Women's Liberation Collection, 1959-2006
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Sophia Smith Collection Smith CollegeNorthampton, MA
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Women's Liberation Collection
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Scope and Contents of the Collection The Women's Liberation Collection documents the emergence, evolution, impact, and decline of the women's liberation movement and the contributions of some of the major personalities associated with it during the period 1966 to 1977. Material generated by the women's liberation movement includes bibliographies, book reviews, books, brochures, bumper stickers, audiotapes, catalogs, comic books, conference programs, correspondence, directories, leaflets, minutes, newsletters [see also Periodicals Collection], newspaper clippings, pamphlets, photographs, position papers, posters, publicity, questionnaires, reports, resolutions, songbooks, and speeches. Campaign poster for Massachusetts primary, Shirley Chisholm for President, 1972 Individuals represented in the collection include Ti-Grace Atkinson, Shulamith Firestone, Betty Friedan, Germaine Greer, Kate Millett, Robin Morgan and Gloria Steinem. These individuals' files consist primarily of biographical information, newspapers clippings, and published writings, though a few also contain speeches and photographs. National organizations, such as the National Organization for Women are represented; as are local women's groups such as New York City's Redstockings and Berkeley's Women's History Research Library. Feminist groups associated with the Five Colleges and the Pioneer Valley are also well-represented in the collection. Additional material includes published material and ephemera relating to a variety of issues that concerned feminists in the 1960s and 1970s. These cover the spectrum from anti-feminism to men's liberation to spirituality. Some of the more unique material includes both pornographic and anti-pornographic comic books; and "Consumer products" such as catalogs that document the wide array of t-shirts, bumper stickers, jewelry, buttons, postcards, and posters marketed to feminists. The collection also contains a large number of newspaper clippings from prominent mainstream publications such as the New York Times, Newsweek, Redbook, and Time Magazine documenting both unsympathetic cultural responses to women's liberation and the dramatic cultural shifts ushered in by feminists during their heyday in the 1970s.
Feminist Press -- History--Sources
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Feminism in literature--History--20th century--Sources
Feminism--History--20th century--Sources
Lesbian feminism--History--Sources
Feminism--Massachusetts--History--20th century--Sources
Feminists--United States--History--20th century--Sources
Women in mass media--United States--History--20th century--Sources
Women's studies--History--20th century--Sources
Atkinson, Ti-Grace
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Firestone, Shulamith
Friedan, Betty
Greer, Germaine, 1939-
Millett, Kate
Morgan, Robin
Steinem, Gloria.
National Organization for Women--History--Sources
Sophia Smith Collection
INTERNATIONAL
Contents
General clippings, 1970-75
Arab countries, 1971-73, n.d.
Asia, 1970-75, n.d.
Australia and New Zealand, 1977-85
Canada, 1971-80, n.d.
China, 1970-72
Cuba, 1970
England, 1970-80
Europe, 1970-73
France, 1970-76
Germany, 1970-77
Ireland, 1971, n.d.
Israel, 1971-78
Mexico, 1974
Soviet Union, 1970-78
Miscellaneous countries, 1971-74
UNITED STATES
General articles and reprints: A-Z, 1969-74, n.d.
Bibliographies
General, n.d.
Articles, n.d.
Periodicals, 1970-79
Sophia Smith Collection, 1979-70
Bookstores and dealers, n.d.
Feminist Book Mart, 1974-76
Biography
Atkinson, Ti-Grace, 1968-74
Firestone, Shulamith: Airless Spaces (1998)
Friedan, Betty, 1963-81
Greer, Germaine, 1971
Millett, Kate, 1970-71
Morgan, Robin, 1971-72
Steinem, Gloria, 1969-82
Miscellaneous women, 1975, 1980
Newspaper clippings
General, 1970s, n.d.
Holyoke Transcript column, 1970-74
The Militant, 1970-71
Western Massachusetts newspaper columns on and for women, n.d.
Catalogues
The Whole Women Catalog, 1971
Women's Catalog, n.d.
Directories
Multi-service women's centers in New England, 1980, n.d.
Mushroom Effect, 1970-71
Women's Action Alliance Directory, 1973
Women's Centers: Where Are They?, 1974-79
The Women's List, 1984
Guides
The People's Yellow Pages, 1971
The Women's Guide to Amherst-Northampton, 1973
Women's Resource Guide, 1979
Women's Resource Guide to Ithaca, 1976
Women's Yellow Pages, 1974-78
State organizations
Alaska
Arkansas
California
American Friends Service Committee Women's Newsletter, 1974
Berkeley Women's Center, 1978
Berkeley/Oakland Women's Union Newsletter, 1974-75
Isla Vista Women's Center, 1975
Los Angeles Women's Center, 1970-72, n.d.
San Diego Women's Center, 1971
San Francisco People's Press
The Woman's Street Theatre
San Francisco Women's Switchboard and Women's Center
San Francisco Survival Manual United States, 1978, 1983, n.d.
The Women's Building of the Bay Area: newsletter
San Jose Women's Center, 1974-76
Santa Cruz Women's Center, 1973
Stanford Women's Center, 1972-78
Colorado
Boulder County Women's Resource Center, 1975
University of Boulder, n.d.
Connecticut
Bristol: Connecticut Woman, 1973
Hartford: Women's Lib Newsletter and Women's Voice, 1971-74
New Haven: Women's Lib Newsletter and Sister, 1969-75
Norwalk: Women's Lib Center, 1972-73
Storrs: University of Connecticut: Women's Center Information and paper, Atlanta, 1973-78
Waterbury Area Women's Center, Inc. and ON OUR WAY, 1974-75
District of Columbia
D.C. Area Feminist Alliance, 1978-79
Area Women's Center
The Georgetown Voice Magazine, 1972
Liberation Newsletter, 1971
Washington Women's Liberation, n.d.
Florida
Florida International University: Institute for Women, 1973, n.d.
Georgia
Atalanta, (Atlanta) 1977
Illinois
Chicago
The Women's Forum Clearinghouse: International Newsletter, 1976
Chicago Women's Liberation Union, 1973
Evanston Women's Liberation Center, 1977
Illinois Women's Agenda, 1977
Illinois Women's Advocate, n.d. (both Mid-West Women's Center publications)
New University Conference, 1970-71
Indiana
Bloomington Women's Liberation, 1970-71
Louisiana
New Orleans: Southern Female Rights Union, n.d.
Maine
Maine Women's Newsletter, 1974
Massachusetts
Amherst Women's Liberation (includes transcript of Pat Sackrey lecture, 1976): 1970-72
Athol Women's Center, 1975-77
Berkshires: Women's Liberation Newsletter, 1972-75 and Berkshire Women's News, 1987
Cambridge
Cambridge Women's Center, 1973
Cambridge Women's Center newsletter, On Our Way, 1971-75
Women's Liberation Newsletter, 1969-70
Cape Cod: Women's Liberation Newsletter, 1972
Fall River: Bristol Community College: The Women's Center, 1974
Franklin County Women's Coalition Journal, 1974
Montachusett Women's Center, 1975
New Bedford Women's Center, 1977, 1985-86
North Adams: Women's Center, 1975
Northampton: Common Womon Club, 1977-88
North Shore: Essecondsex (newsletter), 1971-73
Pittsfield: Arachne's Loom, 1984
South Shore: Woman's Day, 1975
Springfield: Women's Center Newsletter, 1972-75
Worcester
Women's Press: UP Under, 1972-7
Worcester Connection, 1984
Colleges and Universities
Greenfield Community College: Community Women's Center, 1972-75
Hampshire College: Women's Center News, 1988
Middlesex Community College: Women's Opportunity Research Center, 1976, n.d.
Mount Holyoke College: Mount Holyoke Women's Center, 1978
North Dartmouth: Southeast Massachusetts University Women's Center, 1973, n.d.
Smith College
Women's Liberation Newsletter, 1970-71
Women's Resource Center, 1979
Women's Resource Center Newsletter, 1975-82
University of Massachusetts
Newsletters, general, 1970-73
Newsletters, UMass Boston, 1977-78
Michigan
Kalamazoo Women's Center: directory, 1974
University of Michigan
Center for Continuing Education Newsletter, 1970-73
The Feminine Mistake, 1970-71
Northern Michigan University Women's Center, 1975-76
Minnesota
Women's Center, 1974-75
Twin Cities Women's Union, 1974-75
Missouri
Kansas City Women's Liberation, 1970, n.d.
New Hampshire
Littleton Women's Center, n.d.
Sisters, 1973, n.d.
New Jersey
Rutger's Women's Caucus Newsletter, 1973
UPSALA College and YWCA Newsletter, 1974-75
New York
Barnard College Women's Center, 1972-79
Brooklyn Bridge, 1971-72
Brooklyn: Union Center for Women, 1974-83
Bronx Women's Center, 1983
Buffalo Women's Center, 1973-74
The Feminists, 1970
Fighting Woman News, 1978
A History of the City Federation of Women's Organizations of Ithaca, NY, 1910-1969, and the Women's Community Building, 1969
Long Island Women's Liberation, 1969-70
Redstockings, n.d.
Rochester: The Founding of Alternatives for Battered Women, 1976-1977
Syracuse: Women's Information Center Newsletter, 1973-79, n.d.
W.I.T.C.H., n.d.
Women's Liberation Center of New York, 1972-73
Ohio
Dayton Women's Center: newsletter and directory, 1974-75
Ohio State University: Women Are Human, 1973
Pennsylvania
Bucks County Women's Caucus, 1973-74
Harrisburg Women's Center
Philadelphia Women's Liberation Center, n.d.
Pittsburgh Women's Center, 1972
Women's Resource Center: reading, 1981
Tennesee
Nashville Women's Alliance, 1980
Texas
SMU Women's Center, 1974-75
Amarillo, 1978
Utah: Rocky Mountain Woman, 1977
Washington
Seattle Lesbian Feminist, 1981-82
Seattle Radical Woman, 1970-75
Wisconsin: Milwaukee, 1975
Miscellaneous, 1971-84
National organizations
National Organization for Women
By-laws, statements of purpose, and letters to officials, 1966
Communications to members, 1967-80
Correspondence, blanks, etc., 1970-74
Memoranda, 1973, n.d.
National Conferences
Washington, DC, 1967
Atlanta, GA, 1968
Chicago, IL, 1970
Los Angeles, CA, 1971
Washington, DC, 1973, 1978
Clippings, printed material, memorabilia, 1968-80, n.d.
How It Began, by Betty Friedan and The First Five Years, 1966-73
Majority Caucus, 1975
Newspaper and magazine articles
Press releases, 1966-78
Reports of the president, committees, and workshops, 1966-77
Task forces
Business and Industry Compliance and Enforcement, 1971-73
Compliance and Enforcement, 1973-75
Finance and Credit, 1973-75, n.d.
Legal and Political Rights, 1975, n.d.
Image of Women in Media and Public Relations, 1971-75
Marriage, Divorce and Family Relations, 1973-75
Miscellaneous, 1967-75
N.O.W. local chapter directory, 1980
State chapters
General, 1969-73
Los Angeles, 1973-78
Pomona Valley, 1977
San Diego, 1975-78
Florida, 1973-75
Georgia, 1973
Illinois, 1972-73
Louisiana, 1973-74
Maryland, 1976, 1982-83
General, 1980
Springfield, 1975-83
Michigan, 1971
Nebraska, 1979
Nevada, 1979
Middlesex County, 1978-79
Northern New Jersey, 1971-72, 1980
New Mexico, 1970-73
Pennsylvania: Pittsburgh, 1970-71
Rhode Island, 1973-74
Tennessee, 1974
Texas, 1971
West Virginia, 1981
Wisconsin, 1970-72
Presses and publishers
Presses, general, 1970-78, n.d.
The Feminist Press, 1972-83
Helaine Victoria Press, 1980-83
Know, Inc., 1971-74, n.d.
Know Publications Lists, 1971-76
Know - Tuning Into the Women's Movement, n.d.
Gabrielle Burton, I'm Running Away (Know, Inc., 1972)
Women's History Research Center Library, 1971-75, n.d.
Pamphlets and position papers
New York Radical Women, notes, 1968-71
Notes on women's liberation: news and letters, 1970
Pamphlets, 1968-87
Position papers, 1969-74, n.d.
Subjects
Anti-feminism Game, 1976
Assertiveness training, n.d.
Anti-feminist, 1969-73
Book reviews, 1969-73
Cartoons, humor, n.d.
Conferences
Clippings, 1970-71
General, 1970-82
Northeast
Cornell Conference on Women, Jan 1969
Smith College Symposium on Women's Role in Society, Feb 1970
University of Massachusetts Women's Conference, 1975
University of Pittsburgh Symposium on Feminism, 1970
International
General, 1975
International Feminist Planning Council, Jun 1973
International Tribunal on Crimes Against Women, 1975-76
Consciousness training, 1970-75, n.d.
Consumer products: buttons, bumper stickers, and other memorabilia, 1971-77, n.d.
Divisiveness in the movement, 1970-74
International Women's Day, 1959-75
Language, 1971-81
Maiden name controversy, 1970-73
Media
Image of women in television, 1972-74
Women and the media, 1970-80, n.d.
Radio documentary, 1973
Men's liberation
Clippings and paper, 1970-72
Articles and writings, 1970-73
Men's Studies: bibliography , 1977, n.d.
Misandry and misogyny, 1969-72
Music, 1993
Music: "The Together Sound book," 1977
Older Women's Liberation, n.d.
Political action, 1972, n.d.
Pornography
General, 1971-2006
Comic books, n.d.
Protest actions
General, 1971-79, n.d.
Women Take Back the Night, 1978
Public opinion polls, 1970-72
Public speaking and speakers, 1970
Revolution, 1969-75, n.d.
Self Defense, 1975
[see also Books in box 26]
Sexism
General, 1970-79
Advertising, 1970-89
Beauty contests, 1971-72
Children's literature, 1970-75
Children's television, 1972, n.d.
Toys, 1971-72
Songs, 1971, n.d.
Speeches: Rossi Marlene Dixon, Germaine Bree, Betty Friedan, Ti-Grace Atkinson (audio tape), 1969-72
Spirituality
Young women, 1969-73
OVERSIZE MATERIALS
Harrisburg [Pennsylvania] Area Women's Newsletter, Jun 1976 - Jun 1982 (incomplete)
Cartoon from "Puck": At the Emancipated Women's Club, 1896
Books
Earth Rites: Vol. 2: Rituals, Sherry Mestes, Ed., 1978
Feminist Wicca: Catalog, 1979
The Holy Book of Women's Mysteries by Zsuzsanna E. Budapest, 1979
In Defense of Ourselves by Linda T. Sanford and Ann Felter, 1979
Self-Defense: Instructor and Participant Guide by Linda Sattem, 1976
Womancraft: The Conscious Development of Psychic Skills We All Possess by Diane Mariechild, 1976
Posters
Posters for Pioneer Valley and Five College women's events, 1970-82, n.d.
"100 Simple Things You Can Do To End PATRIARCHY," 1991
Mounted poster of Cartoon: "Occupation? Woman," n.d.
Miscellaneous posters, circa 1970-71, n.d.
BOOKS ON SHELF
Gender Advertisements by Irving Goffman, 1979
The New Woman's Survival Catalog: A Woman-made Book by Susan Rennie and Kriten Grimstad, 1973
I'm Running Away From Home But I'm Not Allowed to Cross the Street by Gabrielle Burton, 1972
The Philosophy of Misogyny: Power, Myth and Silence in the U.S. During the 1950's by Linda Nelson, 1983
Women at Work: An Annotated Bibliogrpahy by Mei Liang Bickner, 1974
Woman Power: The Movement for Women's Liberation by Cellestine Ware, 1970
Everything Men Know About Women by Dr. Alan Francis, MD, n.d.
Unbecoming Men by Mike Bradley et al., 1971
Sisterhood is Powerful edited by Robin Morgan, 1970
Sisterhood is Forever edited by Ruth Morgan, 2003
The PMS Conspiracy by Felicity Artemis Flowers, 1986
Women's Liberation and Revolution by Sheila Rowbothem, 1972
Channeling Children: Women on Words and Images1975
Jenuneit Revolutions by Redstockings, 1975
50-50 Gender Balance: Why We Have to "Get It" and Get It Now! by Angela Z. Allen, 2009
Guidelines to Feminist Consciousness Raising by Harriet Perl and Gay Abarbanell, 1979