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 5039
Scope and Contents
These records document the professional life of Judith Gold Stitzel, professor of English and Women's Studies at West Virginia University. They include materials relative to her own education, her career at West Virginia University, her public and professional service, her publications and speeches, and her many awards and honors. These papers also detail the development of Women's Studies as part of the curriculum at West Virginia University. The collection includes extensive...
Dates:
ca. 1920s, 1950-2013 and undated; Majority of material found within 1965-1998
Libby Lindsay Dingess Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4569
Scope and Contents
Newspaper clippings, papers and other materials from various coal mining operations, as well as various materials from the Coal Employment Project and the United Mine Workers of America union. Other materials include papers on employment equality, newsletters from the Coal Mining Women's Support Team News, and coal mining strikes in the late 1980s to early 1990s. Also included in the collection are stickers and pins relating to coal mining and various coal mining conferences throughout the...
Dates:
circa 1970s-2020
Lillian Waugh, Professor, Papers and Artifacts
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4518
Scope and Contents
Papers, photographs, binders, artifacts, and newspapers belonging to Lillian Waugh, professor of Women's Studies at WVU and gender equality activist. This collection contains personal family photographs, correspondence, and research about Waugh keeping her surname after marriage. Protest and activism papers, photographs, and artifacts include assorted materials related to Waugh's involvement in the National Organization for Women (NOW), the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) campaign, gender...
Dates:
1884-2021; Majority of material found within 1960-2018
Linda Cooper, Environmentalist, Records of Citizens for Responsible Wind Power
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3623
Overview
Records of Citizens for Responsible Wind Power (CRWP), an environmental advocacy group in West Virginia, collected and created by Linda Cooper, a member. Includes minutes, correspondence, reports, and legal documents. Boxes 1-2 regard a wind farm project in Grant County involving NedPower, a wind turbine company; boxes 3-5 regard the Beech Ridge wind farm project in Greenbrier County; boxes 6-7 regard work of CRWP with the West Virginia Public Power Commission to create wind turbine siting...
Dates:
1999-2008
Lisa Diehl Papers
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4510
Scope and Contents
This collection includes materials pertaining to Lisa Diehl, an advocate for women on issues related to nontraditional employment, economic self-sufficiency, and non-discrimination. She was a carpenter's apprentice in the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, 1977-1983. From 1983-1985 she worked for West Virginia Citizen Action. From 1985-1999, she worked for the Center for Economic Options in Charleston, WV. In 2000, she founded and later served as a board member for West...
Dates:
1976-2005; Majority of material found within 1982-1999
Lorraine Momen -- A Victim, not a Criminal
Pamphlet
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4541
Scope and Contents
Lorraine Momen was charged with first degree murder of her husband, Wayman. This pamphlet was created in response, arguing that she had killed Wayman Momen in self-defense. This pamphlet was printed by a group of Morgantown residents who voiced concerns about the charge against Lorraine Momen and the impact of domestic violence against women on a national scale.
Dates:
circa 1982