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 2 Collections and/or Records:
National Organization for Women, West Virginia and Morgantown Chapters, Records
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3247
Overview
This collection contains materials collected and created by the West Virginia National Organization for Women (WVNOW) and Morgantown National Organization for Women (MNOW). It includes materials from the parent organization, the National Organization for Women, as well as related feminist organizations. Prominent topics covered include abortion, the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), and discrimination. There are also records of efforts to lobby the state legislature on behalf of women, as well...
Dates:
1966-2008, and undated; Majority of material found within 1970-1990
West Virginia University, Women's Studies Center, Women's Centenary, Records
Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3376
Overview
This collection contains materials collected or created by the WVU Center for Women's Studies (CWS) in preparation for the Women's Centenary between 1989 and 1991. It mostly consists of research on early women students at WVU as well as planning materials for events to commemorate the Women's Centenary.
Dates:
1849-2000 and undated; Majority of material found within 1890-1992