Summary Information
Wisconsin. Governor (1979-1983 : Dreyfus): Women and Family Initiatives Office Records 1979-1982
- Wisconsin. Governor (1979-1983 : Dreyfus)
Series 1849; Tape 1069A
2.2 c.f. (2 record center cartons and 1 archives box) and 22 tape recordings
Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)
Records of Marlene Cummings, advisor on women and family initiatives to Governor Lee S. Dreyfus. This position within the governor's office, which replaced the Commission on the Status of Women in 1979, was meant to reflect a new focus on action rather than investigation. In 1979 Dreyfus authorized a general advisory committee and five voluntary task forces to plan legislation and programs in selected areas of concern to women and children. In 1983 the position was replaced by Governor Anthony Earl by the Wisconsin Women's Council. Included are memoranda and evaluations of pending legislation; constituent letters and information on the ERA and the WERA; 22 tape-recorded sessions of “Strengthening the Services for Women in the 80s,” a 1981 Wingspread Conference sponsored by the Women and Family Initiatives Office; minutes, reports, and reference material of the Governor's Advisory Council on Women and Family Initiatives, the Displaced Homemaker Task Force, the Domestic Abuse Council, the Homemaker Task Force, the Single Parent--Single Woman Task Force, and the Violence Against Women Task Force; and subject files on the Affirmative Action Council and public policy issues concerning families. The recordings feature Wingspread Conference talks by Gene Boyer, Sarah Harder, and Kenneth Lindner, secretary of DOA. A few files, such as those on the Easter Seal Society of Wisconsin and the North Amercan Council for Adoptable Children document Cummings' voluntary activities. English
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Content Details on the Tape Recordings
Included in this series are tape-recorded sessions of “Strengthening the Services for Women in the 80s,” a conference held February 23-24, 1981, at the Wingspread Center, Racine, Wisconsin. Proposed by Marlene Cummings, Advisor to he Governor for Women and Family Initiatives, the conference was co-sponsored by the Wisconsin Women's Network, Women's Educational Resources of the University of Wisconsin, and the Governor's task forces and advisory group for Women and Family Initiatives. Composed of plenary sessions and workshops, the conference stressed the problem areas of domestic abuse, family planning, chemical dependency, displaced homemakers, and sexual assault.
An opening plenary session included remarks by Marlene Cummings and by Marion Swoboda, chair of the Governor's Advisory Council for Women and Family Initiatives; a speech by Ken Lindner, secretary of the state Department of Administration, on the state budgetary process and financial situation, followed by a question period; and a motivational speech by Gene Boyer, founder of the Wisconsin Women's Network.
The workshops met in two series. In the first series on February 23, each workshop focussed on one of the problem areas noted above. Participants were assigned to a workshop on the basis of their backgrounds, and discussions centered on what was currently being done in the area of concern, what goals should be set, and what barriers existed to achieving those goals. The workshops' conclusions were summarized in written form overnight.
Participants then were reassigned more randomly for the second workshop series on February 24. On this day, each group worked from the written summaries and each attempted to devise strategies to overcome the barriers identified in all five areas on the previous day. At various points in both day's sessions, participants split into smaller discussion groups, thereby generating large portions of undifferentiated “noise” on the tapes.
A closing plenary session included a 5-minute presentation by each workshop coordinator summarizing their second group's conclusions on strategies for overcoming barriers. A final speech by Sarah Harder, co-chair of the Continuing Committee of the National Women's Conference at Houston, concluded the conference.
Administrative/Restriction Information
No accession records were found for the tape recordings but they were undoubtedly transferred to the Archives in 1983 with the paper records. Accession Number: 1983/070, 1983/075, 1985/178
Processed by Karen Baumann, 1984 and Carolyn Mattern, 1998.
Contents List
Series 1849
Box
1
Folder
1
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Background and general material
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Box
1
Folder
2
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Abortion
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Box
1
Folder
3-5
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Advisory Council
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Box
1
Folder
6-7
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Minutes, 1979-1982
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Box
1
Folder
8
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Affirmative Action
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Box
1
Folder
9
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Affirmative Action Council (Minutes)
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Box
1
Folder
10
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Awards
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Box
1
Folder
11
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Basic Skills Task Force
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Box
1
Folder
12
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Bearce, Daniel
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Box
1
Folder
13
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Bill evaluations
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Box
1
Folder
14
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SB 201
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Box
1
Folder
15
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Black Women's Assembly
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Box
1
Folder
16
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Black English
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Box
1
Folder
17
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Block grants
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Box
1
Folder
18
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Budget
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Box
1
Folder
19-20
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Child care
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Box
1
Folder
21
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Child support
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Box
1
Folder
22
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Children and Families, Governor's Conference on
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Box
1
Folder
23
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Children's Code
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Box
1
Folder
24
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Civil rights
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Box
1
Folder
25
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Complaints and problems
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Box
1
Folder
26
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DOA
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Box
1
Folder
27
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Dental hygienists
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Box
1
Folder
28
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Discrimination
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Box
1
Folder
29-30
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Displaced Homemaker Task Force, 1979-1981
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Box
1
Folder
31
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Divorce
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Box
1
Folder
32
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Domestic abuse
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Box
1
Folder
33-34
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Domestic Abuse Council, 1980-1981
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Box
2
Folder
1
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ERA and WERA
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Box
2
Folder
2
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Con constituent letters
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Box
2
Folder
3
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Pro constituent letters
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Box
2
Folder
4
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Easter Seals
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Box
2
Folder
5
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Education
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Box
2
Folder
6
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Ethics Board
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Box
2
Folder
7
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Family planning and sex education
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Box
2
Folder
8
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Grants
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Box
2
Folder
9
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Handicapped
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Box
2
Folder
10
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Health
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Box
2
Folder
11
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Health fairs
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Box
2
Folder
12-13
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Homemaker Task Force, 1979-1981
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Box
2
Folder
14
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Horizon House
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Box
2
Folder
15
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International women
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Box
2
Folder
16
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Ketterhagen clemency
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Box
2
Folder
17
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Lieutenant governor's program
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Box
2
Folder
18-21
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Marital property reform
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Box
2
Folder
22
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Mental illness
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Box
2
Folder
23
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Minority/Ethnic advisor
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Box
2
Folder
24-25
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Miscellaneous and unfoldered correspondence
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Box
2
Folder
26
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Native Americans
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Box
2
Folder
27
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North American Center for Adoption
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Box
2
Folder
28
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Noxious substances
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Box
2
Folder
29
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Overseas visitors
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Box
2
Folder
30
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Personnel
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Box
2
Folder
31
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Shelters
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Box
2
Folder
32-33
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Single Parent-Single Woman Task Force, 1979-1981
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Box
2
Folder
34
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Speaking engagements
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Box
2
Folder
35-36
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Violence in the Family
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Box
3
Folder
1
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Volunteerism
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Box
3
Folder
2
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WIN
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Box
3
Folder
3
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Wingspread conference: “Strengthening Services for Women in the 80s,” February 23-24, 1981
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Box
3
Folder
3A
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Processor's information on recordings
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Tape 1069A
No.
1
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Opening plenary session
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No.
2
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Closing plenary session
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Workshop 1, led by John Odom
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No.
3-5
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Feb. 23 session, re: Domestic Abuse
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No.
5-6
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Feb. 24 session
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Workshop 2, led by Charles Uphoff
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No.
7-9
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Feb. 23 session, re: Family Planning
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No.
9-10
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Feb. 24 session
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Workshop 3, led by Cora White
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No.
11-13
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Feb. 23 session, re: Chemical Dependency
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No.
13-14
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Feb. 24 session
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Workshop 4, led by Betty Lieberman
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No.
15-17
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Feb. 23 session, re: Displaced Homemakers
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No.
17-18
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Feb. 24 session
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Workshop 5, led by Linda Schwallie
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No.
19-21
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Feb. 23 session, re: Sexual Assault
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No.
21-22
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Feb. 24 session
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Series 1849
Box
3
Folder
4
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White House
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Box
3
Folder
5
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White House Conference on Families
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