Box 4
Container
Contains 31 Results:
Sex Equity, 1980-1989
File — Box: 4, Folder: 11
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
These papers document the fight for Title IX, a federal civil right that prohibits sex discrimination in education. Also included is the fight against sexism in the classroom, which was preventing girls from participating in math at an equal rate as boys, as well as insurance discrimination against women. There is some information and correspondence regarding the Civil Rights Act of 1984. There are also lesson plans and other materials for teachers to utilize in the classroom to encourage...
Dates:
1980-1989
Gender Gap, 1983-1984
File — Box: 4, Folder: 12
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
This subseries includes articles, notes, and letters regarding the gender pay gap, including information about a Sunkist Boycott based on the belief that the company’s pay, hiring, and promotional practices were sexist. These papers also address Proposition E for the City of San Francisco, and arguments for and against the proposition, from the Gazette Telegraph, Sacramento Bee, San Francisco Chronicle, the Chronicle of Higher Education, and Business Week. Proposition E, which NOW members...
Dates:
1983-1984
Pay Equity, 1980-1985
File — Box: 4, Folder: 13
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
This subseries includes articles, notes, and letters regarding the gender pay gap, including information about a Sunkist Boycott based on the belief that the company’s pay, hiring, and promotional practices were sexist. These papers also address Proposition E for the City of San Francisco, and arguments for and against the proposition, from the Gazette Telegraph, Sacramento Bee, San Francisco Chronicle, the Chronicle of Higher Education, and Business Week. Proposition E, which NOW members...
Dates:
1980-1985
Sunkist boycott, 1985
File — Box: 4, Folder: 14
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
This subseries includes articles, notes, and letters regarding the gender pay gap, including information about a Sunkist Boycott based on the belief that the company’s pay, hiring, and promotional practices were sexist. These papers also address Proposition E for the City of San Francisco, and arguments for and against the proposition, from the Gazette Telegraph, Sacramento Bee, San Francisco Chronicle, the Chronicle of Higher Education, and Business Week. Proposition E, which NOW members...
Dates:
1985
Electoral Politics: What NOW Can / Cannot Do, n.d.
File — Box: 4, Folder: 15
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Miles collected a number of documents related to voter registration, specifically of women and minorities, to help NOW members with their activism mostly during the 1984 elections. This subseries includes a Guide to Voter Registration in California, a guide for registering college students, master copies of petitions about the gender gap, war, and reproductive rights, and a California NOW action kit for voter registration. There are also documents about how NOW members can keep their...
Dates:
n.d.
Get-Out-The-Vote (GOTV), 1984
File — Box: 4, Folder: 16
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Miles collected a number of documents related to voter registration, specifically of women and minorities, to help NOW members with their activism mostly during the 1984 elections. This subseries includes a Guide to Voter Registration in California, a guide for registering college students, master copies of petitions about the gender gap, war, and reproductive rights, and a California NOW action kit for voter registration. There are also documents about how NOW members can keep their...
Dates:
1984
Voter Regis., 1984, n.d. [1984-1987]
File — Box: 4, Folder: 17
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Miles collected a number of documents related to voter registration, specifically of women and minorities, to help NOW members with their activism mostly during the 1984 elections. This subseries includes a Guide to Voter Registration in California, a guide for registering college students, master copies of petitions about the gender gap, war, and reproductive rights, and a California NOW action kit for voter registration. There are also documents about how NOW members can keep their...
Dates:
1984, n.d. [1984-1987]
Articles and handouts, Menstrual extraction, 1989, 1991
File — Box: 4, Folder: 18
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Shireen Miles worked extensively on abortion rights for women. These papers include legal and political papers related to a suit against St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company, who were accused of manipulating insurance rates to the detriment of abortion providers. These papers also include information on menstrual extraction (at-home abortion) from The Los Angeles Times, the Daily News [a former Los Angeles-area paper], and American Medical News. Parental veto of abortion and...
Dates:
1989, 1991
NOW LDEF A Guide to Parental Notification and Consent Laws, July 1990
File — Box: 4, Folder: 19
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Shireen Miles worked extensively on abortion rights for women. These papers include legal and political papers related to a suit against St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company, who were accused of manipulating insurance rates to the detriment of abortion providers. These papers also include information on menstrual extraction (at-home abortion) from The Los Angeles Times, the Daily News [a former Los Angeles-area paper], and American Medical News. Parental veto of abortion and...
Dates:
July 1990
Parental Veto, 1986
File — Box: 4, Folder: 20
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Shireen Miles worked extensively on abortion rights for women. These papers include legal and political papers related to a suit against St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company, who were accused of manipulating insurance rates to the detriment of abortion providers. These papers also include information on menstrual extraction (at-home abortion) from The Los Angeles Times, the Daily News [a former Los Angeles-area paper], and American Medical News. Parental veto of abortion and...
Dates:
1986