| | Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 1 | Title: | Women's Law Fund Records
| | | | Creator: | Women's Law Fund | | | | Dates: | 1968-2002 | | | | Abstract: | The Women's Law Fund was a nonprofit organization founded in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1972 dedicated to eradicating gender discrimination in employment, education, government benefits, and housing. Under the direction of Jane M. Picker and Lizabeth A. Moody, the organization secured attorneys and provided funding for litigation related to women's issues. Most notably, the fund supported LaFleur, et al. v. Cleveland Board of Education, et al., a case that reached the U.S. Supreme Court in a landmark ruling concerning mandatory maternity leave for female employees. In the 1990s the fund focused on female age discrimination and discrimination faced by American women employed overseas by American companies. The Women's Law Fund disbanded in 2006. The collection consists of agendas, annual reports, correspondence, financial records, meeting minutes, memorandums, magazine articles, newspaper clippings, reports, resumes, and video tapes. | | | | Call #: | MS 4970 | | | | Extent: | 91.94 linear feet (99 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Women's Law Fund (Cleveland, Ohio) | Sex discrimination against women -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Sex discrimination against women -- United States. | Women's rights -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Women's rights -- United States. | Women -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Women -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States. | Women -- Employment -- Law and legislation. | Women in education -- Legal status, laws, etc. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Trials, litigation, etc.
| | | | |
View Finding Aid
|
View XML
| |
| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 2 | Title: | Lana Moresky Papers and Photographs, Series II
| | | | Creator: | Moresky, Lana Z. | | | | Dates: | 1971-2010 | | | | Abstract: | Lana Moresky is a women's rights activist and officer of the National Organization for Women (NOW). In 1972, Moresky joined the Cleveland, Ohio, NOW. By 1973 she was a member of the executive board and a state delegate, and, in 1974, Moresky became state NOW coordinator. In 1976 she was elected to a seat on the NOW national board. Moresky remained involved in NOW, particularly at the local level, throughout the 1980s, even as her political and women's rights activities increased and diversified. Her involvement included: Ohio Attorney General's Task Force on Sexism in Education, Cuyahoga County Democratic Executive Committee, Twenty-Second District Caucus chairperson, Democratic National Convention delegate, and Cleveland board member of Americans for Democratic Action. The collection consists of agendas, agreements, brochures, bylaws, correspondence, flyers, lists, magazine articles, memoranda, minutes, newspaper articles, newsletters, notes, press releases, programs, questionnaires, reports, resolutions, resumes, rosters, schedules/day planners, and speeches. The collection also contains two cassette tapes, one compact disc, 25 black and white photographs, and 42 color photographs. | | | | Call #: | MS 5330 | | | | Extent: | 5.60 linear feet (7 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Women's rights -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
| | | | |
View Finding Aid
|
View XML
| |
| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 3 | Title: | Women's Law Fund Records, Series III
| | | | Creator: | Women's Law Fund | | | | Dates: | 1970-2003 | | | | Abstract: | The Women's Law Fund was a nonprofit organization founded in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1972 dedicated to eradicating gender discrimination in employment, education, government benefits, and housing. Under the direction of Jane M. Picker and Lizabeth A. Moody, the organization secured attorneys and provided funding for litigation related to women's issues. Most notably, the fund supported LaFleur, et al. v. Cleveland Board of Education, et al., a case that reached the U.S. Supreme Court in a landmark ruling concerning mandatory maternity leave for female employees. In the 1990s the fund focused on female age discrimination and discrimination faced by American women employed overseas by American companies. The Women's Law Fund disbanded in 2006. The collection consists of Women's Law Fund files related to one case of gender discrimination filed against the City of Cleveland regarding its fire department: Zamlen et al. v. City of Cleveland, et al. It includes appendices, balance sheets, brochures, cassette tapes, charts, consent decrees, contracts, correspondence, course catalogs, court documents, court opinions, court orders, depositions, dockets, exhibits, flyers, forms, handbooks, handouts, indices, journal articles, legal briefs, lists, magazines, manuals, memoranda, motions, newsletters, newspaper articles and clippings, notes, pamphlets, pleadings, printed case law, reports, statements, statistics, transcripts, trial summaries, VHS tapes, and workbooks. | | | | Call #: | MS 5255 | | | | Extent: | 19.80 linear feet (21 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Sex discrimination against women -- Law and legislation -- United States -- Cases. | Sex discrimination against women -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Sex discrimination against women -- United States. | Sex discrimination in employment -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Women's rights -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Women's rights -- United States -- Cases. | Women -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Women -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States. | Women in education -- Legal status, laws, etc. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Trials, litigation, etc.
| | | | |
View Finding Aid
|
View XML
| |
| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 4 | Title: | Women's Law Fund Records, Series II
| | | | Creator: | Women's Law Fund | | | | Dates: | 1972-1996 | | | | Abstract: | The Women's Law Fund (1972-2006), a non-profit organization co-founded by attorneys Jane M. Picker and Lizbeth A. Moody, both professors at Cleveland State University's Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, evolved out of divisions within Women's Equity Action League (WEAL) concerning the mission, structure, and funding of that organization. WEAL was a national organization founded in Cleveland, Ohio, and committed to combating sex discrimination and advocating for economic equality for women through education and litigation. The focus of Women's Law Fund was to fund specific sex discrimination cases and secure attorneys for litigation. In the first case supported by the fund, LaFleur, et al. v. Cleveland Board of Education, et al., the U.S Supreme Court prohibited the school board's mandatory maternity leave policy for violation of the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause. The Women's Law Fund disbanded in 2006 having reached its goals. The collection consists of administrative records, agendas, charts, correspondence, financial records, forms, grant proposals, legal records, lists, memoranda, minutes, newspaper articles, notes, promotional materials, and reports. | | | | Call #: | MS 5124 | | | | Extent: | 0.60 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Women's Law Fund (Cleveland, Ohio) | Sex discrimination against women -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Sex discrimination against women -- United States. | Women's rights -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Women's rights -- United States. | Women -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Women -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States. | Women -- Employment -- Law and legislation. | Women in education -- Legal status, laws, etc.
| | | | |
View Finding Aid
|
View XML
| |
| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 5 | Title: | WomenSpace Records
| | | | Creator: | WomenSpace | | | | Dates: | 1969-1994 | | | | Abstract: | WomenSpace was an organization designed to bring together existing women's organizations in the Cleveland, Ohio area to promote women's advocacy and to allay duplication of services and events. Founded in the mid-1970s, WomenSpace opened its first center in the Cleveland Metro Y.W.C.A. under the leadership of President Roberta Steinbacher and Executive Director Jane Campbell. WomenSpace promoted and held numerous events, including the Women at Work Exposition, Women in Skilled Employment program, Women and Alcohol Project, and Domestic Violence Outreach Project. A drop in membership and decreased funding resulted in WomenSpace closing its doors on April 26, 1995. The collection consists of agendas, annual reports, balance sheets, brochures, budgets, by-laws, contact records, contracts, correspondence, financial statements, grant proposals, lists, magazine articles, manuals, memoranda, minutes, newsletters, newspaper clippings, notes, press releases, publicity material, reports, research, resource material, rosters, speech texts, and surveys. | | | | Call #: | MS 5074 | | | | Extent: | 24.20 linear feet (25 containers) | | | | Subjects: | WomenSpace (Organization) | Women's rights -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Feminism -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Social conditions. | Women -- Employment -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Discrimination in employment. | Women -- Alcohol use -- Prevention. | Women alcoholics -- Services for -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Family violence -- Prevention. | Victims of family violence -- Services for -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Abused women -- Services for -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
| | | | |
View Finding Aid
|
View XML
| |
|
