Collection: National Organization for Women (NOW), New York State Chapter Records, 1961-2011 - M.E. Grenander Department of Special Collections & Archives Search Results

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Legislative Correspondence - Sharon Fawley, 1933 Box 5, Folder 33

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Continuing Education, 1961-1982 Box 2, Folder 35

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Issues Files, 1961-2011 8.4 cubic ft.

The NOW-NYS Issues series contains journal articles, newspaper clippings, legislative and task force memoranda, committee and research reports, newsletters, leaflets and fliers, correspondence with NOW-NYS presidents and testimony at public hearings and legal proceedings. The series also contains posters and announcements of events, state and federal laws and proposed bills relating to discrimination and gender bias in education, labor, politics, abortion, women's health care, birth control issues, domestic relations (1981-1985), the Equal Rights Amendment, lesbian and gay rights, and the greater women's movement.

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National Organization for Women (NOW), New York State Chapter Records, 1961-2011 55.09 cubic ft.

The New York State chapter of NOW aims to bring women into full participation in the mainstream of American society in order to exercise all privileges and responsibilities in an equal partnership with men. Working close with the Senate, political candidates,other women organizations, and community activists, NOW-NYS members work to defend women from inequality.

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