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| | Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 21 | Title: | Women's Community Foundation Records
| | | | Creator: | Women's Community Foundation | | | | Dates: | 1981-2008 | | | | Abstract: | The Women's Community Foundation was founded in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1984 as the Women's Community Fund, the organization began with a $30,000 endowment from artist Judy Chicago. The foundation was the first organization in Cleveland to focus exclusively on the needs of the diverse women's community by providing grant money for female-oriented endeavors, funding an annual speakers series, and offering assistance to grassroots and fledgling organizations in navigating the grant application process. The foundation closed on May 30, 2008 as result of inadequate funding and economic hardship in the greater Cleveland area. The collection consists of board minutes, committee records, correspondence, financial reports, notes, proposals, publications, and press materials. | | | | Call #: | MS 5023 | | | | Extent: | 16.60 linear feet (18 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Women's Community Foundation (Cleveland, Ohio) | Endowments -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Arts -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Endowments. | Women -- Education -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Endowments. | Community development -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Endowments. | Women -- Services for -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Finance. | Minority women -- Services for -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Finance. | People with disabilities -- Services for -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Finance.
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| Book | Requires cookie* | | 24 | Title: | History of the GFWC/Ohio Federation of Women's Clubs, 1974-1994
| | | | Creator: | Haas, Frances. | | | | | Davis, Mary A. | | | | Publication: | The Federation, Springfield, Ohio?,1994] | | | | Notes: | At head of title: Volume IV. Cover title: The GFWC/Ohio Federation of Women's Clubs. Volume IV, 1974-1994. Previous vol. titled: History of the Ohio Federation of Women's Clubs ... Responsibility statement from p. 2. "Frances Haas (Mrs. Oliver J. Haas), Historian"--P. 2. Includes index. | | | | Call #: | HQ1905 O37H54 | | | | Extent: | 428 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 23 cm. | | | | Subjects: | Ohio Federation of Women's Clubs -- History | Women -- Ohio -- Societies and clubs -- History
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 29 | Title: | Cleveland Women Working Records
| | | | Creator: | Cleveland Women Working | | | | Dates: | 1975-1981 | | | | Abstract: | Cleveland Women Working (f. 1975), founded largely by Helen Williams, was an organization of working women concerned about equal opportunity rights for office workers in the United States and especially in the Cleveland, Ohio, area. They addressed problems faced by working women by using documented research and active strategy. They counseled and educated women about legal rights and job problems, publicized unfair working situations, monitored government agencies which enforced anti-discrimination laws; monitored specific employers for compliance with the law; advocated for women with discrimination problems; and published special reports and a bi-monthly newsletter. In 1977 Cleveland Women Working merged with a group formed out of the Boston, Massachusetts, organization 9to5 News that became the Working Women Organizing Project. After another name change it became 9to5, National Association of Working Women in 1983 and maintained its national headquarters in Cleveland until 1993 when the national organization moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The officers and staff of 9to5 have been active in many different ways to further its mission, ranging from testifying before Congress to educating women through publications regarding sexual harassment in the workplace and other related issues. It ran a job problem hotline, helped to organize a division of the Service Employees International Union, and has been involved with various federal investigations and government hearings regarding employment practices and discrimination. 9to5 National Association of Working Women is still an active organization with chapters in Atlanta, Georgia, California, Colorado, and Milwaukee, Wisconsin, but is no longer active in the Cleveland area. The collection consists of agendas, annual reports, lists, newsletters, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, reports, speech texts, statutes, and surveys. | | | | Call #: | MS 5097 | | | | Extent: | 0.20 linear feet (1 container) | | | | Subjects: | Cleveland Women Working (Organization). | Women -- Employment -- United States. | Women -- Employment -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Work environment -- Women -- United States. | Work environment -- Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Women employees -- United States. | Women employees -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Discrimination in employment -- United States. | Discrimination in employment -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Pay equity -- United States. | Pay equity -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Sexual harassment of women -- United States. | Sexual harassment of women -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Women -- United States -- Social conditions. | Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Social conditions. | Women's rights -- United States. | Women's rights -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Feminism -- United States. | Feminism -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 30 | Title: | Cleveland Business and Professional Women's Club Records
| | | | Creator: | Cleveland Business and Professional Women's Club | | | | Dates: | 1922-1976 | | | | Abstract: | The Cleveland Business and Professional Women's Club was founded in 1919 under the authority of the National Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs. Since its beginning it has placed an emphasis on education as the basis for professional women's progress in Cleveland, Ohio. It supports laws affecting women's wages and advancement opportunities, vocational training of women, scholarship funds, and public education on national women's issues such as the Equal Rights Amendment. The collection consists of correspondence, minutes, financial reports, annual reports, scrapbooks, membership records, newsletters, national and state convention programs, histories of local and state federations, clippings, and printed materials. | | | | Call #: | MS 3946 | | | | Extent: | 2.00 linear feet (3 containers and 1 oversize volume) | | | | Subjects: | Cleveland Business and Professional Women's Club. | Cleveland Women's Exposition, 1926. | Ohio Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs. | Businesswomen. | Women in the professions -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs. | Women -- Employment -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 32 | 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.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 38 | Title: | Woman's Christian Temperance Union, Cleveland, Ohio Records
| | | | Creator: | Woman's Christian Temperance Union, Cleveland, Ohio | | | | Dates: | 1874-1951 | | | | Abstract: | The Woman's Christian Temperance Union of Cleveland, Ohio, was a temperance organization founded in 1874 and incorporated in 1880 as the Woman's Christian Temperance League. It was an auxiliary of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union of Ohio. In 1886 it changed its name to the Non-Partisan Woman's Christian Temperance Union. In 1933 it became the Woman's Philanthropic Union. It was also involved in many civic and charitable activities. The collection consists of a constitution, articles of incorporation, minutes of board and committee meetings, letters, and financial records. | | | | Call #: | MS 3247 | | | | Extent: | 1.20 linear feet (3 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Woman's Christian Temperance Union (Cleveland, Ohio) | Friendly Inn (Cleveland, Ohio) | Women in charitable work -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Temperance -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs. | Women volunteers in social service -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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| Manuscript Collection | Requires cookie* | | 39 | 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.
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