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Women's rights -- Utah -- History

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 20 Collections and/or Records:

International Women's Year public relations materials, circa 1974-1985

 Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 3192 Series 1 Sub-Series 5
Scope and Contents Contains newsletters, newspaper clippings, and articles pertaining to the International Women's Year (IWY). Topics include Arizona state's reaction to the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), opinions of abortion, the womens' rights movements, and the ERA. There are photocopied articles from the Deseret News and the Salt Lake Tribune, and the Church News. Other materials include pamphlets on ERA and IWY issues and events, publications on sex education and population statistics, and speeches or...
Dates: circa 1974-1985

International Women's Year publications, circa 1974-1987

 Sub-Series — Box 17: Series 1 [Barcode: 31197233599411], Folder: 3-5
Identifier: MSS 3192 Series 1 Sub-Series 5 Sub-Series 8
Scope and Contents

Contains articles regarding population reports, legislature related to women's rights, sex education, legal concerns. Articles come from numerous publications, like the U.S. News and World Report, American Bar Association Journal, census reports. They address women's issues like discrimination, influence of the media, and legal history of women's rights. Dated circa 1974-1987.

Dates: circa 1974-1987

International Women's Year speeches and addresses, circa 1978-1979

 Sub-Series — Box 17: Series 1 [Barcode: 31197233599411], Folder: 6
Identifier: MSS 3192 Series 1 Sub-Series 5 Sub-Series 9
Scope and Contents

Contains transcripts of several speeches and addresses by Sonia Johnson, Karen Hayes, Letty Jo Ness, Noreen Ray Linda Sillitoe, and Esther Landa concerning the Equal Rights Amendment or International Women's Year. Dated circa 1978-1979.

Dates: circa 1978-1979

The Latter-day Saints and women's rights, 1870-1920 : a brief survey

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230322205]
Identifier: MSS SC 2326
Scope and Contents

Photocopy of a typewritten essay coauthored by Carol Cornwall Madsen and Jill Mulvay Derr. The item was "prepared by three staff members of the History Division, Historical Department of the Church in response to a request of the general presidency of the Relief Society, 27 August 1979." The essay is a history of women's rights in Utah.

Dates: 1979

Martha Sonntag Bradley research papers for International Women's Year, circa 1971-2002

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 3192 Series 1
Scope and Contents Contains agendas for conferences, correspondence and memorandums, meeting minutes, lists of delegates and nominees, and other materials. All materials relate to the International Women's Year, on the state and national level. Included are articles on child care, aging, education, and other women's health issues. Lists are included of nominees to state conferences, films to be shown at the conferences, and the legal ramifications of the Equal Rights Amendment. Materials are dated circa...
Dates: circa 1971-2002

Martha Sontagg Bradley general research files, circa 1977-2002

 Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 3192 Series 1 Sub-Series 3 Sub-Series 2
Scope and Contents

Contains research files on the Equal Rights Amendment, equal rights policies, and political and social history of women's rights. Materials included discuss American policy on civil rights in South Africa, its own legal history regarding women's rights, files relating to U.S. general foreign policy against communism and public affairs, and Sandra Day O'Connor. Dated circa 1977-2002.

Dates: circa 1977-2002

Martha Sontagg Bradley research on the Equal Rights Amendment, circa 1972-2002

 Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 3192 Series 1 Sub-Series 3 Sub-Series 1
Scope and Contents

Contains materials relating to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' involvement regarding the International Women's Year (IWY) and Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), miscellaneous files correlating to the IWY and ERA, and manuscripts of articles relating to these topics. Articles include topics of women's history in Utah, analyses of the ERA, and the sociopolitical ramifications of equal rights. Dated circa 1972-2002.

Dates: circa 1972-2002

Martha Sontagg Bradley topical files, circa 1970-1988

 Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 3192 Series 1 Sub-Series 3 Sub-Series 3
Scope and Contents

Contains Martha Bradley's collected publications and materials on specific topics. These topics include abortion and reproduction, arts and humanities, the legal status of homemakers, Mormons for ERA, and individual files on women, including Sonia Johnson and Barbara Johnson. Some files, like that on working women, include government pamphlets and brochures with statistics on the topic. Dated circa 1970-1988.

Dates: circa 1970-1988

Oral histories on the International Women's Year, circa 1977-1993

 Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 3192 Series 1 Sub-Series 4
Scope and Contents

Contains transcripts from oral histories conducted with fifty-five women. Interviews discuss each woman's involvement with the International Women's Year and their feelings toward the Equal Rights Amendment. Dated circa 1977-1993.

Dates: circa 1977-1993

Amy Valentine papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1858
Scope and Contents

Speeches, pamphlets, letters received, newspaper clippings, newsletters, congressional reports, and meeting agendas. The materials relate to Valentine's work in advancing women's rights in Utah and the United States and supporting efforts to get the Equal Rights Amendment.

Dates: 1975-1982