| Repository: | Western Reserve Historical Society |
| Creator: | Women's Equity Action League |
| Title: | Women's Equity Action League Records |
| Dates: | 1969-1984 |
| Extent: | 0.40 linear feet (1 container) |
| Abstract: | The Women's Equity Action League (WEAL) (1968-ca. 1989) was a national organization founded in Cleveland, Ohio, committed to combating sex discrimination and advocating for economic equality for women through education and litigation. WEAL was an offshoot of the National Organization for Women and took a more conservative stance on issues such as abortion rights and the Equal Rights Amendment. The organization's membership remained small throughout its duration but benefitted from the prestige of the high-profile women in academia, business, and government who joined WEAL. Growing out of WEAL was the Women's Law Fund, a non-profit organization co-founded in 1972 by attorneys Jane M. Picker and Lizbeth A. Moody, both professors at Cleveland State University's Cleveland-Marshall College of Law. The Women's Law Fund evolved out of divisions within WEAL concerning the mission, structure, and funding of the organization. The collection consists of administrative records, articles of incorporation, by-laws, correspondence, financial records, legal records, memoranda, minutes, a mission statement, notes, press releases, promotional materials, and other public relations records, and reports. |
| MS Number | MS 5125 |
| Location: | closed stacks |
| Language: | The records are in English |
The Women's Equity Action League (WEAL) (1968-ca. 1989) was a national organization founded in Cleveland, Ohio, committed to combating sex discrimination and advocating for economic equality for women through education and litigation. WEAL was an offshoot of the National Organization for Women and took a more conservative stance on issues such as abortion rights and the Equal Rights Amendment. The organization's membership remained small throughout its duration but benefited from the prestige of the high-profile women in academia, business, and government who joined WEAL. Growing out of WEAL was the Women's Law Fund, a non-profit organization co-founded in 1972 by attorneys Jane M. Picker and Lizbeth A. Moody, both professors at Cleveland State University's Cleveland-Marshall College of Law. The Women's Law Fund evolved out of divisions within WEAL concerning the mission, structure, and funding of the organization.
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The Women's Equity Action League Records, 1969-1984, consist of administrative records, articles of incorporation, by-laws, correspondence, financial records, legal records, memoranda, minutes, a mission statement, notes, press releases, promotional materials, and other public relations records, and reports.
This collection is of value to researchers studying women's history, gender studies, legal studies, and civil rights in Cleveland, Ohio, and throughout the United States in the late twentieth century. This collection records the evolution and management of the earliest organizations dedicated to fighting gender discrimination through legislation and litigation.
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Related MaterialThe researcher should also consult MS 4970 Women's Law Fund Records; MS 5124 Women's Law Fund Records, Series II; MS 4107 Women's Rights Society of Cleveland Records; and MS 5074 WomenSpace Records.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
[Container ___, Folder ___ ] MS 5125 Women's Equity Action League Records, Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio
Gift of Lana Moresky in 2010.
Processed by Natalie Jemiola-Wilson in 2012.
Women's Equity Action League Records 1969-1984 |
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| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | Administrative records, Board of Trustees committees, meetings, and minutes 1970-1973 | |||||||||
| 1 | 2 | Administrative records, organizational records including articles of incorporation, by-laws, and mission statement 1969-1972 | |||||||||
| 1 | 3 | Correspondence, memoranda, and notes 1970-1972 | |||||||||
| 1 | 4 | Financial records 1971-1979 | |||||||||
| 1 | 5 | Legal records 1971-1984 | |||||||||
| 1 | 6 | Public relations records 1971-1978 | |||||||||