Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries
Guide to the Alliance for the Women's Commission and ERA Records 1976-1979
Cage.900
Table of Contents
Summary Information
- Repository
- Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries
- Title
- Alliance for the Women's Commission and ERA Records
- ID
- Cage.900
- Date [inclusive]
- 1976-1979
- Extent
- 0.25 linear feet, 1 box.
- Language
- Collection materials are in English.
- Abstract
- Records of the Alliance for the Women's Commission and ERA, a Pullman, Washington based grass-roots advocacy organization. The records are mostly materials related to Referendum 40 (1977), about establishing a Washington State Women's Commission.
Preferred Citation
[item description]; Alliance for the Women's Commission and ERA Records; Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections; Washington State University Libraries.
Biography/History
The Alliance for the Women's Commission and ERA was a Pullman, Washington based grass-roots advocacy organization. Its main purpose was to promote passage of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) to the United States Constitution, and passage of Referendum 40 (1977), a state ballot measure about establishing a Washington State Women's Commission. The referendum failed.
Scope and Content
This collection consists of records of the Alliance for the Women's Commission and ERA, a Pullman, Washington based grass-roots advocacy organization. The records are mostly materials related to Referendum 40 (1977), about establishing a Washington State Women's Commission. The contents include press releases, meeting agendas, printed ephemera, and items related to the Washington State Women's Council (under the Office of the Governor).
Administrative Information
Publication Information
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries 2018-06-06
http://www.libraries.wsu.edu/masc/
Terrell Library
P.O. Box 645610
Pullman, WA, 99164-5610 USA
509-335-6691
mascref@wsu.edu
Restrictions on Access
This collection is open and available for research use.
Restrictions on Use
Copyright restrictions may apply.
Acquisition Information
Ruby Young donated this collection to the Washington State University Libraries in 2006 (MS.2006.14).
Processing Information
Cheryl Gunselman processed this collection in 2018.
Names and Subjects
Subject(s)
- Women--Legal status, laws, etc.--Washington (State)
- Women--Political activity--Washington (State)
- Equality before the law
- Women