This postcard talks about black women work opportunities during around the 1940s, Joanne says the condition of black women workers was much better than before, the equal pay promotions were decreed by new laws. 1943 was the year of WW2, in my mind, before WW1, the black workers still had …
This is a letter from Linda Grant De Pauw, she talks about Fantastic Feminist doll propaganda with Joanne McQueen. Linda wants her to have a doll description to active duty military women. She also describes her worries about military women occupation development. In last week’s class, we just talked about …
This is a letter from Gail Cordner, written on September 2, 1982 to exhibitors who were going to share merchandise at the annual meeting of the Ohio chapter of the National Organization for Women (NOW). In the letter, she explains how to prepare materials for the NOW Conference Program. To …
In 10th Anniversary Luncheon of Women in Film 1983, the film editor Margaret Booth, the actress Bette Davis, Ruth Gordon and Carmen Zapata attended as honor guests. Honestly, I don’t know anyone of them, but I heard Margaret Booth and Carmen Zapata in other classes. Carmen Zapata attended this Luncheon …
A Miami University Women’s Resource Center newsletter from September 1978 discusses the prevalence of rape on the Oxford campus. The document stresses the importance of being informed about sexual violence and how to “protect” yourself from a potential attack. To better educate people, the WRC hosted a special program, titled …
In an October 1978 Miami Student Letter to the Editor, four women from the Miami community respond to a “disparaging letter” from a man named Mr. Glass. Unfortunately, I do not have a copy of Mr. Glass’ letter, but it was in response to the Women’s Resource Center’s newsletter on sexual harassment …
Joanne McQueen mentions NOW (National Organization for Women) a lot in most of her letters. She attended many times of NOW meetings in her career life. Through her letter content, it is easy to find that she did a lot of feministic and business work for the organization, and had …
In a 1978 essay by Reba Deal, she discusses “wife beating” and a need for crisis shelters. Though this particular document does not directly pertain to Miami University, the need for crisis shelters and resources is linked to the wellbeing of Oxford citizens – locals and students. Deal first reflects …
A Miami University Women’s Resource Center newsletter from September 1978 discusses sexual harassment at the Oxford campus. The document provides examples of harassment experienced by female students and a professor. The first listed example occurred at King Library, when a male student crawled under a study table to look up …
In an October 1979 article from a Middletown newspaper, staff writer Debbie Gebolys discusses the events leading up to Miami University Oxford’s inaugural “Take Back the Night” march. Since the start of the fall semester in Oxford, there were reports of 7 to 12 attacks on female students. Due to …