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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 41 Collections and/or Records:

Dr. Barbara E. Nailler Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4563
Overview

Dr. Barbara Elaine Nailler is a feminist activist and a former professor of education at Fairmont State University (FSU) known for her work with the West Virginia National Organization for Women (WVNOW) and Morgantown National Organization for Women (MNOW). The papers in this collection are related to her time with WVNOW and MNOW between 1977 and 1989 and include a framed poster signed by popular figures in the feminist movement of the 1970s.

Dates: 1977-2021; Majority of material found within 1977-1989

Dr. Lillian Waugh, Professor, Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4518
Overview Lillian Jane Waugh was born in Lewistown, Maine, on 1941 June 1, and passed away in Morgantown, West Virginia, on October 8th, 2018. She was an instrumental cofounder for the Morgantown chapter of the National Organization for Women (NOW), serving as an officer, and contributing decades of advocacy for the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA). This collection contains personal family photographs, correspondence, and research about Waugh keeping her surname after marriage. Protest and activism...
Dates: 1884-2018 and undated; Majority of material found within 1960-2017

Dr. Mary Wimmer Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4595
Overview

Dr. Mary Wimmer is a retired biochemist and an environmental and feminist activist. This collection contains materials collected by Dr. Mary Wimmer during her time as a member of the National Organization for Women (NOW).

Dates: 1980-1984 and undated

Feminism and Women's Advocacy Collection

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4668
Overview

The collection contains a compilation of materials related to feminism and donated to the West Virginia and Regional History Center (WVRHC). It includes material from the West Virginia University (WVU) Female Equality Movement (FEM), March for Women's Equality and Women's Lives on 1989 April 09 in Washington, D.C., Marshall University's Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Gender in Appalachia, as well as two oral history intervies of Mildred Fizer and Shefa Nola Benoit.

Dates: 1989-2022 and undated

Gail Falk, Lawyer, Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4567
Overview Gail Falk is a lawyer most known for her work as a lawyer with the United Mine Workers of America and for her contributions to the Equal Rights Amendment.This collection contains materials collected and created by Gail Falk during her time working as a lawyer in West Virginia. It includes materials from her work with abortion litigation, the founding of the Women’s Health Center in Charleston, cases related to married women keeping their maiden name after marriage, the Equal Rights Amendment...
Dates: 1926-1982 and undated; Majority of material found within 1970-1982

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 understanding 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

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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: circa 1920s, 1950-2023 and undated; Majority of material found within 1965-1998

Libby Lindsay Dingess Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4569
Scope and Contents This collection includes materials pertaining to Libby Lindsay Dingess’s work as a coal miner and union activist. It includes 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 newspapers on coal mining strikes from the late 1980s to...
Dates: 1957-2022 and undated

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