Iowa Women's Archives
University of Iowa Libraries
Iowa City, Iowa

NATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR WOMEN. IOWA.

RECORDS,1971-1987
5 linear feet

Collection Overview

Box List

Box 1

Affirmative action, 1981-1987 AIDS, 1984-1986 Ames ordinance, 1986 Bork nomination, 1986 Bulk mail - postal permit and instructions, 1977-1986 Central dues collection, 1981-1985 Chapter and state newsletters, 1985-1988 Chapter assessment, 1981-1985 Chapter contact, telephone Chapter development, 1980-1986 Chapter resources

“A Bill Becomes Law” Board directors of non-profit Brief bibliography Characteristics of a strong chapter Choosing an action Conflict resolution for NOW chapters Developing job descriptions 80 ways to enhance your groups clout General checklist for special events Guidelines: letter action to abusive… How to establish treasury records How to prepare a budget Iowa government--the three branches Iowa NOW issue committee guidelines Issues education Leadership Media Membership and chapter development Model chapter bylaw, 1978 NOW structure, 1983 Planning Planning a retreat for chapter decision makers Record keeping for chapters

Child care, 1985-1987

Box 2

Child support, dissolution, 1987 Civil Rights Act, 1984-1985 Civil Rights Restoration Act, 1985-1987 Combating racism committee, 1979-1989 Comparable worth, 1983-1985 Concepts of employment discrimination Correspondence

Media, 1982-1984 National incoming:

1982-1984 (including letter from Charles E. Grassley) 1985-1988 (including letters from Tom Harkin) Undated

National outgoing, 1983-1985 Regional incoming:

1982-1984 1985-1988

Box 3

State incoming, 1982-1987 (including letters from Berkley Bedell and Charles E. Grassley) State outgoing, 1982-1986

Craft, Christine, 1985 Credit Displaced homemakers, 1979-1984 Draft, military, 1980-1981 Emma Goldman Clinic-- letter harassment, Rock Island, Illinois, 1983-1985 Employment, 1979-1985 ERA, federal

Awareness week, 1981 Battle hyms Boycott Congressional letters, 1982 Countdown:

1981 Misc., 1981-1982

Box 4

Press clips, 1981

Emergency, 1978 Equality walk, 1983 Extension

1978 1981-1982

Fundraising kit

1982 Letter, 1981-1982 Misc., 1979

GOP action kit, 1982 Illinois, 1978-1982 Inaugural watch, 1981 Lobby kit, 1980 March, 1978, 1980 (2 folders) Media campaign, 1981-1982 Message brigade, 1981 Missionary project, 1981 Mobilization kit Petitions and petition drive

Box 5

Pro materials Rally, 1976-1977 Recission

Kit, 1979 (includes letter from Jean Lloyd Jones) Project, 1980

Religious action packet, 1978 Shoulder to shoulder project, 1976 Vigil kit, 1976 Walkathon kit, 1977-1981

ERA Iowa

Antis, 1980 Coalition, 1978-1982 House joint resolution 12, 1978

Box 6

Miscellaneous, 1979-1980 Pros, 1978-1980 Resource packet, 1979

ERA 1983, introduced Executive board meetings, 1982-1986 Expenses, state coordinator, 1983 Form

Chapter annual report form Chapter contact sheet Chapter convening authprization Expense reimbursement Issue committee quarterly report Misc. change forms NOW logo Order, mailing labels Publication order form

Fulani, Lenora, presidential campaign, 1988 Fundraising Gays and Lesbians of Ames, newsletter, 1983-1984 Gay and Lesbian Resource Center, 1987 Grassroots political organizing Illinois-Iowa NOW conference, 1987 Impoverishment of women, 1983-1984 Iowa City Iowa Rights Commission, 1983-1985 Iowa gay and lesbian

Freedom Week, 1984-1987 Pride Week, 1983

Box 7

Iowa Network for Women

1986-1987 1988 and undated

Iowa NOW

Agenda, 1984-1985 Budget, 1982-1985 Bylaws, 1984 Central dues collection report, 1982-1983 Lesbian Rights Committee, 1979-1983 Legislative taskforce, 1987 PAC, 1987-1988 Program book advertising campaign, 1986 State conference

1984 1985, press packet 1986, registration

Iowa Organization of Women for Agriculture, 1983-1985 Iowa rural women committee, 1983-1985 Kowalski, Sharon, 1988 Labor movement, 1977-1981

Box 8

Legislative lobbying Lesbian and gay, brochures and information Lesbian rural experience, 1983 Maps March on Washington for gay and lesbian rights, 1987 Media

1981-1986 Correspondence, 1983 How to, 1981-1985 Resources, contact list

Membership processing Membership services, 1983-1986 Men’s feminist organizations, 1985 Mileage reimbursement, 1980-1981 Military budget, 1983-1984 Minnesota Women’s Consortium, 1985-1987 Nairobi Conference, 1985 National board meetings

Minutes, 1982-1988 (2 folders)

Box 9

Reports, 1984-1987

National current contact sheet, 1983-1985 National issues committees, 1981-1983

National NOW

Financial report, 1985 History, 1984

NOW

Legal defense and education fund, 1978-1985 Lesbian rights conference, 1984 Midwest regional conference, 1986 National bylaws, 1980-1981 National conference, 1983-1985 (3 folders)

Box 10

National conference, 1986-1988 (3 folders) New Jersey project, 1984-1985 Product line catalog and other catalogs Twentieth anniversary

National updates

1983-1987 Lesbian rights, 1983-1985

Organizing and advocacy in rural America, 1986 Parental leave, 1984-1987 Parliamentary procedure Pay equity, 1982-1987 Peace actions/organizations, 1983-1985 Phone bank information Precinct caucuses resolutions, 1988

Box 11

Press releases, 1983-1985 Provisional charter approval Regional current contact sheet, 1983-1985 Rehnquist nomination, 1986 Rural action and organizations, 1983-1985 Rural women publications, 1983-1984 Sex discrimination

Early childhood development Education

1980-1986 Iowa Department of Instruction, 1985 National Updates, 1984 PEER, 1979-1983 Title IX, 1984

Insurance, media, 1983 Iowa, Fifty States Project, 1984 Iowa insurance workshop, 1983 Language, 1981 National updates, insurance, 1982-1984 Non-discrimination in insurance, 1982-1984

Box 12

Sexual harassment, 1981-1983 Social security, 1979-1982 State by state guide to women’s legal rights, 1986 State coordinators caucus, 1986-1988 State council meetings

Agendas/minutes, 1982-1987 Preparation, 1982-1987

State presidents, coordinators meeting, 1987 State projects

Leadership development, 1984 Proposal to national, 1982-1984 Skills conference, 1983

State updates, 1982-1987 Statistics and polls, 1984 Supreme Court, 1981 Theory and philosophy of feminism Treasurer reports, 1983-1986 Unemployment

Box 13

United States Commission on Civil Rights, 1982-1983 Volunteerism War and peace in Iowa, 1981-1982 Women and insurance press packet, 1983 Women’s history, 1985 Yard Molly, appearance at the University of Iowa, 1988

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