Nancy Nowak papers

Collection

Identifier: W076

Staff Only
Not requestable

Scope and Content of the Papers

The collection consists of articles, correspondence, legislative information, speeches, and reports collected to educate and build support for the passage of the Equal Rights Amendment. Artifacts include a card distributed by the Georgia Association of Educators (GAE) with the Equal Rights Amendment on it and contact information for Georgia legislators and a sheet of ERA decals. The papers include a cassette tape.

Dates

Creation: 1972-1982

Creator

Nowak, Nancy, 1938- (Person)

Restrictions on Access

Collection is open for research use.

Terms Governing Use and Reproduction

Georgia State University is the owner of the physical collection and makes reproductions available for research, subject to the copyright law of the United States and item condition. Georgia State University may or may not own the rights to materials in the collection. It is the researcher's responsibility to verify copyright ownership and obtain permission from the copyright holder before publication, reproduction, or display of the materials beyond what is reasonable under copyright law. Researchers may quote selections from the collection under the fair use provision of copyright law.

Biography of Nancy Nowak

Nancy Nowak was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut in 1938. She attended Bucknell University in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania (B.A. in Biology, 1960) and Cornell University Medical College (B.S. in Nursing, 1963). In September 1963, Nowak joined the Peace Corps and traveled to Ethiopia as part of the Corps' medical team. Upon her return to the United States, she attended Johns Hopkins School of Public Health and Hygiene, where she received a Masters in Public Health. From 1967-1970 she worked for the Indian Health Service (part of the U.S. Public Health Service) in Washington, D.C. and then Anchorage, Alaska, and from 1971-1974, she was an instructor at the Arizona School of Nursing, before moving to Atlanta, GA. From 1980-1989 Nowak worked for the U.S. Public Health Service Regional Office in Family Planning. She then joined the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) as a program consultant in injury control, then program consultant for the their Division of Chronic Disease, studying breast and cervical cancer. She left Atlanta and the CDC in 2002.

Nowak first became interested in the the Women's Movement in 1977, when she attended a meeting of the National Organization for Women (NOW). She went on to join the NOW board in 1978, and, along with Mary Jo Duncanson, co-led the ERA State Network which worked to build a means of support and dissemination of information throughout Georgia. She was also a member of the Homemakers for ERA.

A longtime member of the Universalist Unitarian Congregation, she also served on the Board of Trustees of the Universalist Unitarian Service Committee, (a separate human rights organization) from 1997-2004. After leaving the CDC, she moved to Duxbury, Massachusetts.

Extent

1.5 Linear Feet (in 3 boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract:

Nowak first became interested in the the Women's Movement in 1977, when she attended a meeting of the National Organization for Women (NOW). She went on to join the NOW board in 1978, and, along with Mary Jo Duncanson, co-led the ERA State Network which worked to build a means of support and dissemination of information throughout Georgia. The collection consists of articles, correspondence, legislative information, speeches, and reports collected to educate and build support for the passage of the Equal Rights Amendment.

Acquisition Information

Donated by Nancy Nowak via Janet Paulk, January 2007.

Online Availability:

Several items have been digitized and are available online at Georgia State University Library Digital Collections.

Related Archival Materials

Related Materials in This Repository

Nancy Nowak oral history interview, January 25, 2006. Georgia Women's Movement Oral History Project (W008)

Separated Materials

Separated to Women's Printed Collection: Pamphlets (W-Pamphlets) see finding aid for access

"Answers to Questions About Equal Rights Amendment" (National Woman's Party, 1976) [Equal rights amendments--National Woman's Party]
"Can You Pass the True False Test on the ERA?" (ERA Georgia, Inc.) [Equal rights amendments--ERA Georgia, Inc.]
"The Equal Rights Amendment: A Lifetime Guarantee" (American Civil Liberties Union) [Equal rights amendments--American Civil Liberties Union]
"The Equal Rights Amendment: What's in it for Black Women?" (Freeman, Frankie Muse) [Equal rights amendments--African Americans]
"Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex. / ERA by '82" (ERAmerica) [Equal rights amendments--ERAmerica]
"ERA and Family Life" [Equal rights amendments and religion]
"ERA for the Sake of the Family" (Kirby, Ellen) [Equal rights amendments and religion]
"ERA Means Equal Rights for Men and Women" (League of Women Voters, 1978) [Equal rights amendments--League of Women Voters]
"ERA Yes" (National Organization for Women) [Equal rights amendments--National Organization for Women]
"Go ERA" (League of Women Voters) [Equal rights amendments--League of Women Voters]
"Homemakers and the Equal Rights Amendment" (National organization for Women) [Equal rights amendments--Homemakers]
"Homemakers Need the Equal Rights Amendment" (Housewives for the ERA) [Equal rights amendments--Homemakers]
"Join Georgians for the Equal Rights Amendment" (Georgians for the Equal Rights Amendment) [Equal rights amendments--Georgians for the Equal Rights Amendment]
"Minority Women and the Equal Rights Amendment" (National Organization for Women) [Equal rights amendments--Minorities]
"National Association of Women Layers: What the Equal Rights Amendment Means" (National Association of Women Lawyers) [Equal rights amendments--National Association of Women Lawyers]
"Up from the Pedestal...To Equality" (Follis, Anne) [Equal rights amendments--Homemakers]
"What's In It For Men?" (National Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs, Inc.) [Equal rights amendments--National Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs, Inc.]
"What's your ERA IQ?" (National Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs, Inc., 1978) [Equal rights amendments--National Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs, Inc.]
"Wherever You Are Get Into ERA Action" (Unitarian Universalist Women's Federation) [Equal rights amendments and religion]
"Why Do Working Women Need the Equal Rights Amendment?" (American Civil Liberties Union) [Equal rights amendments--American Civil Liberties Union]
"Why ERA is in Trouble in the South" (ERAmerica, 1977) [Equal rights amendments--ERAmerica]
"Women of Georgia: What have You Heard About the Equal Rights Amendment?" (National Organization for Women?)[Equal rights amendments--Georgia]
"Women's Programs Division" (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency) [U.S. Environmental Protection Agency]

Separated to Women's Printed Collection: Periodicals (W-Periodicals), see finding aid or online catalog for access

Georgia Voter (Atlanta, GA: League of Women Voters of Georgia), Vol.38, No.3A, September-October 1978
National Now Times (Washington, D.C.: National Organization for Women), Vol.14, No.10, November 1981
White House News on Women (Washington, D.C.: White House Interdepartmental Task Force on Women), Vol.2, No.1, January 1980
Women's Rights Report (Richmond, VA: Women's Rights Project, American Civil Liberties Union), Vol.1, No.1, March 1979