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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
Found in:
Special Collections
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
Found in:
Special Collections
Virginia MacMahon Ackerman papers
Collection
Identifier: W001
Abstract:
Virginia MacMahon Ackerman earned a bachelor's degree in business from Oglethorpe University in Atlanta, Georgia and was a stockbroker with Dean Witter Reynolds, Atlanta, for seven years and a director of marketing for Mainstream Access, Inc., Atlanta, for two years. The Virginia MacMahon Ackerman collection consists of an approximately 30 page scrapbook (with a 12 page insert), "Marketing the ERA in Cobb County," compiled by Ackerman in 1982 to document her activities to "market" the ERA in...
Dates:
1981-1982
Found in:
Special Collections
Wesley Chenault artifact collection
Collection
Identifier: W034
Abstract:
Former GSU student assistant Wesley Chenault donated this collection, comprised of one feminist magnet.
Dates:
undated
Found in:
Special Collections
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
Found in:
Special Collections
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
Found in:
Special Collections
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
Found in:
Special Collections
Women's Printed collection: Pamphlets
Collection
Identifier: W-Pamphlets
Abstract:
The "Printed Collection: Pamphlets" is an artificial collection of published and unpublished materials by or about women. Although called a pamphlet collection, this is in fact what some might consider to be a subject file or a vertical file, as it also includes reports, articles, directories, etc. Materials are usually received by Special Collections along with donated manuscript collections.
Dates:
circa 1968-1999
Found in:
Special Collections
Women's Printed Collection: Periodicals
Collection
Identifier: W-Periodicals
Abstract:
The Women's Printed Collection: Periodicals is an artificial collection of serial publications by or about women. Materials are usually received by Special Collections along with donated manuscript collections.
Dates:
1947-
Found in:
Special Collections