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League of Women Voters of Fluvanna County records or LWV of Charlottesville, Virginia, 1981/2015 0.8 Cubic Feet 2 letter-sized document boxes

League of Women Voters of Virginia

This collection comprises records of the League of Women Voters of Fluvanna County, Virginia, and documents the organization's work to protect and expand voting rights. The records include meeting minutes, dues and expense ledgers, newsletters, guidebooks for voting rights, meeting minutes and reports, photographs, buttons, and nametags. A list of members and an official request for League recognition that includes bylaws is also present. The League of Women Voters Fluvanna Chapter (VA-128) was established in 1999 and later merged in 2012 with the League of Women Voters of Charlottesville-Albermarle County (VA-100) under the name League of Women Voters of Charlottesville Area (VA-100). Included in the collection is the documentation of the merger.

  1. University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.

Morgantown Women Working for Peace and Justice Scrapbook, 1991/2003 2.75 Gigabytes 62 digital files

Stitzel, Judith
The Morgantown Women Working for Peace and Justice (MWWPJ), occasionally referred to as the Morgantown Women Working for Peace, was formed in 1991 in response to the United States-led Gulf War in Iraq. This collection consists of 62 digital files containing scans of a scrapbook loaned to the WVRHC by former MWWPJ member Sharon Goodman.
  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center

National Organization for Women, West Virginia and Morgantown Chapters, Records, 1966/2008, bulk 1970/1990 6.17 Linear Feet 6 ft. 2 in. (3 record cartons, 15 in. each); (3 document cases, 2.5 in. each); (3 flat storage boxes, 3 in. each); (1 flat storage box, 4 in.); (1 flat storage box, 1.5 in.); (1 hat box, 7 in.)

National Organization for Women. West Virginia Chapter
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 as papers documenting relations with other civic groups on issues of economics, education, labor, and racism.
  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center

Susan Oberman papers, 1960/2017 7 Cubic Feet 14 document boxes

Oberman, Susan

Susan Oberman papers (1960's-2017, 7 cubic feet) documenting her negotiation practice (Common Ground Negotiation Services, her activism in women's issues in Nassau County, New York (1972-1989) and her support for women, social justice, and race relations in Charlottesville, Virginia (1990-2013). Of interest is information about the history of African American life in Charlottesville including questions about the racial background of Queen Charlotte.

  1. University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.

The Dulles Area Chapter of N.O.W. Collection, 1981-1997 1.88 linear feet

Dulles Area Chapter of N.O.W.
Records for the Dulles Area Chapter of N.O.W. Collection consists of NOW News and Woman Power monthly newsletters (1984-1991), membership rosters (1983-1997), a two-volume scrapbooks documenting “The First Ten Years” of the organization, and an outreach table runner.
  1. Fairfax County Public Library

West Virginia University, Women's Studies Center, Records, 1972/2000 2.5 Linear Feet 2 record cartons, 15 in. each. 78.1 Gigabytes 66 .wav files

West Virginia University. Center for Women's Studies
The collection contains materials from West Virginia University's (WVU) Women's Studies Center, renamed the Center for Women's and Gender Studies in 2012. It primarly consists of records and recordings created about the various WVU women's organizations between 1972 and 2000, including the Caucus for Women's Concerns (CWC), the Council for Women's Concerns (CWC),the Women's Information Center (WIC), the Center for Women's Studies, and the Center for Women's and Gender Studies.
  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center

Women's Radio News and Interviews on WWVU-FM, Recordings and Report, 1985/1986 0.13 Gigabytes 3 digital files, .mp3 and .pdf

Keena, Diana
In the spring of 1985, West Virginia University (WVU) student Diana Lee Murrell produced a series of eight women's radio shows as part of her professional project at the Perley Isaac Reed School of Journalism. The show aired weekly on WWVU-FM, which is owned by WVU. This collection contains the eight recordings and a final report written by Murrell on the production and implementation of the show.
  1. West Virginia and Regional History Center

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