Wisconsin Society for the Equal Rights Amendment Records, 1945-1962

Summary Information

Title: Wisconsin Society for the Equal Rights Amendment Records
Inclusive Dates: 1945-1962

Creator:
  • Wisconsin Society for the Equal Rights Amendment
Call Number: Mss 130

Quantity: 0.8 c.f. (2 archives boxes)

Repository:
Archival Locations:
Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

Abstract:
Records of the Wisconsin branch (1947-1962) of the National Woman's Party which sought to raise the status of women primarily through the adoption of an equal rights amendment to the constitution. Present are correspondence (including letters to and from Alice Paul and other members of the party), a constitution, minutes, financial records, speeches of founder Mabel Griswold, convention materials, clippings, and printed matter. Personal papers of Griswold include items concerning Frank Lloyd Wright and the First Unitarian Church of Madison, Wisconsin.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-mss00130
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