MINNESOTA WOMEN'S MEETING:
An Inventory of Its Records at the Minnesota Historical Society
Manuscripts Collection
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| Creator: |
Minnesota Women's Meeting, creator.
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| Title: | Minnesota Women's Meeting
records. |
| Dates: | 1974-1978 (bulk 1977). |
| Language: | Materials in English. |
| Abstract: | Correspondence, minutes, transcripts of proceedings,
delegate application forms, schedules, lists, committee files, news releases, radio
scripts, newspaper clippings, and related records documenting the Minnesota Women's
Meeting. |
| Quantity: | 2.75 cubic feet (3 boxes). |
| Location: | See Detailed Description for shelf
locations. |
The Minnesota Women's Meeting was held in St. Cloud on June 2-5, 1977, as part of a
nationwide observance of International Women's Year, under the aegis of the National
Commission on the Observance of International Women's Year. As a part of its
activities, the meeting selected delegates to the national International Women's
Year conference in Houston, Texas, in November, 1977.
The meeting was entirely open, and anyone could register, attend workshop sessions on
women's issues, and vote in plenary sessions on the Minnesota Women's questionnaire
and resolutions. Some organizations encouraged registration by their memberships. It
was estimated by administrative staff of the meeting that approximately seventy to
eighty percent of the meeting held strongly feminist views.
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Workshops at the conference covered a wide range of women's issues, including
abortion, employment, finances, health, educational opportunities, political action,
battered women, rural and minority women's issues, and international affairs. Most
of the information on the abortion issue is found in the newspaper clippings and
documents the attempts of the anti-abortion delegates to present their case.
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Availability:
The collection is open for research use.
Preferred Citation:
[Indicate the cited item and/or series here].
Minnesota Women's Meeting. Minnesota Women's Meeting records. Minnesota
Historical Society.
See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional
examples.
Accession Information:
Accession number: Many; see 12,291
Processing Information:
Catalog ID number: 990017135080104294
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION
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| Location | Box |
| 149.J.9.6F | 1 | Background information, undated. |
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| | National Conference on the Observance of International Women's
Year: |
| | | Manual, 1975. |
| | | Delegate selection list from Federal Register, 1977. 2 folders. |
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| | Minnesota Coordinating Committee: Minutes and related papers and
member information forms, 1977. 2 folders. |
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| | Schedules, lists, candidates, speakers, and related papers, 1975, 1977. 3 folders. |
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| | List of contacts, 2 folders. |
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| | Delegate application forms: A-W undated. 3 folders. |
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| | Log sheets: Registration and Housing, undated. 2 folders. |
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| Location | Box |
| 149.J.9.7B | 2 | Conference scholarship applications: A-Z, undated. 7 folders. |
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| | Minnesota Humanities Commission Grant, undated. |
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| | Minnesota Women's Meeting delegate selection and nominations, June 4, 1977. |
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| | Transcripts of proceedings, June 4-5, 1977. |
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| | Speech transcripts, undated. |
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| | Minnesota Woman's Political Skills Index: Questionnaires, undated. 2 folders. |
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| | Committees: |
| | | Finance, 1977. |
| | | Publicity/Public relations, 1976-1977. 3 folders. |
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| | Correspondence, undated, May 1976-June 1977. |
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| Location | Box |
| 149.J.9.8F | 3 | Correspondence, July-December 1977. 5 folders. |
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| | Miscellaneous papers relating to the conference, 1977. 2 folders. |
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| | Printed materials, 1976-1977. |
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| | Newspaper clippings, 1974-1978. 10 folders. |
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| | Audio materials: |
| | | Minnesota Women's Meeting, 3 audio cassettes. |
| | | We are Women, by Judy
Sjerven. 45 rpm phondisk. |
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the
Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics,
persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.
- Topics:
- Abortion -- Citizen participation.
- Abortion -- Minnesota -- Moral and ethical
aspects.
- Feminism -- Minnesota.
- Feminists -- Minnesota.
- International Women's Year, 1975.
- Political participation -- Minnesota.
- Persons:
- Growe, Joan Anderson.
- Organizations:
- Minnesota Citizens Concerned for
Life.
- United States. National Commission on
the Observance of International Women's Year.
- Places:
- Saint Cloud (Minn.)
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