Struggle for Women's Rights, 1880-1990: Organizational Records

Struggle for Women's Rights, 1880-1990: Organizational Records

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Description: Records include three important women’s rights organizations: the National Woman’s Party, the League of Women Voters, and the Women’s Action Alliance. Originally a committee of the National American Woman Suffrage Association, the National Woman’s Party was founded in 1913 when Alice Paul and her colleagues broke away from NAWSA. The Women’s Action Alliance, established in 1971 as a grass-roots organization, concerned itself with issues such as employment and employment discrimination, childcare, health care, and education. The League of Women Voters collection documents almost every facet of women’s involvement in U.S. politics from 1920 to 1974.