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 and sexism. WILD's flagship event was the annual Summer Institute, a weekend-long leadership and skills development program. WILD also offered one-day events called "WILD in the Winter". WILD also developed curricula to bring educational opportunities to community-based organizations and to sustain its educational mission by training new workshop facilitators. WILD remains an active organization and continues to offer Summer Institute and WILD in the Winter programs.
Dates
- Creation: 1971-2003
- Creation: Majority of material found within 1987-2003
Creator
- Women's Institute for Leadership Development (Organization)
Language of Materials
The collection is mostly in English; curricula are in English and Spanish.
Conditions Governing Access:
Scholarship records for the Summer Institute are restricted.
Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use:
Copyright restrictions may apply.
Chronology
- 1986
- Women's Institute for Leadership Development founded.
- 1987
- First annual Summer Institute.
- 1989
- WILD hires first full-time staff member.
- 1991
- WILD becomes an independent non-profit organization.
- 1992
- Summer Institute curriculum translated into Spanish. First annual WILD in the Winter.
Extent
12.15 cubic feet (13 containers)
System of Arrangement:
Organized into three series: Series 1. Administration; Series 2. Programs, Events, and Curricula; Series 3. Photographs.
Physical Location
55/3
Immediate Source of Acquisition:
Received from Susan Moir of the Women's Institute for Leadership Development Board of Directors, March 2005.
Subject
- Women's Institute for Leadership Development (Organization)
- Gooding, Cheryl (Person)
- Moir, Susan (Person)
- Winning, Susan (Person)
- Title
- Finding aid for the Womens Institute for Leadership Development (WILD) Records
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by Dominique
- Date
- July 2012
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections Repository