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Collections | Manuscripts | Crater, Frances M. Papers | Boxes 6 - 10

Frances M. Crater Papers:
Boxes 6 - 10

Box 6

Subject Files - NOW

1. Resolutions - Individual and Chapter
2. 6th National Conference - Washington, D.C. - February 17-19, 1973 - Conference materials
3. Minutes from Board Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts, Aug. 3 - 4, 1974 and other papers
4. 7th National Conference - Houston, Texas, May 25 - 27, 1974 - Conference materials
5. 7th National Conference - Houston, Texas, May 25 - 27, 1974 - Conference materials
6. 7th National Conference - Houston, Texas, May 25 - 27, 1974 - Conference materials
7. 7th National Conference - Houston, Texas, May 25 - 27, 1974 - Conference materials
8. 7th National Conference - Houston, Texas, May 25 - 27, 1974 - Conference materials - proposed By-Laws changes; Report of Finance Vice-President
9. 7th National Conference - Houston, Texas, May 25 - 27, 1974 - Proposed Resolutions
10. 7th National Conference - Houston, Texas, May 25 - 27, 1974

Minutes
Pre-Board Meeting
Executive Committee Meeting
Chronological Summary of NOW Board Decisions

11. National Board Minutes

September 1971, Los Angeles, California
February 1973, Washington, D.C.
April 1973, Chicago, Illinois
July 1973, San Francisco, California
November 1973, St. Louis, Missouri
February 1974, Washington, D.C.

12. Task Force Communications - January 1972 - October 1974
13. Miscellaneous Papers 1971 ( Agendas, Meetings, Correspondence)
14. Miscellaneous Papers 1972 (Agendas, Meetings, Correspondence)
15. Miscellaneous Papers 1973 (Agendas, Meetings, Correspondence )
16. Miscellaneous Papers 1974 (Agendas, Meetings, Correspondence )
17. National Office - Letterhead Stationery

Other Subject Files

18. Addresses, Agencies, Women’s Issues
19. Addresses - State Legislators; 87th General Assembly of the State of Tennessee
20. Addresses - Toy Manufacturers
21. American Civil Liberties Union - Middle Tennessee
22. Bibliography - The Women’s Guide to Books
23. Bibliography - Women’s Resource Materials
24. Birthright of Nashville
25. Congress to Unite Women - New York - 1969
26. Coordinating Committee on Legislative Concerns - 1971
27. Coordinating Committee on Legislative Concerns - 1973 - Newsletters, By-Laws, other materials
28. Credit Discrimination

Box 7

1. Day Care - Newspaper articles and other papers
2. Decide ‘74 - Local revenue sharing
3. Democratic State Convention, Tennessee, 1972
4. Democratic Party - “The Democratic Party in Tennessee- An Historical Analysis” by Martha Ragland, Feb. 20, 1971
5. Discrimination in Education
6. Equal Credit Opportunity Act (Senator William Brock of Tennessee)
7. Fair Housing Opportunity Act
8. Fundraising Materials
9. Fundraising Materials - “The Notables”
10. League of Women Voters
11. Legislation on the Status of Women compiled October 14, 1975 by Representative Sandra Clark
12. State Legislatures - Lobbying and Task Force
13. Lobbying Congress
14. Lobbying at the State and Local level - materials
15. Lobbying at the State and Local level - materials
16. Marriage, Divorce, and the Housewife
17. Marriage, Divorce, and Property
18. “The Bonnie Plan” - Economic Justice and Equality in Marriage in The Congressional Record, vol. 119, no. 57, April 11, 1973
19. Mimimum Wage
20. Minority Women
21. Nashville - Davidson County Metropolitan Council
22. Nashville Women’s Center - Collection of Papers
23. Nashville Women’s Center - Newsletters and other papers
24. Planned Parenthood of Nashville
25. “Rap Groups - The Feminist Connection” by Letty Cottin Pogrebin
26. Rape - The Rape Prevention and Crisis Center of Nashville
27. Rape Cases
28. Republican Party

Box 8

1. Seminars and Symposia
2. Sexuality Questionnaire
3. Purpose of the Small Group in the Women’s Movement
4. Southern Women’s Conference on Delegate Selection 1972 (1)
5. Southern Women’s Conference on Delegate Selection 1972 (2)
6. Southern Women’s Conference on Delegate Selection 1972 (3)
7. Sports Discrimination - Newspaper Articles
8. Tennessee Commission on the Status of Women - Information materials
9. Tennessee Commission on the Status of Women - Poster, December 1973 “Women in a Violent Society”; Directory
10. Tennessee Family Law Act, tentative draft, June 1973
11. Vanderbilt University - Report of the Ad Hoc Committee on Women’s Studies, Dec. 19, 1972
12. Vanderbilt University - Symposium - “Choice and Change for Women” materials from the program, October 1973
13. Vanderbilt University- Seminars and Symposia
14. Volunteer Women’s Round Table - Agenda for Democratic Women - 1971
15. Volunteer Women’s Round Table - Agenda for Democratic Women - 1972
16. Volunteer Women’s Round Table - Agenda for Democratic Women - 1973
17. Volunteer Women’s Round Table - Agenda - 1974, 1975
18. Women in the Military in U.S. Congressional Record, Jan. 24, 1972, Vol. 118, no. 5; Draft and the ERA
19. “Women in Politics” by Elaine Shannon; Profile of Bonnie Cowan, Candidate for Supreme Court Judge; New York State NOW - “Plunging In: Women in Politics” September 1974
20. Women’s Rights - information brochures and catalog

Box 9

1. Women’s Political Caucus – 1972 - collection of papers
2. Women’s Political Caucus - 1973 - Newsletters, meeting minutes, articles, statement of purpose and other papers
3. Women’s Political Caucus - Nashville, TN - 1974
4. Women in Poverty and on Welfare
5. Women and Religion - Newspaper articles - the Tennessean - “Chaplain Sees Rocky Road in her Air Force Duty” Dec. 13, 1973; “Jane Fonda to Address Vanderbilt in November” Sept. 21, 1973; “Symposium for Women Opens Today” April 6, 1973
6. Women and Religion - “ Jesus and the Liberated Woman” by Dr. Billy Graham in Presbyterian Layman, Feb. 1971; “Astra Goddess of Justice and Balance: A Feminist Theology” by Pearl Ross
7. Women and Religion - “Pioneering Female Theologians”; “The Sisterhood for Personhood” a newsletter, summer/fall 1973
8. Women and Religion - Scarritt College Programs - “What Can a Woman Believe” April 6 -8, 1973
9. Women’s Studies - Scarritt College - 1973 - 1974

Subject files – People

10. Baker, Howard H., Jr. - Senator ( R ) from Tennessee - correspondence
11. Brock, William E., III - Senator ( R) from Tennessee - correspondence and other papers (See also Box 7, folder 6 - Equal Credit Opportunity Act )
12. Card, Emily - Congress Committee
13. Crater, Flora - Statement on the War to North Virginia NOW, April 7, 1971; interview with Fran Crater, NOW member, Nashville, TN
14. Duncan, John J. ( R) Representative 2nd District - Ralph Nader Congress Project Citizens Look at Congress
15. Evins, Joe L., (D ) Representative 4th District - Ralph Nader Congress Project Citizens Look at Congress
16. Fulton, Richard H. (D) Representative 5th District, Congress of the United States
17. Heide, Wilma Scott - President of NOW - “A Feminist Perspective on Manipulation of Woman (woman includes man)” November 8, 1973 at a symposium at the University of Wisconsin and other materials
18. Henry, Douglas (D) State Senator, Tennessee - correspondence
19. Hoffmann, Martin R., General Counsel - Statement before the Subcommittee #2, U. S. Dept. of Defense, House Armed Services Committee, June 5, 1974
20. Horrobin, Dr. Jean Margaret - Testimony - “ Genetic Counseling and the Pre-Natal Diagnosis of Genetic Disorders” before the Senate Judiciary Sub-Committee on Constitutional Amendments, June 4, 1974
21. Lambert, Kendall - Questionnaire - Profile of a Liberated Woman
22. Middendorf, J. William II - Secretary of the Navy - Statement before subcommittee #2 concerning Legislation on Women at the Service Academies, June 12, 1974
23. Shanker, Albert - President of the American Federation of Teachers, AFL – CIO - Statement for the Special Sub-committee on Education: Hiring Policies in Higher Education, September 25, 1974
24. Shields, Katheryn - State Legislative Co-ordinator - Independence, Missouri

Publications

25. Children’s Nonsexist Coloring Book, copyright 1972 by Rainbow Institute
26. Citizens’ Advisory Council on the Status of Women - Women in 1970
27. Citizen’s Advisory Council on the Status of Women
The Equal Rights Amendment and Alimony and Child Support Laws, Jan. 1972
Interpretation of the Equal Rights Amendment in Accordance with Legislative History
Recognition of Economic Contribution of Homemakers and Protection of Children in Divorce Law and Practice
28. The Equal Rights Amendment: Hearings before the Subcommittee on Constitutional Amendments of the Committee on the Judiciary United States Senate, 91st. Congress . . ., May 5, 6, 7, 1970

Box 10

1. Free to Be You and Me (conceived by Marlo Thomas) 1974
2. NOW - Sex Discrimination in Employment: What to Know About It, What to Do About it - Eastern Massachusetts Chapter, Equal Economic Opportunity Task Force, 2nd edition, March 1973
3. NOW - Voter’s Information Handbook, 1974 Conference
4. The Plastic Broom
5. The Politics of Housework” by Pat Mainardi
6. Redstockings - Feminist Revolution, 1975
7. Services in Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity
8. State of Tennessee - Health Facilities Commission Interim Guidelines
9. Tennessee Commission for Human Development Annual Report, 1967- 8, 1971
10. U.S. Civil Service Commission - Employment - 1970, 1972, 1973
11. U.S. Civil Service Commission-“The Federal Woman’s Program a Point of View; Personal Qualifications Statement (Standard Form 171); Current Federal Examination Announcements, Jan.- Feb. 1974
12. U.S. Commission on Civil Rights - Statement on Affirmative Action for Equal Employment Opportunities, Feb. 1973
13. U.S. Commission on Civil Rights - A Guide to Federal Laws Prohibiting Sex Discrimination Clearinghouse Publication, No 46, 1974
14. U.S. Congressional Record, issues from 1974
15. U.S. Dept. of Health, Education, and Welfare - HEW People Serving People: A Profile of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
16. U.S. Dept. of Health, Education, and Welfare - Report of the Women’s Action Program, January 1972
17. U.S. Dept. of Labor - Laws and Sex Discrimination in Employment, 1970
18. U.S. Dept. of Labor - Careers for Women in the 70’s, 1973
19. Women’s Heritage Calendar and Almanac, 1970

Overview | Biography | Scope and Content Note | Boxes 1 - 5 | Boxes 6 - 10 | Boxes 11 - 16 | Complete Guide (PDF)