Manuscripts/15. Women
Record Group Term
Identifier: Manuscripts/15
Found in 56 Collections and/or Records:
Women Against Violence Against Women records
Collection
Identifier: M025
Overview
The Boston chapter of Women Against Violence Against Women was founded in 1977, a year after the national organization was founded in Los Angeles by anti-pornography activist Marcia Womongold. The Boston chapter was formed in response to a billboard advertisement for "Black and Blue" by the Rolling Stones. Women Against Violence Against Women protested the glorification and acceptance of violence against women as promoted by the film and recording industries. In 1978, the Boston chapter...
Dates:
1972-1985
Women's Action Coalition (Boston, Mass.) records
Collection
Identifier: M060
Overview
The Women's Action Coalition was a national organization of women committed to taking direct action on issues related to the rights of women. Members saw visible, public resistance as a means to achieve economic parity and representation for women; an end to sexism, homophobia, racism, religious prejudice, and violence against women; and recognition of women's rights to health care, child care, housing, and reproductive freedom. The Women's Action Coalition chapter in Boston held its first...
Dates:
1992-1997
Women's Educational Center (Cambridge, Mass.) records
Collection
Identifier: M047
Overview
In 1970, Bread and Roses, a group of Socialist-Feminist women in Boston, Massachusetts, began searching for a building to house a center for women. In March 1971, Bread and Roses seized an unoccupied building, owned by Harvard University, on Memorial Drive in Cambridge. Bread and Roses held the building for ten days, offering free classes and child care before they were forced out. Sympathetic individuals donated $5,000, and in June 1971, Bread and Roses bought a house in Cambridge. The...
Dates:
1971-2002
Women's Institute for Leadership Development records
Unprocessed — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Z16-064
Dates:
1988-2015
Women's Institute for Leadership Development (WILD) records
Collection
Identifier: M185
Overview
The Women's Institute for Leadership Development (WILD) was founded in 1986 to increase the number and diversity of women in the Massachusetts labor movement and increase women's effectiveness as organizers in their unions and community organizations. Through a variety of educational programs, WILD sought to prepare women leaders on all fronts. In addition to leadership development workshops, WILD also offered workshops addressing barriers their participants might face, particularly racism...
Dates:
1971-2003; Majority of material found within 1987-2003
Women's School (Cambridge, Mass.) records
Collection
Identifier: M023
Overview
The Women's School was established in 1971 by 20 women who were involved with the Women's Center in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The school was founded as an alternative source of feminist education, and its ideologies were based on socialist feminism. The school was operated by a collective and classes were taught by volunteers. All collective members, students and teachers were women. Registration fees were kept low so that all women would be able to participate. In 1973, the collective...
Dates:
1971-1992