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Abused women

 Subject
Subject Source: Fast

Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:

Diane Winters papers

 Collection
Identifier: W107
Abstract:

Diane Winters helped found the Council on Battered Women in 1975 and continues to serve as a board member for the Georgia Advocates for Battered Women and Children. Her papers consist of correspondence, minutes and agendas, pamphlets, photographs, and a recording, 1974-2001, and relate to her work with the Georgia Network Against Domestic Violence, a branch of the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence, and its affiliates.

Dates: 1974-2001

Georgia Advocates for Battered Women and Children records

 Collection
Identifier: W049
Abstract:

The Georgia Advocates for Battered Women and Children began as an all-volunteer feminist agency in the early 1980s. The Georgia Advocates for Battered Women and Children records are organized into three series: (I) Organizational files; (II) Printed materials; and (III) Audio-visual materials.

Dates: 1971-2000; Majority of material found within 1981 - 1997

Georgia Commission on Family Violence records

 Collection
Identifier: W097
Abstract: The Georgia General Assembly created the Georgia Commission on Family Violence (GCFV) in 1992. Focusing primarily on legislation, research, education and training, monitoring Family Violence and Batterer Intervention Programs and increasing community awareness, GCFV aims to increase the safety of survivors, improve the resources available and implement more adequate tools for family violence prevention. The records consist of correspondence, legal documents, legislative records, meeting...
Dates: 1985-2011; Majority of material found within 1995 - 2008

Margo Smith Georgia Network Against Domestic Violence papers

 Collection
Identifier: W139
Abstract: Margo Smith, born in Pennsylvania and educated in Massachusetts, has spent her professional career battling to end domestic violence. She served as director of the Georgia Network Against Domestic Violence in the late 1980s. The Margo Smith Georgia Network Against Domestic Violence papers, 1986-1990, consist of grant proposals, publications, newspaper articles, speeches, presentations, and administrative materials related Margo Smith's time as director of the Georgia Network Against Domestic...
Dates: 1986-1992

Men Stopping Violence, Inc. records

 Collection
Identifier: W066
Abstract:

Men Stopping Violence is a social change organization dedicated to ending men's violence against women.

Dates: 1982-2006

Power of Women's Clothesline Project collection

 Collection
Identifier: W057
Abstract:

Power of Women is a Georgia State University student organization affiliated with the Women's Studies Institute. The Clothesline Project is a display created by survivors of violence and those in support of survivors. The collection consists of the 80 T-shirts and two quilts displayed at the Power of Women's 3rd Annual Clothesline Project, March 18-22, 2002, as well as printed materials relating to the event.

Dates: 2002

Women's Resource Center to End Domestic Violence records

 Collection
Identifier: W098
Abstract:

Formed in 1985, the Women's Resource Center to End Domestic Violence works through multiple avenues to combat domestic violence in DeKalb County. The records (1995-2010) are comprised of newsletters, annual reports, news clippings, event invitations, programs and photographs, and an apron.

Dates: 1995-2010