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Mss 961
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Part 1 (Mss 961): Original Collection, 1967-19966.6 c.f. (17 archives boxes) The records are arranged into two series: WISCONSIN WOMEN'S NETWORK records and WISCONSIN WOMEN'S EDUCATION FUND (WWEF/WFPF) records. The Wisconsin Women's Network records are subdivided into General Administrative Records and Task Force Records. The WWEF/WFPF records are arranged as Origins, Organizational Records, Ellen O'Brien Saunders Papers, and Subject Files. The WISCONSIN WOMEN'S NETWORK RECORDS include correspondence, financial information and budgets, minutes, and information on the formation of the network and on annual meetings at which policy was decided. The background information contains the initial organization proposal drawn up by Gene Boyer, FAN minutes, several drafts of the articles of incorporation and by-laws, and a list of historic highlights and task force activities, 1980-1984. The task force records are arranged alphabetically by name and then alphabetically by subject. Documentation variously includes action alerts, correspondence, minutes, background information, public statements and testimonies at legislative hearings, and press material. Except for a few isolated items, the majority of this subseries consists of photocopied or mimeographed material distributed to the general membership of the task force. The task force files are not true records which would have been in the hands of the various chairs, who carried out the real activities of the network, but rather mimeographed convenience copies apparently filed in the Madison office. Because of this provenance most task force records are incomplete. Most extensively represented are the files on Marital Property Reform and Reproductive Rights, although there is information on a wide range of issues concerning women and children. The WISCONSIN WOMEN'S EDUCATION FUND RECORDS (WWEF/WFPF) are those of co-founder Ellen Saunders who was born Ellen O'Brien on June 25, 1941 in Detroit, Michigan. She attended the University of Michigan and received a B.A. from Barnard College in 1963 and a master's degree in Education from Northeastern University in 1970. With her husband David Saunders, she moved to Wisconsin in 1971. Saunders worked as an executive assistant at DILHR, as well as coordinating Wisconsin NOW's State Compliance Task Force from 1972 to 1975 and serving on the WFPF board from 1973 to 1987. Saunders was also involved in the Intergovernmental Personnel Act Project, 1972-1973, studying career patterns of women in state service and compiling quarterly reports of progress. She researched and wrote publications for various state agencies including One Step at a Time: A Handbook for Office Workers in State Government, which was published by the Governor's Commission on the Status of Women (1976), and The Status of Clerical Workers: A Case for Pay Equity, which was published by the UW-Extension (1981). Saunders was a member of the state coordinating committee of the International Women's Year, and she was one of Wisconsin's delegates to the National Women's Conference in Houston in 1977. In addition, Governor Patrick J. Lucey appointed her to the Education Committee of the State Council on Affirmative Action (1976-1981) and the planning committee for the Institute on Comparable Worth in 1981. In the late 1980s Saunders left Wisconsin for Ohio where she worked on labor issues in state government. She then settled in Olympia, Washington in the early 1990s. There she headed a training and employment agency in state government. The records of WWEF/WFPF consist of four subseries: Origins, Organizational Records, Ellen Saunders Papers, and Subject Files. These records document the administration and operation of an organization created to alleviate employment discrimination against women at the height of the national feminist movement. Throughout the series there is much correspondence and paperwork between the organization, its project staff, and various state offices and agencies that document the strong influence of state government. The papers of Ellen Saunders, co-founder of the fund, document her personal involvement in other women's events and organizations in Wisconsin. The WWEF/WFEF series documents the years from 1967 to 1990, with the richest records relating to the years 1973-1981. Copies of The Stateswoman which WFEF/WWEF published for the Wisconsin Women's Network after 1979 are available in the SHSW Library. The Origins subseries chronicles the events leading up to the creation of WFPF. Included is detailed documentation such as resolutions, memoranda, help sheets, correspondence, reports, and a list of demands concerning the action of January 1973, in which members of Wisconsin Now visited offices throughout the state to review implementation of Affirmative Action policies. Also included are WFPF's articles of incorporation and bylaws. The Organizational Records span the period from 1973 to 1990. This material documents the way in which the organization changed its focus over time, specifically after making the transition from its status as an autonomous agency to becoming one of several task forces of a larger group. Records include minutes, officer reports, incoming and outgoing correspondence of leaders such as Margo House and Gene Boyer, and membership lists. Miscellaneous financial reports and budgets span the period 1974-1989, but detailed general ledgers and journals are limited to 1976-1977. The majority of the organizational records document WWEF/WFPF's three major projects: Attitudes, Women and Employment; Skilled Jobs for Women; and the publication of Uncommon Lives of Common Women. These records cover the years 1974 to 1977, the organization's most active and well publicized period. About Attitudes, Women and Employment, the organization's first project, there are proposals and contracts, three sets of correspondence, financial records, training materials, and progress reports. A thorough evaluation from 1976 summarizes the history, implementation, and success of the project. Skilled Jobs for Women is primarily documented by financial records and grant proposals. Material from the development and publication of Uncommon Lives includes research correspondence of author Victoria Brown, promotional materials, and financial records. The Ellen Saunders Papers focus on her activities as WWEF/WFPF co-director and as a feminist active in other organizations. Unfortunately there is no material on her activities outside of the Wisconsin Women's Education Fund after 1981 and no material on her personal or professional life after leaving Wisconsin in the late 1980s. There is one folder of chronologically arranged personal papers spanning the period 1970-1980 that includes information on employment, exchanges with friends and family, and correspondence with legislators and public officials addressing their stands on various women's issues. Also well documented is Saunders' leadership in the Affirmative Action Executive Commission, the Governor's Commission on the Status of Women, the Intergovernmental Personnel Act project, the International Women's Years, the National Women's Conference, and the Institute on Comparable Worth. These papers are alphabetically arranged by project name. Of them, the Affirmative Action material is most complete, including minutes and background information on the formation of the commission. The material on the Governor's Commission on the Status of Women is limited to Saunders' collected reference material and a 1978 draft of The Status of Clerical Workers. The other projects are generally documented by administrative correspondence, reports, and financial records. The Subject Files contain clippings and spotty reference materials on four topics related to WWEF/WFPF that interested Saunders: employment, maternity leave, equal rights legislation in Wisconsin, and women's organizations.
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Series: Wisconsin Women's Network Records
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Subseries: General Administrative Records
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Box
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1
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Background, 1979-1984
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Box
1
Folder
2-12
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Annual meetings, 1980-1990
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Box
1
Folder
13
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Annual report, 1994-1995
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Box
1
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14
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Board and Executive Committee files, 1979-1985, 1994-1996
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Box
1
Folder
15
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Budgets and financial reports, 1979-1985, 1995
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Box
2
Folder
1-6
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Correspondence, 1979-1995
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Box
2
Folder
7
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Directories of organizations, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1985, 1992
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Box
2
Folder
8
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General information
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Membership Committee
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Box
8
Folder
1
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Letters, 1991-1994
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Box
8
Folder
2
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Milwaukee Caucus, 1994-1995
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Box
2
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9
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Membership survey, 1991
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Minutes
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Box
2
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10-11
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1980-1983
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Box
3
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1-7
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1984-1990
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Box
3
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8
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1994-1995
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Box
3
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9
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Miscellany
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Box
3
Folder
10
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Ms. [Foundation] grant
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Box
3
Folder
11
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Newspaper clippings, 1979-1996
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Box
3
Folder
12
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Presentations
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Box
3
Folder
13
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Press releases, 1988-1994
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Box
4
Folder
1
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Public Policy Committee, 1990-1992
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Stateswoman
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Box
8
Folder
8
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Memorial to Liesl Blockstein, 1987
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Box
8
Folder
9
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Miscellany, 1981-1987, 1995
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Box
4
Folder
2
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Stateswoman of the Year awards, 1993-1994
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Box
4
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3
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Task forces, general
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Box
4
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4
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Testimonies and public statements, 1985-1988
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Subseries: Task Force Records
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Box
4
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5
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Budget impact, 1981-1995
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Child Care
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Box
4
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6
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Action alerts, 1981, 1986, 1993
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Box
4
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7
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Correspondence, 1981-1983
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Box
4
Folder
8
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Legislation and budget concerns, 1981-1992
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Box
4
Folder
9
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Minutes, 1981-1994
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Box
4
Folder
10
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Rosters
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Box
4
Folder
11
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Miscellany
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Box
4
Folder
12
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Press releases, 1982-1989
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Box
4
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13
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Public statements and policies, 1981-1988
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Box
4
Folder
14
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Proposals, 1980-1982
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Box
4
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15
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Testimonies, 1983
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Box
4
Folder
16
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Workshops, 1986
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Child Support and Custody
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Box
4
Folder
17
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Action alerts, 1985-1986
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Box
4
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18
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Background information, 1985-1987
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Box
4
Folder
19
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Correspondence, 1984-1987
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Box
4
Folder
20
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Hearings and testimony, 1985-1986
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Box
5
Folder
1
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Legislation, 1984-1987
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Box
5
Folder
2
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Press material, 1984-1986
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Box
5
Folder
3
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“Response to HSS 80,” 1987?
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Comparable Worth
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Box
5
Folder
4
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Action alerts, 1984-1985
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Box
5
Folder
5
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Background information, 1980-1987
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Box
5
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6
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Conferences, 1985-1986
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Box
5
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7
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Correspondence, 1985-1986
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Box
5
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8
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Institute on Comparable Worth, 1981-1982
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Box
5
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9
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Miscellany
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Box
5
Folder
10
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Testimonies, 1985-1987
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Displaced Homemakers
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Box
5
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11
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Action alerts, 1980-1989
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Box
5
Folder
12
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General
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Box
5
Folder
13
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Legislative and budget concern, 1981-1985
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Box
5
Folder
14
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Programs, 1982
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Domestic Violence
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Box
5
Folder
15
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Action alerts, 1980-1986
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Box
5
Folder
16
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Advocate in the courtroom, 1981
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Box
5
Folder
17
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Correspondence, 1980-1988
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Box
5
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18
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Legislation and budget concern, 1981-1991
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Box
5
Folder
19
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Mailing lists
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Box
5
Folder
20
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Minutes, 1982-1985
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ERA
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Box
6
Folder
1
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Action alerts, 1983
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Box
6
Folder
2
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Correspondence, 1983-1984, 1994
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Box
6
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3
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Miscellany, 1982-1983
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Box
6
Folder
4
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Economic Equity, survey results, 1992-1996
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Educational Equity
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Box
6
Folder
5
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Action alerts, 1985-1994
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Box
6
Folder
6
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Correspondence, 1985-1995
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Box
6
Folder
7
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Legislation, 1985-1987
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Box
6
Folder
8
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Minutes, 1992-1993
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Box
6
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9
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Miscellany, 1985-1993
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Box
6
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10
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Survey, 1989
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Employment Equity
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Box
6
Folder
11
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Action alerts, 1982
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Box
6
Folder
12
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Correspondence, 1980-1994
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Box
6
Folder
13
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Miscellany, 1980-1994
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Box
6
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14
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Survey, 1991
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Box
6
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15
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Testimonies, 1985-1991
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Box
6
Folder
16
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Correspondence, 1987-1991
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Family and Medical Leave
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Box
6
Folder
17
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Miscellany, 1987-1991
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Box
6
Folder
18
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Testimonies, 1989-1992
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Box
6
Folder
19
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Hate crimes, “Focus on Equality” show, 1991
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Box
6
Folder
20
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Health care, 1991-1994
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Box
6
Folder
21
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Lesbian rights
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Marital Property Reform
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Box
6
Folder
22
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Action alerts, 1979-1986
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Box
6
Folder
23
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Background information, 1980-1984
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Box
7
Folder
1
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Booklet, “Understanding Wisconsin's Marital Property Law,” 1984
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Box
7
Folder
2
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Contacts and directories, 1979-1980
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Box
7
Folder
3
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Correspondence, 1980-1988
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Box
7
Folder
4
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Fact sheets, 1981-1982, 1984-1985
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Box
7
Folder
5
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Handbook, 1986
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Box
7
Folder
6
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Hearings, 1980-1981
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Box
7
Folder
7
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Library project, 1986
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Box
7
Folder
8
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“Milestones in the History...” by Josephine Staab, 1987
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Box
7
Folder
9
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Miscellany, 1980-1984
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Box
7
Folder
10
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Press material, 1983
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Box
7
Folder
11
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Proposals for action, 1981-1983
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Box
7
Folder
12
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Statements and papers, 1981
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Box
7
Folder
13
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Supporting organizations, 1981-1982
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Box
7
Folder
14
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Testimonies, 1981-1982
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Folder
7
Folder
15
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Workshops, 1980
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Media Watch
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Box
7
Folder
16
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Correspondence, 1983-1985
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Box
7
Folder
17
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Minutes, 1983-1984
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Box
7
Folder
18
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Miscellany, 1983
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Reproductive Rights
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Box
8
Folder
3
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Action alerts, 1983-1992
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Box
8
Folder
4
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Bork nomination, 1987
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Box
8
Folder
5-6
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Correspondence, 1979-1992
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Box
9
Folder
7
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“Difficult Decisions” pamphlet, 1992
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Box
9
Folder
8
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Feticide legislation, 1992
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Box
9
Folder
9
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Finances, 1987-1989
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Box
9
Folder
10
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General information, 1982-1991
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Box
9
Folder
11
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Handbook, 1982, 1984
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Box
9
Folder
12
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Legislation, 1983-1991
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Box
9
Folder
13
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Legislative Committee minutes, 1990-1991
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Box
9
Folder
14
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Lobby Day, 1991
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Minutes
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Box
10
Folder
1
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1990-1993
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Box
9
Folder
15
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1982-1989
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Box
10
Folder
2
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Miscellany
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Box
9
Folder
3
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Mobilize for Women's Life, 1987
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Box
9
Folder
16
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Press conference, 1985
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Box
10
Folder
4
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Press materials, 1984-1992
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Box
9
Folder
5
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Radio advertisements, 1989
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Box
9
Folder
6
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Strategy summits, 1991-1992
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Box
8
Folder
7
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Sexual Assault/Abuse, 1988-1994
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Substance Abuse
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Box
8
Folder
10
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Miscellany, 1987-1995
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Box
8
Folder
11
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Correspondence, 1982-1995
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Box
8
Folder
12
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Minutes, 1988-1991
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Box
9
Folder
1
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Take Our Daughters to Work, 1994-1995
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Veterans Preference
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Box
8
Folder
13
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Correspondence, 1984-1990
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Box
8
Folder
14
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Miscellany
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Box
8
Folder
15
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Press releases
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Women and Poverty
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Box
8
Folder
16
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Correspondence, 1991-1993
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Box
8
Folder
17
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Minutes, 1991-1993
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Box
8
Folder
18
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Press material, 1991-1994
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Box
8
Folder
19
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Recommendations presented to Advisory Council, 1984
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Women and Criminal Justice
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Box
9
Folder
2
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Correspondence, 1982-1990
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Box
9
Folder
3-4
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Minutes, 1981-1994
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Box
9
Folder
5
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Miscellany, 1984-1987
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Box
9
Folder
6
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Women of Color, 1985-1990
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Series: Wisconsin Women's Education Fund Records (WWEF-WFPF)
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Subseries: Origins
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Box
10
Folder
7
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Articles of incorporation, bylaws, 1973-1989
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NOW Action
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Box
10
Folder
8
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Compliance Task Force, 1973
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Box
10
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9
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Follow up, 1973
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Box
10
Folder
10
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Planning and press material, 1972-1973
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Box
10
Folder
11
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DILHR proposal
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Subseries: Organizational Records
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General
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Box
11
Folder
1
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Directors lists, 1973-1990
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Box
11
Folder
2
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“Dear Feminist” form letters
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Box
11
Folder
3
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Grant application, 1982-1986
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Box
11
Folder
4
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Internal Revenue Service, 1974-1985
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Box
11
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5
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Membership, donor lists, 1976-1989
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Box
11
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6-7
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Minutes, 1973-1989
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Box
11
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8
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Miscellany, 1975, 1986-1988
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Box
11
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9
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Name change, 1981
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Box
11
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10
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Proposal for publication of Stateswoman, 1981-1982
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Box
11
Folder
11
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Publicity
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Box
11
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12
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Reports of President, Board, 1976, 1981-1986
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Correspondence
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Box
11
Folder
13
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Fundraising, 1976-1977
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Box
11
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14
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General, 1974-1989
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Financial records
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Box
12
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1
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Financial reports and budgets, 1974-1989
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Box
12
Folder
2
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General ledgers, 1976-1977
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Box
12
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3
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Journal, 1976
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Box
12
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4
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Miscellaneous financial records, 1983-1986
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Projects
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Attitudes, Women and Employment
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Box
12
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5
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Affirmative action training materials, 1974-1977
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Correspondence
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Box
12
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6
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State, 1974-1977
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Box
12
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7
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General, 1974-1977
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Box
12
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8
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Internal, 1974-1976
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Box
12
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9
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DPI vocational education project, 1977
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Box
12
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10
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Evaluation, 1976
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Box
12
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11
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General ledgers, 1976-1977
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Box
12
Folder
12
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Journals, 1976-1977
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Box
13
Folder
1
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Miscellaneous financial materials, 1975-1976
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Box
13
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2
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Monthly fiscal reports, 1974-1976
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Box
13
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3
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Monthly progress reports, 1974-1975
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Box
13
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4
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Press releases and clippings, 1974-1975
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Box
13
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5
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Proposals and contracts, 1974-1976
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Box
13
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Recruitment, 1973-1974
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Box
13
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Short term job materials, 1976
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Box
13
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Training materials, 1974
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Box
13
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Training package
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Skilled Jobs for Women
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Box
13
Folder
10
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CETA closeout materials, 1976-1978, undated
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Box
13
Folder
11
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CETA requisitions, 1977
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Box
13
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12
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Correspondence, 1976-1978
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Box
14
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Financial summaries, budgets, 1976-1977
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Box
14
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2
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General ledgers, 1976-1977
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Box
14
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Journals, 1976-1977
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Box
14
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Newsletters, brochures, 1976-1977
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Box
14
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5
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Proposals, grants, 1975-1976
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Box
14
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Trial balances, 1976-1977
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Uncommon Lives of Common Women
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Box
14
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Brochure, clippings, 1974-1975, undated
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Box
14
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Correspondence, 1974-1975, undated
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Box
14
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Financial materials, 1976-1977, undated
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Subseries: Ellen Saunders Papers
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Box
14
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10
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Personal correspondence, miscellany, 1970-1980, undated
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Box
14
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11
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Correspondence, 1974-1975, undated
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Box
14
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12
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Financial materials, 1976-1977, undated
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Projects
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Affirmative Action Executive Commission
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Box
14
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13
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Background and implementation, 1972-1981
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Box
14
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14
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Correspondence, 1977-1981
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Box
15
Folder
1
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Employment Relations Study Commission, 1976-1978
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Box
15
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2
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Minutes, 1976-1981
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Box
15
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3-4
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Governor's Commission on the Status of Women, pay equity booklet and reference materials, 1967-1978
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Intergovernmental Personnel Act Project
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Box
15
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5
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Correspondence, 1970-1975
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Box
15
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6
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Grants and budgets, 1972-1973, undated
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Box
15
Folder
7
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Press releases and clippings
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Box
16
Folder
1
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Quarterly and final reports, 1972-1974
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International Women's Year Coordinating Committee
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Box
16
Folder
2
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Minutes, 1976-1977
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Box
16
Folder
3
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Correspondence, 1976-1977
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Box
16
Folder
4
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Manual
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Box
16
Folder
5
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Rules for state meetings
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Box
16
Folder
6
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Reports and results, 1977
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Box
16
Folder
7
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Registration, program materials, 1977
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Box
16
Folder
8
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Wisconsin delegation to national meeting, 1977
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Institute on Comparable Worth
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Box
16
Folder
9
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Correspondence, 1980-1981
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Box
17
Folder
1
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Miscellany, 1979-1981
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Box
17
Folder
2
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Moderator's speeches, 1981
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Box
17
Folder
3
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Proposal, 1980
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Box
17
Folder
4
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Publicity, mailings, 1981, undated
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Subseries: Subject Files
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Box
17
Folder
5
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Employment, 1971, undated
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Box
17
Folder
6
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Maternity leave, 1973-1975, undated
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Box
17
Folder
7
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Wisconsin Equal Rights legislation, 1972-1974
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Box
17
Folder
8
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Women's organizations, undated
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