Allen, Donna (1920-1999), Papers, 1920-1992 (C3795)

18.6 linear feet, 18 audio cassettes, 1 audio disc

INTRODUCTION

The papers of the director of the Women's Institute for Freedom of the Press and editor of Media Report to Women include professional correspondence and printed materials on sex and race discrimination cases, media stereotypes, public broadcasting, women's news, national and international women's conferences, and women in management. The papers also document Allen's involvement in labor, civil rights, and anti-war activism.

DONOR INFORMATION

Donna Allen donated her papers to the University of Missouri on 5 November 1987 (Accession No. 4810). Allen made additions to the collection on 20 January 1988 and 19 July 1989 (Accession No. 4826). These accessions were processed in 1989. Further additions to the collection were made by Allen on 21 October 1991 (Accession No. 5105), 5 December 1991 (Accession No. 5127), 21 January 1992 (Accession No. 5138), 26 October 1992 (Accession No. 5231), 17 April 1996 and 16 September 1998 (Accession No. 5642). Marion Marzolf made an addition on 20 April 1994 (Accession No. 5417). These accessions were added to the processed collection in 2008. The papers are part of the National Women and Media Collection.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH

Donna Allen was born in Petoskey, Michigan, on August 19, 1920, to Caspar and Louise Rehkopf. The family moved to Chicago in 1929. From an early age Donna was interested in how people communicated with each other and how information influenced decisions. In high school she worked on the school newspaper. She attended Morton Junior College in Chicago and majored in history, was the editor of the college newspaper, and also took creative writing courses.

In 1941, she transferred to Duke University where she became interested in the labor movement. She married Russell Allen in 1942 and graduated from Duke in 1943. During World War II, she worked as an Assistant Cryptographic Specialist in the War Department in Washington, D.C. When her husband entered the Air Force she moved to California, where he was stationed.

Donna came into contact with the labor movement while she was in California. When her husband was sent overseas to the Pacific, she returned to Washington and became assistant to the Director of Research of the Metal Trades Department of the AFL. After the birth of her first child in 1945, Donna did much of her work at home, writing and editing various labor publications.

When Russell Allen returned home after the war, the Allens entered the University of Chicago where they each received their M.A. in economics with an emphasis in industrial relations and government finance. The family moved to Albany, New York, and then to Schenectady, where Donna taught for Cornell University's School of Industrial and Labor Relations. By 1951, the Allens had four children: Dana, Indra, Martha, and Mark.

During the 1950s, Donna became concerned about the way the media communicated information to the public, feeling that a handful of men were able to control what the public knew and the slant of the news. Her efforts during the 1950s and 1960s revolved around offering another view of the important topics of the day: nuclear weapons, the labor movement, civil rights, civil liberties, and the Vietnam War. She lectured on the economic benefits of disarmament and wrote a book on fringe benefits in the workplace.

She was a founding member of Women Strike for Peace, involved with Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, and on the board of directors of the National Conference for New Politics, an organization dedicated to changing the two major political parties by offering new ideas about issues they were not addressing.

In 1965, she was convicted of contempt of Congress for refusing to testify to the House Un-American Activities Committee. She and her co-defendants would have testified if the hearing was open to the public, but HUAC insisted it be a closed session. Her conviction was later overturned and the case became a rallying point for the National Committee to Abolish HUAC.

In 1968, she returned to school and received her PhD from Howard University, graduating in 1971. By the late 1960s, Donna Allen increasingly turned her energies towards the women's movement. In 1972, she founded the Women's Institute for Freedom of the Press and began to publish Media Report to Women. Many of her efforts centered on getting more women into positions of authority in the media.

Besides the Women's Institute for Freedom of the Press, Donna Allen was also active in the National Women's Political Caucus, the National Women's Party, and the National Organization for Women. She was a Public Member of the Media Committee of the International Women's Year National Women's Conference in Houston, Texas, in 1977 as well as a delegate at large.

She died on 19 July 1999 at her home in Washington, D.C.

SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE

The bulk of this collection documents Allen's years as founder and director of the Women's Institute for Freedom of the Press (WIFP). She also edited and published the WIFP's monthly newsletter, Media Report to Women. Through Allen, the newsletter became a principal source of information on the rapidly growing women's media movement. The collection reflects the important roles the WIFP and Media Report to Women have played in the field of women and the media. Allen's papers not only serve as an excellent source of information about the media's treatment of women and minorities, but also as a commentary on that treatment as well.

The final three series of the collection were added in 2008 and there may be some overlap with other series which were processed earlier. These new series document Allen's education and extensive career as an historian, economist, author, professor, journalist, and activist, as well as provide further insight into the day to day operation of WIFP.

The collection is arranged into fourteen series:

FOLDER LIST

Media Report to Women Series

The Media Report to Women series is composed, primarily, of early correspondence. The correspondence is arranged alphabetically by correspondent's name and is between Donna Allen and various women's organizations, editors of feminist publications, radio-television media women, and others. Also included are annotated indexes to the newsletter for the years 1972-1986. (Link to current and back issues of Media Report to Women)

f. 1Correspondence, A
f. 2-5Correspondence, B
f. 6-10Correspondence, C
f. 11-14Correspondence, D
f. 15Correspondence, E
f. 16-18Correspondence, F
f. 19-22Correspondence, G
f. 23-27Correspondence, H
f. 28Correspondence, I
f. 29Correspondence, J
f. 30-31Correspondence, K
f. 32-36Correspondence, L
f. 37-41Correspondence, M
f. 42-43Correspondence, N
f. 44Correspondence, O
f. 45-47Correspondence, P
f. 48Correspondence, Q
f. 49-51Correspondence, R
f. 52-57Correspondence, S
f. 58-59Correspondence, T
f. 60Correspondence, U
f. 61Correspondence, V
f. 62-65Correspondence, W
f. 66Correspondence, Y
f. 67Correspondence, Z
f. 68Indexes, 1972-1976
f. 69Indexes, 1977-1981
f. 70Indexes, 1982-1986

Broadcasting Cases Series

The Broadcasting Cases series contains correspondence, newsletters, handbooks, surveys, newspaper clippings, petitions, scripts, publications, and reports pertaining to such topics as television and radio monitoring studies, the Federal Communications Commission, public radio and educational broadcasting, women in broadcasting, public broadcasting, and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists. Documents relating to the National Organization for Women's (NOW) license challenges against the American Broadcast Company and National Broadcast Company are also included.

One section of this series pertains to the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, which conducted numerous television, and radio monitoring projects. This section contains information on their studies, reports, and actions and includes newspaper and magazine articles, correspondence, analyses, press releases, surveys, speeches, publications, legal documents, and newsletters.

Another section of this series concerns the case of NOW vs. ABC. On 1 May 1972, the New York chapter of NOW filed a petition to deny the license renewal of WABC-TV on charges of discrimination in the employment and portrayal of women. Negotiations between the chapter and WABC began late in May and continued through the beginning of October. When an agreement could not be reached, negotiations were broken off, and ABC (the parent company) filed a response to the NOW petition. NOW filed a counter response. Two years later, the FCC made its final decision and NOW took the case to the U.S. Court of Appeals.

f. 71-126American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA)
f. 71-72Analyses, 1972-1976. Includes analyses of several Massachusetts television stations' employment statistics and designated stations with inadequate equal employment programs.
f. 73-75Articles, 1972-1977. Newspaper clippings and magazine articles pertaining to license renewal regulations, women's roles and images in fact and fiction, women and minority employment, and public broadcasting.
f. 76Codes, 1972-1973. Pamphlets containing information on radio codes, television codes, and national codes of fair practice.
f. 77-82Correspondence, 1972-1977. Concerns such matters as the FCC's enforcement of employment rules, programming on radio station WAVA of Arlington, a sex discrimination suit against KUHT-TV in Houston, AFTRA activities, and agreements between the Los Angeles Coalition for Better Broadcasting and two stations.
f. 83Handbook, 1973. Indicates public service opportunities available to community groups on San Francisco Bay area radio and television stations.
f. 84-87Lawsuits, 1973-1976. Consists of a lawsuit against NBC, agreements between broadcast licensees and the public, an amendment of the FCC's rules regarding cable television, nondiscrimination in the employment practices of broadcast licensees, and an inquiry about the employment policies of certain Louisiana broadcast stations.
f. 88-99License Challenges, 1969-1976. Contains information on challenges to the broadcast license renewals of WPIX and Forum Communications of New York, WSTC and WSTC-FM of Connecticut, KRON-TV of California, and WGTB-FM of Washington, D.C.
f. 100-102News Releases, 1973-1977. Covers public television, the Fairness Doctrine, public inspection of program logs, National Organization for Women actions, the Proxmire bill, FCC rules concerning nondiscrimination, and license challenges.
f. 103-104Newsletters, 1973-1976. Includes newsletters produced by NOW, the Writers Guild of America, New Way in Education, AFTRA, the FCC, and the Los Angeles Women's Coalition for Better Broadcasting.
f. 105Petitions, 1976. Petitions brought before the FCC regarding broadcast program records and KNXT concerning its public programming.
f. 106-107Publications, 1975-1981. Contains information on women in public broadcasting, sex role stereotyping in television, and equality in broadcasting.
f. 108-116Reports, 1972-1976. Consists of reports on the employment practices of eleven Massachusetts television stations, on the status of women and minorities in public television, on civil rights compliance in public broadcasting, and on nondiscrimination in the employment policies of broadcast licensees.
f. 117-119Scripts, 1973-1974. Scripts from a broadcast of ABC's "News Closeup," an interview, and the United Methodist Women's Media Project.
f. 120Speeches, 1975-1976. Speeches by Emma Bowen of the Black Citizens for Fair Media and Eleanor Paget of AFTRA.
f. 121-122Statements, 1972-1974. Refers to statements from NOW, the Syracuse Coalition for the Free Flow of Information in the Broadcast Media, the Ohio Council of Churches, and the RAZA Association of Spanish Surnamed Americans on a variety of matters.
f. 123Surveys, 1972-1976. Results of surveys on women's status in public radio, equal employment opportunities for women and minorities, and women's status in Canadian broadcast news.
f. 124Television Monitoring, 1971-1974. Contains information on the United Methodist Women's television monitoring project, a NOW task force on television monitoring, and the monitoring of WPIX-TV.
f. 125-126Vlock, Laurel, 1978-1979. Material pertaining to the application of Bridgeways Communications Corporation to operate a new television station in Bridgeport, Connecticut.
f. 127Guide to FCC Forms, 1972. Consists of the Guide to Understanding Broadcast License Applications & Other FCC Forms, published by the Office of Communication for the United Church of Christ, explaining the procedures for renewing broadcast licenses.
f. 128Memphis Women's Media Project, 1973-1975. Contains proposals for three television and radio stations (WMC, WREC, and WHBQ-TV) to improve their employment practices and programming.
f. 129-256NOW v. ABC
f. 129-133Editorials broadcast by WABC-TV on such topics as abortion, mass transportation, pollution, prisoners' rights, low-cost housing, child abuse, gun control, strikes, rent control, and New York City's financial problems. Used in NOW's case against ABC as evidence of discrimination in programming practices. Arranged in chronological order.
f. 134-228Television Monitoring Project, 1971-1972. Monitoring study based on many hours of commercial programming during a two-week period in May-June 1971 which was submitted by NOW petitioners to support their charges of violations of the Fairness Doctrine. Consists of data sheets, monitoring forms, and an analysis of the results.
f. 229-256License Challenge. Legal documents relating to NOW's challenge of WABC-TV's license renewal.
f. 229-233Petition to Deny, 1972
f. 234-237Opposition to Petition, 1973
f. 238Decision, 1975
f. 239-256Appeal, n.d.
f. 257-278NOW v. NBC. On 31 August 1972 a major feminist petition to deny was filed against WRC-TV (NBC) in Washington, D.C. This petition raised the same legal questions as the WABC-TV petition. Unlike the WABC case, the feminist groups involved in the WRC case were able to secure the backing of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
f. 257Decision, 1975
f. 258-278Appeal, 1975
f. 279Primer on Citizens' Access. Consists of the Primer on Citizens' Access to the Federal Communications Commission published by the Citizens Communication Center. Explains the kinds of public action possible at the FCC level. Includes discussions of the fairness complaint, personal attack complaint, petition to deny, petition for hearing, petition to revoke, and petition for rulemaking.
f. 280-287Public Broadcasting. Consists of reports, newsletters, meeting minutes, and correspondence on public radio and educational broadcasting, the Advisory Council of National Organizations, and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
f. 280-281Advisory Council of National Organizations, 1974-1976. Consists of program committee meeting minutes and two reports by the Women's Advisory Council describing television monitoring projects of WCBS and WNBC evening news.
f. 282-284Ascertainment, 1974-1975. Includes an ascertainment of community problems by educational broadcast applicants, comments by the National Association of Educational Broadcasting, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and the Public Broadcast Service.
f. 285-287Corporation for Public Broadcasting, 1973-1980. Contains annual reports, newsletters, employment statistics, and a report on programming plans.
f. 288Window Dressing on the Set: Women and Minorities in Television, 1977. Report by the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights pertaining to equal employment opportunity efforts, the portrayal of women and minorities in commercial television, FCC programming regulations, and women and minorities in network news.
f. 289Window Dressing on the Set: An Update, 1979. Update by the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights indicating television's effect on viewers and women and minority employment at local television stations and the networks.
f. 290"Window Dressing Revisited," 1979. Remarks by Dr. Helen Franzwa Loukas, project director of the Equal Opportunity in Television Study sponsored by the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights.

Guidelines for Media Language Usage Series

The Guidelines for Media Language Usage series contains correspondence, newsletters, publications, reports, newspaper clippings, bulletins, press releases, and magazines pertaining to such topics as sexism, media stereotypes, nonsexist language, and the American Association of University Women (AAUW). A set of audio cassettes relating to a sex stereotyping project are found in this series. The audio cassettes were produced by Dr. Patricia Campbell as part of her "Project on Sex Stereotyping in Education." Distributed by the Education Development Center, these cassettes represent seven instructional units on sex stereotyping in business education, special education, early childhood education, the fine arts, research, mathematics, and curriculum. See folders 309-312 for other products from Dr. Campbell's project.

f. 291-292American Association of University Women, 1974-1976. Pertains to an analysis of the "day" section of the Portland Oregonian compiled by the Beaverton and Portland branches of the AAUW.
f. 293-297Articles, 1971-1986. Newspaper and magazine articles dealing with such topics as women in journalism, media stereotypes, nonsexist language, and images of women in the Saturday Evening Post.
f. 298-302Bulletins, 1976-1979. Bulletins and fliers concerning the changing role of Southeast Asian women, women in advertising, nonsexist indexing and cataloging, and the image of women in popular culture.
f. 303-308Children and Education, 1972-1982. Articles, booklets, correspondence, reports, and newsletters regarding sex bias on the Minnesota State Board of Education, sex stereotyping in children's readers, children's reactions to a children's news program, and institutional sexism.
f. 309-313Correspondence, 1972-1986. Covers such topics as sexism in education, intellectual freedom, sex and violence on television, stereotyping, age discrimination, and rape reporting.
f. 314-316Feminist Press, 1972-1975. Consists of newsletters, fliers, articles, and programs on sex stereotyping.
f. 317-318Language, 1973-1980. Contains guidelines for newswriting about women, information on women and symbolism, and material on women and the Screen Actors Guild.
f. 319-325Language Guidelines, 1972-1976. Includes guidelines for improving the image of women in textbooks, a report on sexism in university publications, guidelines for equal treatment of the sexes, and newspaper guidelines.
f. 326Magazines, 1978-1982. Consists of The Creative Woman, Women and Language News, and Civil Rights Digest.
f. 327Newsletters, 1976-1985. Includes newsletters produced by the Coalition on Women and Religion, the National Association for Better Broadcasting, and the National Organization for Women.
f. 328-329Press Releases, 1976-1985. Covers such topics as the treatment of women in local television and radio, the role of women in history, children's television programs, and the safety of Soviet feminist activists.
f. 330-340Publications, 1977-1985. Pertains to nondiscriminatory communication, feminist resources for schools and colleges, the status of women in the San Diego broadcast media, women on television, nonsexist language, and nonsexist guidelines for the media.
f. 341-343Reports, 1975-1982. Concerns television programming, the media's coverage of the Equal Rights Amendment, and an analysis of the "sitcom."
f. 344-346Stockholders' Resolutions, 1973-1977. Consists of newsletters, press releases, reports, newspaper clippings, and correspondence relating to equal employment opportunities, sexism and the American corporation, images of women in advertising, and corporate responsibilities.
a.c. 1-9Audio Cassettes, 1977
a.c. 1Business as Usual
a.c. 2-3Diagnosing the Problem
a.c. 4A New Beginning
a.c. 5-6Repainting the Sexist Picture
a.c. 7Sex Bias in Research and Measurement
a.c. 8Sex Stereotyping in Math
a.c. 9Write Me In

Portrayal of Women in Media Series

Correspondence, surveys, newspaper and magazine articles, bulletins, advertisements, newsletters, reports, and press releases relating to women's news, news definitions, women's pages, daytime programming, soap operas, women's programming, the National Commission on Working Women, and the Inter-American Commission of Women (CIM) make up the Portrayal of Women in Media series. Also included is material on women and advertising.

f. 347Advertisements, 1975-1981. Examples of advertisements which depict women in a demeaning manner.
f. 348Advertising, 1974-1975. Concerns complaints against the media's sexist portrayals and news coverage.
f. 349-350Advertising Income, 1979-1980. Pertains to the efforts of women-owned and -operated periodicals to pool their circulations in order to secure advertising from larger advertisers.
f. 351-353Advertising Public Relations, 1971-1977. Refers to complaints of discrimination in "help wanted" advertisements and the media's response to these complaints.
f. 354-357Articles, 1970-1985. Covers complaints against the media's portrayal of women and the actions of certain women's groups to the media's policies toward women.
f. 358-367Correspondence, 1973-1985. Concerns complaints of sexism brought against the print and broadcasting media, responses to these complaints, and the overall image of women in media.
f. 368Fliers, 1974-1979. Includes fliers and brochures advertising films, slide presentations, television programs, and newspaper columns about and for women.
f. 369Inter-American Commission of Women, 1977. Pertains to a conference sponsored by CIM on mass communications and its influence on the image of women.
f. 370-373National Commission on Working Women, 1979-1987. Relates to the annual broadcasting awards, the Commission's media-and-women studies, and its efforts to record improvements in the portrayal of women in broadcast programming.
f. 374-375News Definitions, 1973-1987. Consists of correspondence, newsletters, press releases, reports, bulletins, and newspaper clippings on changes in the news coverage of women.
f. 376Newsletters, 1975-1986. Includes newsletters produced by the National Women's Political Caucus, the Advertising Council, and the National Committee on the Status of Women.
f. 377-378NOW Legal Defense and Education Fund, 1972-1973. Contains newspaper clippings, press releases, correspondence, scripts, and advertisements on NOW's equal rights for women campaign.
f. 379-381Press Releases, 1973-1987. Covers studies and surveys on women and advertising, progress noted by women in the advertising industry, and awards for good and bad advertising related to women.
f. 382Relative Roles, 1974. Refers to a survey conducted by the Screen Actors Guild on the relative roles of men and women in television commercials.
f. 383-387Reports, 1973-1979. Includes publications on women and corporations, advertising and women, and the effect of television commercials on women's achievement levels.
f. 388-390Soap Operas, 1972-1977. Contains newspaper clippings, press releases, correspondence, reports, and newsletters on soap operas and daytime programming.
f. 391WBZ-TV, 1973-1974. Concerns a special women's program sponsored by WBZ-TV's Public Affairs Department and the Massachusetts Governor's Commission on the Status of Women.
f. 392-394Women's Movement, 1972-1976. Contains newspaper clippings, questionnaires, magazine articles, legislation, and correspondence on the media's portrayal of the women's movement.
f. 395Women's News, 1975-1977. Includes newspaper clippings, speeches, and correspondence on the press's coverage of women.
f. 396-398Women's Pages, 1972-1984. Pertains to the relevancy and content of "women's pages" in major newspapers.
f. 399-402Women's Programming, 1971-1981. Consists of press releases, brochures, correspondence, newsletters, and newspaper clippings on television programs produced by and about women.

Minorities and Women in Media Series

The Minorities and Women in Media series consists of correspondence, newspaper clippings, reports, newsletters, press releases, publications, and fliers concerning such topics as home education, black feminism, minorities and the media, the educational and occupational needs of women, and the American Indian Movement (AIM).

f. 403-408Articles, 1972-1984. Magazine and newspaper articles covering black feminism, the AIM, blacks in business, home education, Native American civil rights, minorities and the media, and Wounded Knee.
f. 409-412Correspondence, 1972-1985. Discussion of such topics as the AIM, black women's studies, the National Black Feminist Organization, home education, and white women and racism.
f. 413-414Fliers, 1971-1985. Includes announcements for the American Indian Press Association, the National Black Feminist Organization, Project Latino, and the Mexican American Women's National Association.
f. 415-419Newsletters, 1972-1987. Consists of newsletters produced by the Mohawk Nation, the National Mexican American Anti-Defamation Committee, the American Indian Press Association, the Wounded Knee Legal Defense/Offense Committee, the Congressional Black Caucus, and the Native American Solidarity Committee.
f. 420Press Releases, 1973-1986. Covers such topics as minority employment in the television industry, the "chickenization" of women, minority training grants, black feminism, and the anniversary of an all-black daily television talk show.
f. 421-428Publications, 1974-1980. Includes reports on the educational and occupational needs of black, Hispanic, white ethnic, Asian-Pacific-American, and American Indian women.

Film, Video, and Cable Series

The Film, Video, and Cable series is made up of correspondence, newsletters, fliers, press releases, newspaper clippings, programs, catalogs, brochures, and reports pertaining to festivals of women's films and video productions, women filmmakers, the portrayal of women in films, and the efforts of women to establish women's channels on cable television in several major cities. The series also contains information on careers in cable television.

f. 429-432Articles, 1972-1981. Newspaper and magazine articles concerning women filmmakers, festivals of women's films and video productions, and the portrayal of women in films.
f. 433Conference of Feminist Film and Video Organizations, 1974-1975. Consists of notes, press releases, articles, fliers, and correspondence.
f. 434-442Correspondence, 1973-1985. Discussion of such topics as cable television, women's film festivals, careers in cable television, film reviews, and films produced by and about women.
f. 443-447Fliers, 1972-1986. Includes advertisements for films produced by and/or about women, women filmmakers, careers in cable television, and festivals of women's films.
f. 448-452Newsletters, 1973-1986. Consists of newsletters published by the Cablecommunications Resource Center, the Educational Film Library Association, Women & Film, the Texas Film Commission, and the Women's Access Coalition.
f. 453-454Press Releases, 1974-1985. Covers such topics as women filmmakers, women's film festivals, and women in film and video.
f. 455-461Publications, 1974-1983. Includes programs, guidebooks, catalogs, handbooks, and reports on such topics as reproductive rights, women's films, independent films and videos, non-sexist films for young people, and films about women and the need for change.
f. 462-463Women's Cable Channel, 1973-1984. Concerns the efforts of various women's groups to establish women's channels on cable television in Memphis, Tennessee, and other major cities.

National and International Efforts for Women and Media Series

The National and International Efforts for Women and Media series consists of correspondence, press releases, reports, newspaper and magazine articles, programs, publications, speeches, newsletters, and brochures relating to the National Women's Studies Association, the MORE Conventions, national women's conferences, the women's conference network, and the International Women's Media Conference. There are documents pertaining to the United Nations International Women's Year, the National Women's Conference, and the National Women's Agenda. Because of an overlap in subject matter, researchers should consult the succeeding three series and the WIFP series for further information on International Women's Year and its developments.

f. 464-466Correspondence, 1975-1984. Discusses such topics as international women journalists, the National Women's Conference, the U.N. World Conference in Copenhagen, and the Continuing Committee.
f. 467-469International Women's Media Conference, 1986. Consists of press releases, reports, articles, programs, correspondence, agendas, and speeches on the first U.S.-sponsored worldwide meeting dedicated to reviewing the status of women in the media.
f. 470-486International Women's Year. The United Nations proclaimed 1975 International Women's Year (IWY) and sponsored a conference that year in Mexico City. Conferees adopted a World Plan of Action to improve the lives of women worldwide. International Women's Year was expanded into a Decade for Women (1976-1985), and two more conferences were held, one in Copenhagen (1980) and one in Nairobi (1985). In the United States a 1975 presidential order established a National Commission on the Observance of International Women's Year. The Commission's life was extended through 1978 in accordance with the continued United Nations' actions. The Commission's task was to adopt recommendations aimed at eliminating barriers to equality for women. It sponsored state meetings where women voted on resolutions and delegates to a national conference held in Houston in November of 1977. Delegates adopted a U.S. Plan of Action which was submitted to the President and Congress in March of 1978.
f. 470-472Commission, 1975-1976. Contains information on the establishment, members, committees, and responsibilities of the National Commission on the Observance of International Women's Year.
f. 473Houston Meeting, 1975-1977. Consists of information on the events and issues of the National Women's Conference held in Houston in November of 1977.
f. 474-478Media Committee, 1975-1977. Information on the recommendations and media guidelines produced by the Media Committee of the National Commission on the Observance of International Women's Year.
f. 479-483News Coverage Project, 1973-1980. Primarily regards media coverage, positive and negative, of the National Women's Conference, the IWY conferences in Mexico City and Copenhagen, and the state conferences.
f. 484-486State Conferences, 1976-1977. Pertains to the issues discussed and resolutions passed by the state meetings in preparation for the national conference.
f. 487-489Media Task Force, 1975-1978. Refers to the "plans of action" proposed by the National Women's Agenda Media and the Arts Task Force.
f. 490-501MORE Conventions, 1973-1976. Covers both the counter-counter-conventions inspired by the A.J. Liebling MORE counter-conventions, and the actual counter-conventions sponsored by the New York City journalism review.
f. 502-504National Women's Conferences, 1976-1981. Includes media coverage and analyses of the National Women's Conference, the Copenhagen World Conference, and other national conferences.
f. 505National Women's Studies Association (NWSA), 1979. Deals with NWSA's first national convention held at the University of Kansas at Lawrence.
f. 506Newsletters, 1977-1983. Includes newsletters published by the National Women's Conference, the Interdepartmental Task Force on Women, the United Nations Department of Public Information, and the International Women's Tribune Centre.
f. 507Press Releases, 1977-1980. Covers releases from Women in Communications, the President's Advisory Committee for Women, and the Office of the White House Press Secretary.
f. 508-510Reports, 1975-1980. Includes the pre-National Women's Conference report "To Form A More Perfect Union," the U.S. National Plan of Action, the U.N. World Plan of Action, a report on the Copenhagen World Conference, and the National Conference final report "The Spirit of Houston."
f. 511Speeches, 1979-1984. Contains materials from speeches Allen gave at the U.S. National Commission for UNESCO communications conference and the annual meeting of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communications.
f. 512Weddington, Sarah, 1979-1980. Publications, fliers, and speeches from the office of Sarah Weddington at the White House.
f. 513-514Women's Conference Network, 1977-1978. Pertains to the Women's Conference Network, an ad hoc coalition of nongovernmental organizations.

National Women's Agenda Series

The National Women's Agenda series documents the response to the International Women's Year (IWY), by the United States women's community, which created the National Women's Agenda, a document outlining the goals to be achieved for women to win equal rights. IWY 1975 mandated that each member of the United Nations focus on its own problems and gains in women's rights. Despite the readiness of U.S. women and women's organizations to meet this mandate, many felt there was no real vehicle through which to participate in U.S. IWY planning and activities.

In response to this situation, the Women's Action Alliance, a non-profit resource center for women's organizations, contacted nationally-based women's groups interested in women's issues. From these contacts and meetings came the National Women's Agenda. The Agenda was composed of eleven goals, with a national task force organized around each goal. The Women's Action Alliance served as coordinator for Agenda activities, including the task forces. It also published the Women's Agenda, a monthly news magazine. This series consists of newsletters, correspondence, press releases, speeches, publications, articles, and reports dealing with the National Women's Agenda and its Satellite Service Project.

In 1980, the United Nations Mid-Decade World Conference convened in Copenhagen, Denmark, to evaluate the first half of the U.N. Decade for Women and discuss plans for the second five years. The Women's Institute for Freedom of the Press (WIFP) sponsored two satellite teleconferences linking women attending the conference with groups of women in the United States. The WIFP sent a small media team to Copenhagen to produce daily videotaped reports on the conference and such related events as the Non-Governmental Organization's (NGO) Forum and the International Festival of Women Artists. The videotapes were screened at six regional workshops in the U.S. and then in two closed-circuit teleconferences.

The conferences included women assembled by the National Women's Conference Committee to reflect the U.S. population. The first conference consisted of three groups of women in Houston, Los Angeles, and Minneapolis. The second conference was composed of groups in Atlanta, Boston, and Washington, D.C. The entire project was called "Dateline Copenhagen: Women's View."

f. 515-517Applications, 1977. Consists of applications for federal assistance for the National Women's Agenda to begin experimental use of a National Aeronautics and Space Administration satellite.
f. 518Conference on Educational Applications, 1977. Concerns the National Institute of Education's conference on "Educational Applications of Satellites."
f. 519-521Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), 1976-1979. Newsletters, correspondence, press releases, and speeches pertaining to CPB's involvement in the public service use of satellites.
f. 522-523Correspondence, 1976-1978. Discussion of such topics as a NASA workshop on satellites, a proposal submitted to NASA for experimental use of a satellite by the Agenda, and the Women's Agenda.
f. 524NASA Conference, 1974-1977. Contains information on a Public Service Communications Satellite System Review and Experiment Workshop sponsored by NASA.
f. 525-531Proposals, 1977-1978. Includes materials from the Agenda's proposal to NASA for the use of an experimental satellite.
f. 532-534Public Interest Satellite Association (PISA), 1976-1978. Regards PISA's involvement with NASA's development of a "public interest" satellite.
f. 535-543Satellite Project, 1976-1981. Contains information on the Agenda's Satellite Services Project and Public Service Communications Satellite Experiment.

Dateline Copenhagen Series

The Dateline Copenhagen series consists of correspondence, reports, newspapers, articles, newsletters, and press releases covering the conference and the satellite teleconferences. Also included is material on activities regarding the media sponsored by individual women and women's groups, prior to and after the conference.

f. 544-545American Association of University Women, 1981. Concerns the AAUW's celebration of its 100th anniversary with a national satellite teleconference.
f. 546-548Background Information, 1978-1980. Contains background information on the Mid-Decade Conference and information on preparations for the teleconferences.
f. 549Forum, 1980. Issues of Forum 80, a newspaper published at the NGO's Forum in Copenhagen.
f. 550Funders, 1980. Consists of correspondence between Allen and such organizations as COMSAT, Control Data Corporation, and Communications Workers of America concerning funding for the teleconferences.
f. 551-554International Women's Information Service (IWIS), 1980. Contains information on IWIS, a worldwide women's news service, and copies of IWIS dispatches on the world conference.
f. 555Publicity, 1980. Press releases, newsletters, and newspaper and magazine articles detailing the world conference and Dateline Copenhagen.
f. 556-558Reports, 1978-1982. Consists of a Swedish broadcasting report on equality and the sexes, a report by the Special Rapporteur to the U.N. on the influence of mass communications, a report on women and media decision-making in the Caribbean, and a report on the images of women in four developing countries.
f. 559-560Six Sites, 1980. Refers to the organization of preparatory workshops in each of the six cities which were to be linked to Copenhagen by satellite.
f. 561-562Teleconference Plans, 1978-1980. Includes materials on pre-world conference media activities, and the origins of Dateline Copenhagen and plans for its realization.
f. 563-564Teleconference Proposals, 1980. Regards the grant proposals submitted to the U.S. International Communications Agency for the teleconference project.
f. 565-566UNESCO Women's Feature Services, 1978-1981. Consists of information on the formation and growth of the Features Services on women and population, sponsored by UNESCO.
f. 567U.N. International Seminar on Women, 1980. Contains materials from a seminar on women and the media held at the United Nations.
f. 568U.S. International Communications Agency (USICA), 1980-1981. Includes the grant proposal, grant agreement, and final report for Dateline Copenhagen.
f. 569Women and Minorities in Public Telecommunications, 1979-1981. Pertains to a teleconference on women and minorities sponsored by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and the National Telecommunications and Information Administration.

Dateline Nairobi Series

The Dateline Nairobi series documents the third United Nations World Conference of Women held in Nairobi, Kenya, in 1985. The purpose of the conference was to review and appraise the achievements of the Decade for Women and formulate goals and programs for the future. The Women's Institute for Freedom of the Press (WIFP) again sponsored two satellite teleconferences, linking women attending the Nairobi conference with groups of women leaders in three U.S. cities. Entitled "Dateline Nairobi--Women's View," the satellite teleconference project was part of INTELSAT's "Project Share." Satellites for Health and Rural Education, or Project Share, was a special eighteen-month test and demonstration period whereby INTELSAT provided free satellite space for health and education purposes in developing countries.

The first teleconference took place on 17 July 1985, between conference delegates and women assembled in New York City and Boston. The second teleconference was held on 24 July between conference delegates and women in Washington, D.C. and Boston. This series contains correspondence, reports, newspapers, articles, newsletters, and press releases concerning the End-of-Decade Conference and the satellite teleconferences.

f. 570-572Forum, 1985. Consists of Forum 85, a newspaper published by the Non-Governmental Organizations Forum in Nairobi.
f. 573-575Background Information, 1982-1985. Contains background information on the Decade for Women, the World Conference at Nairobi, and preparations for the teleconferences.
f. 576-578Monitoring Project, 1977-1986. Covers a task force project monitoring U.S. news coverage of the Nairobi conference.
f. 579-580News Coverage, 1985. Examples of local media coverage of the world conference.
f. 581Reports, 1985. Includes reports by INTELSAT, the National Consultative Committee, and the Non-Governmental Organizations Planning Committee.
f. 582-587Teleconference, 1976-1987. Covers the planning of the Nairobi and satellite conferences, the proposals submitted to INTELSAT, and the post-conference recommendations.
f. 588-591Women's Press Coverage, 1984-1986. Concerns coverage of the Nairobi conference by the women's press.

Discrimination Cases Series

Reports, correspondence, newspapers, newsletters, articles, legal documents, publications, and speeches dealing with sex and race discrimination cases, sexual harassment lawsuits, broadcast license renewals, and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) make up the Discrimination Cases series. Material on media change organizations and women in management can also be found in this series.

f. 592-594Associated Press, 1978-1985. Concerns the settlement of sex and race discrimination harges brought against Associated Press by the Wire Service Guild and the EEOC.
f. 595Athens Newspapers, Inc., 1984-1985. Pertains to charges of sex discrimination brought against the Athens Daily News and Banner-Herald by three former female employees.
f. 596Cleveland Plain Dealer, 1980-1984. Refers to charges of sex discrimination brought against the Cleveland Plain Dealer by the Cleveland Newspaper Guild.
f. 597-598 Coleman, Cecily, 1984-1985. Relates to charges of sex discrimination and sexual harassment Coleman made against American Broadcasting Company.
f. 599Coleman, Valerie, 1983-1984. Regards, primarily, the suspension of anchorwoman Valerie Coleman by KGO-TV in San Francisco.
f. 600-601Correspondence, 1974-1982. Discussion of such topics as women news anchors, women in newspaper management, studies of decision-making editorial positions, and the organization of the Coalition of Labor Union Women.
f. 602-605Craft, Christine, 1983-1986. Deals with Craft's lawsuit against Metromedia, Inc., owner of KMBC-TV, Kansas City.
f. 606Detroit News, 1977-1985. Focuses on complaints against the Detroit News on grounds of sex discrimination.
f. 607-608Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, 1972-1987. Contains information on EEOC discrimination cases against various newspapers and television stations.
f. 609-610Indiana University Conference, 1977. Pertains to a conference sponsored by the Indiana University School of Journalism on women in newspaper management.
f. 611Johnson, Louise, 1969-1974. Regards an equal pay lawsuit filed by five women employees of Thomson's Canton Repository.
f. 612KITV, 1981. Refers to a challenge of KITV's broadcast license renewal by the Hawaii chapter of the National Organization for Women on the grounds of discrimination.
f. 613-615Media Change Organizations, 1974-1981. Includes materials on such organizations as the Los Angeles Women's Coalition for Better Broadcasting, Media Women in Action, The Population Institute, and Bay Area Women in Media.
f. 616-621Newsday, 1973-1977. Deals with charges of discrimination filed against Newsday, a Long Island, New York, daily newspaper.
f. 622San Francisco Newspaper Printing Company, 1980. Contains the decree and settlement of a race discrimination suit filed by the EEOC against the San Francisco Newspaper Printing Company, Inc.
f. 623Training Scheme, 1986. Consists of an evaluation of an on-the-job training scheme for women.
f. 624Washington Post, 1972-1974. Concerns the EEOC's investigation of complaints of discrimination within the Washington Post made by the Washington-Baltimore Newspaper Guild.
f. 625-626Women in Management, 1975-1978. Contains information on programs, seminars, conferences, and other events devoted to women in management.

Newsletters Series

The Newsletters series consists of the Media Report to Women newsletters, 1972-1987, and an index/directory for volumes one and two.

f. 6271972
f. 6281973
f. 6291974
f. 6301975
f. 6311976
f. 6321977
f. 6331978
f. 6341979
f. 6351980
f. 6361981
f. 6371982
f. 6381983
f. 6391984
f. 6401985
f. 6411986
f. 6421987

Education and Professional Series

The Education and Professional series documents Allen's education and activities leading up to her founding WIFP. The series is arranged chronologically and includes information on her teaching career at Cornell's School of Industrial and Labor Relations, her book entitled, Fringe Benefits, and her membership in Women Strike for Peace and Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, both of which were early protesters of the Vietnam War and the nuclear arms race.

Also included in this series is her battle with the HUAC, other political activities, and personal and family papers.

f. 6431920-1934
f. 644High School Creative Writing Club
f. 645High School, 1934-1938
f. 646Northwestern Journalism Institute
f. 647Junior College
f. 648Year Out To Work
f. 649Duke University and Government Wartime Job
f. 650California and Washington, D.C., 1944-1945
f. 651University of Chicago, 1946-1949
f. 652National Labor Bureau: Paid Vacations
f. 653Albany and Schenectady
f. 654Cornell University: American Unions Since, 1930
f. 655Story of American Unions
f. 656Other Activities in New York State
f. 657-659Fringe Benefit Book, 1958-1970
f. 660Civil Rights to 1965
f. 661Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF), 1959-1967
f. 662William H. Meyer
f. 663National Committee to Abolish HUAC, 1962
f. 664Women Strike for Peace, 1961-1963
f. 665Women Strike for Peace, Protest Against Multi-Lateral Force, 1964
f. 666Women Strike for Peace, Memo, 1964-1973
f. 667National Committee to Abolish HUAC and National Committee to Abolish Repressive Legislation, 1964-1974
f. 668“What's Wrong with the War in Vietnam?”
f. 669Assembly of Unrepresented People, 1965
f. 670Other Actions, 1965-1968
f. 671Civil Rights, 1965-1970 (Jeanette Rankin Brigade)
f. 672National Conference for New Politics
f. 673Freedom and Peace Party Platform
f. 674Delegate Campaign, 1968 GOP Convention
f. 675-680Economics of Disarmament, 1961-1967
f. 681-692Defenders of 3 Against HUAC, 1963-1967
f. 693Transition for Focus on Media as the Main Issue, 1965
f. 694Liberated Voice, 1968
f. 695Americans for Equal Access to the Media, 1968
f. 696Discrimination Against Women in National Guardian and Southern Patriot, 1968-1969
f. 697Fringe Benefits Book, 2nd Edition, 1969
f. 698Howard University, 1968-1971
f. 699Pittsburgh Speech on Media, 1969
f. 700Women's Movement Enters the Picture, 1963-1970
f. 701Martha and Mike Freedom of the Press Case in Kentucky, 1970-1971
f. 702Brazil Trip with Father, 1971
f. 703Letters from Publishers and Agents, 1972-1974
f. 704-708Awards, 1976-1991

Women's Institute for Freedom of the Press Series

The Women's Institute for Freedom of the Press series includes correspondence with members, records documenting the founding and early organization of WIFP, conference materials, publicity clippings, and Allen's writings. There is some overlap of topics from previous series including sex discrimination cases and WIFP's work with other organizations and events such as the U.N.'s International Women's Year and National Women's Conference.

WIFP also published a series of booklets concerning the democratization of the media; Syllabus Sourcebook on Media and Women; and Women in Media: A Documentary Sourcebook. In addition, the organization had a program called “Historical Originals,” whose goal was to make available materials related to the women's movement which were first published in the 1960s and 1970s. These publications include: Black Belt Woman, The Celibate Woman, No More Fun and Games, Musica, and Paid My Dues.

f. 709Articles of Incorporation
f. 710-714Associate Mailings
f. 715-727Associate Registers
f. 728Cable TV Clearing House, 1981-1983
f. 729Call for Research
f. 730-731Computer Technology, 1978-1984
f. 732-750Conferences, 1979-1984
f. 751-790Correspondence
f. 751Aaron-Alexander
f. 752Allison-Backes
f. 753Baehr-Bennett
f. 754Bentov
f. 755Berg-Birhan
f. 756Blake-Brown
f. 757Bruce-Butcher
f. 758Caggiano-Chapman
f. 759Chellas-Cowan
f. 760Crandell-Day
f. 761Dean-Donohoe
f. 762Doroshaw-Dovring
f. 763Dowling-Dworkin
f. 764Eads-Elkus
f. 765Englund-Fischer
f. 766Ford-Gioe'
f. 767Gonzales-Hansen
f. 768Harmon-Higuchi
f. 769Hill-Huyler
f. 770Ignatoff-Jurney
f. 771Kaplan-Kirkpatrick
f. 772Knight-Lawrence
f. 773Lease-Lieban
f. 774Lieban-Lunquist
f. 775Madhock-McCartin
f. 776McClendon-Mendonca
f. 777Messereau-Mollison
f. 778Mondell-Murphy
f. 779Near-Paz
f. 780Peck-Raspante
f. 781Reskin-Ruzick
f. 782Sablove-Shear
f. 783Shepard-Sigurdadiottir
f. 784Silver-Standeven
f. 785Stark-Swords
f. 786Tabet-Wagener
f. 787Wahl-Wertheimer
f. 788West-Women
f. 789Woodfall-Zheutlin
f. 790Zimmerman-Zobel, unidentified
f. 791-793Discussion Meeting, April 1978
f. 794Financial
f. 795Foreign Visitors
f. 796-797Fran Hoskins Grants- WIN News
f. 798Internship
f. 799Mail and Phone Logs, 1977-1986
f. 800-807Media Report to Women
f. 800Correspondence
f. 801Dissolution
f. 802Incorporation- Mailings and Publicity
f. 803Meetings
f. 804Promotion
f. 805Subscribers
f. 806-807Survey
f. 808Minutes
f. 809Miscellaneous
f. 810Organizing Papers/Concept
f. 811-864Other Organizations, Conferences, Committees, etc.
f. 811Association for Education in Journalism
f. 812American Newspaper Publishers Association Foundation
f. 813Bucharest Population Conference, 1974
f. 814Copyright of New Technology Commission, 1977
f. 815Council of Communication Organizations, 1985-1990
f. 816-821D.C. Women's Political Caucus
f. 822International Communication Association
f. 823-826International Women's Tribune Center
f. 827Media Women's Organizing Committee, 1975-1976
f. 828National Committee on Working Women
f. 829-835National Conference on Women in the Media, 1973-1975
f. 836NOW Media Committee and Survey, 1972-1975
f. 837-838National Women's Party, 1979-1990
f. 839-842National Women's Conference, Houston, Texas, 1977
f. 843National Women's Political Caucus, RNC, 1972
f. 844-848National Women's Studies Association, 1976-1988
f. 849Public Telecommunications Review, 1976-1978
f. 850-852United Nations, 1977-1991
f. 853United Nations, Conference on the UN Decade for Women, 1979
f. 854-858United Nations, International Women's Year, Media Committee
f. 859Women and News Media Conference, 1975
f. 860Women's Bureau Conference, 1975
f. 861Women's Coalition for the Third Century, 1975
f. 862Women's Media Center Discussion, New York, 1973
f. 863-864Women's Telecom Workshop Proposal, 1977
f. 865Philosophy/Theory/Principles
f. 866-867Projects/Ideas
f. 868-890Publications
f. 868Booklet Series on the Democratization of the Media
f. 869-877Historic Originals
f. 869Black Belt Woman
f. 870The Celibate Woman
f. 871Musica
f. 872-873No More Fun and Games
f. 874Producing Concerts; Paid My Dues
f. 875-877Paid My Dues
f. 878-880Loans for IBM Composer
f. 881-884Manuscript Proposals
f. 885-887Syllabus Sourcebook on Media and Women
f. 888-890Women in Media: A Documentary Sourcebook
f. 891-894Publicity Clippings, 1972-1992
f. 895-897Sex Discrimination Cases
f. 898-911Speaking Engagements, 1972-1990
f. 912-913Tax Exempt Projects
f. 914Tax Exemption
f. 915Women's Task Force for Satellite Communication
f. 916Writings, 1977-1991

INDEX TERMS

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  • Actors and actresses
  • Advertising
  • Age discrimination
  • Albers, Jo-Ann Huff
  • Alexander, Jane (pictorial image)
  • Allen, Dana
  • Allen, Donna (1920-1999)
  • Allen, Donna (1920-1999) (pictorial image)
  • Allen, Indra Dean
  • Allen, Martha
  • American Association of University Women
  • American Broadcasting Company, Inc.
  • American Federation of Television and Radio Artists
  • American Indian Movement
  • American Indian Press Association
  • Americans for Equal Access to the Media
  • Artificial satellites in telecommunication
  • Arts
  • Asner, Edward (1929- )
  • Assembly of Unrepresented People
  • Associated Press
  • Athens Newspapers, Inc., Athens, Georgia
  • Attwood, William
  • Bay Area Women In Media, San Francisco, California
  • Beasley, Maurine (1936- )
  • Black Belt Woman
  • Black business people
  • Black women
  • Black women--Civil rights
  • Blacks--Civil rights
  • Blacks--Education
  • Blacks--Employment
  • Blacks--Suffrage--Mississippi
  • Blank, Diane Serafin
  • Blue, Janice Chrabas
  • Bond, Julian (1940- )
  • Braden, Anne M. (1924-2006)
  • Braden, Carl (1914-1975)
  • Broadcasting
  • Broadcasting--Periodicals
  • Bulkeley, Christy C.
  • Burrows, Vinie
  • Business education
  • Cable television
  • Campbell, Patricia
  • Carbine, Patricia
  • Celibacy--Women
  • The Celibate Woman
  • Censorship
  • Center for Constitutional Rights, New York, New York
  • Children's literature
  • Civil rights
  • Cleveland Newspaper Guild, Cleveland, Ohio
  • Coalition of Labor Union Women, Washington, D.C.
  • Coleman, Cecily
  • Coleman, Valerie
  • Communication--Government policy
  • Communications Satellite Corporation (COMSAT), Washington, D.C.
  • Computers and women
  • Cooper, Anne
  • Copelon, Rhonda
  • Copyright--Technological aspects
  • Cornell University, New York State School of Industrial and Labor Relations
  • Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Washington, D.C.
  • Cotton, Elizabeth (pictorial image)
  • Cowlan, Bert
  • Craft, Christine (1945- )
  • Davenport, Lucinda D.
  • Democracy and mass media
  • Denmark, Copenhagen--Description
  • Disarmament--Economic aspects
  • Discrimination
  • Discrimination in employment
  • District of Columbia Women's Political Caucus
  • District of Columbia. City Council
  • Douglas, Paul H. (1892-1976)
  • Dubrow, Marcia
  • Dovring, Karin
  • Dworkin, Andrea R. (1946-2005)
  • Eating disorders
  • Education
  • Education--Curricula
  • Education--Elementary
  • Election, 1968--Presidential
  • Equal Rights Amendment--Attitudes toward
  • Erlick, Everett
  • Exchange of persons programs--Journalists
  • Experimental films
  • Fairness doctrine (Broadcasting)
  • Feminism
  • Feminism--Attitudes toward
  • Feminism, Black
  • Forum Communications, New York
  • Forum, New York, NY
  • Fraser, Arvonne (pictorial image)
  • Freedom & Peace Party
  • Freedom of speech
  • Freedom of the press
  • Fuller, Keith (1923-2002)
  • Gibbons, Sheila
  • Goodman, Janice
  • Hamer, Fannie Lou (1917-1977)
  • Harder, Sarah
  • Hartley, Jo (1921- )
  • Haverbeck, Mary Jo
  • Health services accessibility
  • Herstory Films, New York, New York
  • Hispanic Americans
  • Hite, Shere (1942- )
  • Home Instruction
  • Honey, Michael K.
  • Horowitz, Andrew
  • Indians--Actions & defenses
  • Indians--Civil rights
  • Indians--Education
  • Indians--Employment
  • Indians--Protests, demonstrations, etc.
  • Indians--Women
  • Industrial relations
  • Insurance, Health--Government policy
  • Inter-American Commission of Women
  • International Telecommunications Satellite Corporation (INTELSAT), Washington, D.C.
  • International Women's Information Service, New York, New York
  • International Women's Tribune Center
  • Iris Feminist Collective, Incorporated, Los Angeles, California
  • Jeannette Rankin Brigade
  • Jensen, Rita Henley
  • Johnson, Louise Meek
  • Journalism
  • Journalism--Study and teaching
  • Jurney, Dorothy Misener (1909-2002) (pictorial image)
  • Kaufman, Robert J.
  • Kaufman, Susan J.
  • Kelly, Mary F.
  • Kent State University--Riot, May 4, 1970
  • Kenya, Nairobi--Description
  • Kilbourne, Jean
  • Labor unions, 1940s
  • Land, Douglas S.
  • Lee, Madeline
  • Lems, Kristin
  • Levy, Lillian
  • Licenses--Broadcasting
  • Los Angeles Coalition for Better Broadcasting
  • Machinery in industry
  • Man-woman relationships
  • Marzolf, Marion
  • Mass media--Congresses, Conferences, etc.
  • Mass media and democracy
  • Mass media--Political aspects
  • Mathematics
  • McClendon, Sarah (1910-2003)
  • McLucas, John L.
  • Media Report to Women, Washington, D.C.
  • Meyer, William H. (1914-1983)
  • Milk, Harvey (1930-1978)--Assassination
  • Minorities--Employment
  • Miss America Beauty Pagaent--Attitudes toward, 1968
  • Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party
  • Mississippi Freedom Project, 1964
  • MORE A.J. Liebling Counter-convention, 1974
  • MORE A.J. Liebling Counter-convention, 1975
  • MORE, New York, New York
  • Motion picture festivals
  • Motion picture industry
  • Motion pictures
  • Motion pictures & children
  • Motion pictures in education
  • Motion pictures producers & directors
  • Motion pictures, Documentary
  • Ms. Magazine
  • Musica
  • Muslim women--India--Social conditions
  • National Broadcasting Company, Incorporated
  • National Commission on the Obervance of International Women's Year, Media Committee
  • National Commission on Working Women, Washington, D.C.
  • National Committee to Abolish Repressive Legislation
  • National Committee to Abolish the House Un-American Activities Committee
  • National Conference for New Politics
  • National Conference on Women and the Media, 1975
  • National Labor Bureau
  • National Organization for Women
  • National Organization for Women, Media Committee
  • National Woman's Party
  • National Women & Media Collection
  • National Women's Agenda
  • National Women's Conference, Houston, Texas, 1977
  • National Women's Studies Association
  • Newsday, Garden City, New York
  • Nixon, Russell
  • Nixon, Russell (pictorial image)
  • No More Fun and Games
  • Non-Governmental Organizations, New York, New York
  • Nuclear weapons--Attitudes toward
  • Nuclear weapons--Protests, demonstrations, etc.
  • O'Keefe, Georgia (1887-1986) (pictorial image)
  • Order of Railway Conductors and Brakemen
  • Oregonian, Portland, Oregon
  • Pacifism, 1940s
  • Pacifism, 1960s
  • Paid My Dues
  • Paul, Alice (1885-1977)
  • Pelton, Joseph N.
  • Phillips, Annie King
  • The Population Institute, Washington, D.C.
  • Pou, Mary Spottiswood
  • Pou, Mary Spottiswood (pictorial image)
  • Press clubs--Admittance of women
  • Public Interest Satellite Association, New York, New York
  • Public Relations
  • Public television
  • Race relations
  • Race relations--Kentucky, Louisville, 1968
  • Racism
  • Radio advertising
  • Radio Broadcasting
  • Radio programs
  • Radio stations
  • Railroads--Employees' unions
  • Railroads--Operating rules
  • Rastifari movement
  • Reid, Frances
  • Republican National Convention, 1972
  • Rich, Adrienne (1929- )
  • Roosevelt, Edith Kermit Carow (1861-1948)
  • Rosenberg, Ethel (1915-1953)
  • Rosenberg, Julius (1918-1953)
  • Roth, Mark D.
  • Rottmann, Betty Cook
  • Ruckelshaus, Jill
  • Scheonbrod, Rhonda Copelon
  • Schlafly, Phyllis (1924- )
  • Self-defense for women
  • Sex discrimination
  • Sex discrimination--Action and defenses
  • Sex role
  • Sexism
  • Sexual ethics
  • Sexual harassment
  • Sight Lines, New York, New York
  • Sobell, Morton (1917- )
  • Special education
  • Speeches, addresses, etc.
  • Spock, Benjamin M. (1903-1998)
  • Stanley, Nancy
  • Stearns, Nancy
  • Steinem, Gloria (1934- )
  • Strikes and lockouts
  • Technology and women
  • Telecommunications
  • Teleconferencing
  • Television advertising
  • Television and children
  • Television broadcasting
  • Television programs
  • Televison programs for women
  • Television scripts
  • Television stations
  • Textbooks
  • Truman Doctrine--Public opinion
  • Turpeau, Anne
  • U.S. Commission on Civil Rights
  • U.S. Congress, House, Un-American Activities Committee
  • U.S. Education Amendments Act of 1972. Title IX
  • U.S. Equal Opportunity Commission
  • U.S. Federal Communications Commission
  • U.S. National Aeronautics & Space Administration
  • U.S. National Commission on the Observance of International Women's Year
  • U.S. President's Advisory Committee for Women
  • Underwood, Betty
  • United Nations Conference on Women, 1985
  • United Nations Decade for Women
  • United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
  • United Nations End-Of-Decade World Conference for Women, Nairobi, Kenya
  • United Nations International Women's Year, 1975
  • United Nations Mid-Decade World Conference for Women, Copenhagen, Denmark, 1980
  • United Nations World Population Conference, Bucharest, Romania, 1974--U.S. Delegation
  • University of Indiana, Bloomington
  • Vacations, Employee
  • Video recordings
  • Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Attitudes toward--Blacks
  • Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Conscientious objectors
  • Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Protests, demostrations, etc.
  • Wade, Betsy (1929- )
  • Wage-price policy, 1940s
  • Washington Post Company, Washington, D.C.
  • Weddington, Sarah
  • Whitney family--Genealogy
  • Wilkinson, Frank (1914-2006)
  • Williams, Aubrey W. (1890-1965)
  • Wilson, Dagmar (1916- )
  • Wilson, Dagmar (1916- ) (pictorial image)
  • Women--Africa--Social conditions
  • Women athletes
  • Women in advertisements
  • Women--Civil rights
  • Women--Civil rights--Latin America
  • Women--Clothing and dress--Attitudes toward, 1980s
  • Women in communication
  • Women--Congresses, conferences, etc.
  • Women--Education
  • Women--Employment
  • Women and Film, Santa Monica, California
  • Women in history
  • Women--India--Social conditions
  • Women journalists
  • Women judges
  • Women in literature and art
  • Women, Management
  • Women--Mass media
  • Women for Media Change, Worthington, Ohio
  • Women in the military
  • Women musicians
  • Women in newspapers
  • Women--Political activity
  • Women politicians
  • Women scientists
  • Women sportswriters
  • Women scientists
  • Women--Social conditions
  • Women--Social networks
  • Women sportswriters
  • Women Strike for Peace
  • Women--Suffrage
  • Women on television
  • Women--Tenure
  • Women's Action Alliance, Inc., New York, New York
  • Women's Coalition for the Third Century
  • Women's Institute for Freedom of the Press, Washington, D.C.
  • Women's International League for Peace and Freedom
  • Women's International Media Network
  • Women's Legal Defense Fund, Washington, D.C.
  • Women's movement
  • Women's Vote Project '96
  • Zimmerman, Jan
  • Zissu, Patricia J.