Title: Margo House Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1973-1980

Creator:

• House, Margo, 1928-

Call Number: Eau Claire Mss BU; VBA 470

Quantity: 1.0 c.f. (1 record center carton) and 1 videorecording

Repository:

Housed at the Area Research Center, William D. McIntyre Library, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire; owned by the Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.

UW-Eau Claire McIntyre Library / Eau Claire Area Research Ctr. (Map)

Abstract:

Papers of Wisconsin feminist Margo House pertaining to the founding of the Eau Claire chapter of NOW; her service on the Governor's Commission on the Status of Women, circa 1975-1979; the Wisconsin Feminists Project Fund, circa 1974-1977, a group which funded historical research projects and employment workshops related to women (House served as its president); and several educational programs aimed at sexism. The video is from the Governor's Commission convention of 1976.

Language: English

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Margo House was born in August 1928. She graduated from Bryn Mawr College, with a B.A. in Art History in 1949. After additional schooling, House worked for the Board of Regents at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire from 1965 to 1969; she also taught English there, as a faculty assistant, from 1968 to 1971. In 1977 House received her M.A. in Counseling from the University of Wisconsin-Stout. During the 1970's she was active in the women's movement in Wisconsin, serving on the state board of the League of Women Voters, as president of the Wisconsin Feminists Project Fund, and as state coordinator for the National Organization for Women. House also was a member of the Governor's Commission on the Status of Women until its disbanding in 1979.

The Margo House Papers are an alphabetically-arranged subject file documenting the many issues and organizations with which she was involved. They cover the years 1973-1980, with heaviest coverage on the latter years. It was during this time that many of the organizations with which House was involved were firmly established. The collection includes material concerning educational programs, both for schools and the workplace, which were sponsored by various women's groups. These programs, some of which were eventually utilized by the State of Wisconsin, sought to oppose discrimination and sexism: Women in Wisconsin History; Attitudes, Women, and Employment; Skilled Jobs for Women; and so on. Materials dealing with the National Organization for Women deal primarily with the Eau Claire chapter, with some assorted state-level information. The collection also contains correspondence between women's groups and state and local government agencies on a wide array of issues.

Acquisition Information

Presented by Dr. Helen Sampson, Eau Claire, Wisconsin, 1982. Accession Number: M82-346

Processing Information

Processed by Andrew Murphy and Ann Hokanson, 1991.

Eau Claire Mss BU	Attitudes, Women, and Employment
Box   1 Folder   1-2	Evaluations, 1974-1977
Box   1 Folder   3	Proposals, 1973-1975
Box   1 Folder   4	Reports, 1974-1976
Box   1 Folder   5	Staff memos, 1974-1976
Box   1 Folder   6-8	Training materials, 1974; 1976
Box   1 Folder   9	Unemployment issues, 1973-1977
Box   1 Folder   10	Miscellaneous, 1973-1976
Box   1 Folder   11	Current Issues in Women's Equality, 1979
Box   1 Folder   12	Eau Claire National Organization for Women, 1973-1976
Box   1 Folder   13	Equal Rights Amendment, 1973-1979
Box   1 Folder   14	Feminist Advocacy Network, 1979
	Governor's Commission on the Status of Women
Box   1 Folder   15	Clippings and financial, 1973-1979
Box   1 Folder   16	Issue positions, 1974-1978
Box   1 Folder   17	Meeting information, 1975-1978, undated
VBA 470	Convention video, 1976
Eau Claire Mss BU Box   1 Folder   18	Miscellaneous, 1975-1979
Box   1 Folder   19	Local government issues, 1975-1978
Box   1 Folder   20	Marital property reform, 1977, undated
Box   1 Folder   21	National Women's Conference, 1977-1979
Box   1 Folder   22	Skilled Jobs for Women, 1975-1977
Box   1 Folder   23	Skilled Training Improvement Program, 1974-1979
Box   1 Folder   24	State government issues, 1973-1979
Box   1 Folder   25	Uncommon Lives of Common Women, correspondence and financial, 1975-1976
	Wisconsin Feminists Project Fund
Box   1 Folder   26-27	Correspondence, 1974-1979, undated
Box   1 Folder   28	Financial, 1974-1977, undated
Box   1 Folder   29	Meeting minutes, 1973-1979
Box   1 Folder   30	Membership and organizational materials
Box   1 Folder   31	Wisconsin Women's Network, 1979-1980
Box   1 Folder   32	Women, Historical Identity, and Challenge, 1976
	Women in Wisconsin History
Box   1 Folder   33	Correspondence, 1974-1976, undated
Box   1 Folder   34	Progress Reports, 1974-1975
Box   1 Folder   35	Miscellaneous, 1975, undated
Box   1 Folder   36	Women's Educational Equity Act, 1974-1976
Box   1 Folder   37	Miscellaneous, 1973-1979