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W/ARW. Archives for Research on Women

 Record Group Term
Identifier: W/ARW

Found in 51 Collections and/or Records:

Qiyamah A. Rahman papers

 Collection
Identifier: W103
Abstract

Qiyamah A. Rahman has been a social worker and a Unitarian Universalist minister. The Qiyamah A. Rahman Papers, 1981-2018, comprise manuscripts and notes, printed material, textiles, and artifacts. The papers document Rahman's engagement with the issues of domestic violence and women's rights in the United Stats as well as Ghana, South Africa, and St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands.

Dates: 1981-2018

Refugee Women's Network records

 Collection
Identifier: W096
Abstract:

Refugee Women's Network is a national nonprofit organization created by women for women in 1995, that focuses on enhancing refugee and immigrant women's strengths, skills, and courage through leadership training, education and advocacy. Its records, 1989-2012, consist of correspondence, minutes, printed material, financial records, artifacts, textiles, photographs, and sound and audiovisual recordings.

Dates: 1989-2012

Sisters of No Mercy records

 Collection
Identifier: W083
Abstract:

The Sisters of No Mercy, feminist theater troupe, performed for more than three years in the early 1980s. Scripts, newsletters, newspaper clippings, research materials and photographs make up the records of the Sisters of No Mercy's performances at activist and feminist events in the Atlanta, Georgia area.

Dates: 1978-1984

Susan May papers

 Collection
Identifier: W106
Abstract:

Susan May established the Council on Battered Women, and, as President of the Board and then Director, she nurtured a small task force to become a broadly-based community organization and built a comprehensive program of crisis line, shelter, children's program, and educational services. Her papers, 1979-circa 1985, include printed material, correspondence, and an original manuscript by a Council on Battered Women staff member.

Dates: 1979-circa 1985

Valerie Beynon papers

 Collection
Identifier: W128
Abstract: Valerie Beynon co-founded the Southwest Georgia chapter of the National Organization for Women (NOW) in 1993, where she served as president and coordinator for more than 10 years. Her involvement in Georgia led her to serve on Georgia NOW's State Council as well as serve in the two highest leadership roles within the state's chapter, executive vice president and president from 1997-2000. The materials in this collection reflect Beynon's involvement in NOW at the local, state and national...
Dates: 1990-2009

Valerie Fennell papers

 Collection
Identifier: W058
Abstract: The Women's Studies Institute (WSI) was approved by the Georgia Board of Regents on July 14, 1994, and the Master of Arts degree in Women's Studies was approved on March 8, 1995. Valerie Fennell has long been an advocate for a Women's Studies program at GSU and to this end has taught classes, sat on various boards, and aided in publicizing the developing program. The Valerie Fennell papers document courses relating to women's issues taught in the 1970s through to the 1980s, when the Bachelor...
Dates: 1973-1998

Wesley Chenault artifact collection

 Collection
Identifier: W034
Abstract:

Former GSU student assistant Wesley Chenault donated this collection, comprised of one feminist magnet.

Dates: undated

Women Business Owners, Inc., of Atlanta records

 Collection
Identifier: W176
Abstract

Women Business Owners Inc., of Atlanta was an organization made up of women business owners. This organization is responsible for founding the Atlanta Womens Fund, now known as the Atlanta Women's Fund. The organization's records, 1979-1992, contain printed materials, photographs, artifacts, and records concerning this organization.

Dates: 1979-1992

Women's Events collection

 Collection
Identifier: W030
Abstract:

The Women's Events Collection is an artificial collection formed of items relating to events and exhibits about women's history or women's issues.

Dates: 1996-Ongoing

Women's March Oral History Collection

 Collection
Identifier: W150
Abstract On January 21, 2017, millions of people worldwide took part in marches to protest the inauguration of Donald Trump as the President of the United States. The first protest, which took place in Washington, D.C., was known as the Women's March on Washington and was intended as a response to anti-woman rhetoric and beliefs that were espoused during Trump's campaign. While women's and reproductive rights were at the forefront of marchers' concerns, many also protested the racist, anti-immigrant,...
Dates: 2017-2018

Women's Policy Group records

 Collection
Identifier: W094
Abstract: Originally established in 1988 as the Women and Children's Policy Group, the Women's Policy Group (WPG) is a non-profit organization in the state of Georgia with an office in Atlanta. The group's main mission is to bring interested parties together to study the problems that keep women and their families underemployed, impoverished, and underserved in order to find workable solutions. Over the years, the organizations have produced a number of important research papers and projects on a...
Dates: 1990-2008