North Dakota Chapter of the National Organization of Women Records, 1969-1983
Collection Overview
Title: North Dakota Chapter of the National Organization of Women Records, 1969-1983
ID: OGLMC1005
Primary Creator: North Dakota Chapter, National Organization for Women (1973-)
Extent: 5.0 Linear Feet
Date Acquired: 01/04/1985. More info below under Accruals.
Subjects: Health and Medicine - Abortion, Women's History - Equal Rights Amendment, Women's History - Women's Organizations
Languages: English
Scope and Contents of the Materials
The North Dakota Chapter of the National Organization for Women Records consist of correspondence, membership lists, bylaws, newspaper clippings, conference proceedings, financial information, and issues statements. The collection is divided into four series:
Series 1: North Dakota NOW Council
Series 2: Local NOW Chapters
Series 3: NOW Regional Conferences
Series 4: National level - National Organization for Women
Collection Historical Note
The National Organization for Women (NOW) was established in 1966 in Washington DC by women attending the Third National Conference of the Commission on the Status of Women. Among NOW's 28 founders was its first president, Betty Friedan, author of The Feminine Mystique (1963). The purpose of NOW, as stated at its organizing conference October 29, 1966, was “to take action to bring women into full participation in the mainstream of American society now, exercising all the privileges and responsibilities thereof in truly equal partnership with men.” NOW has over 500,000 contributing members in all 50 states.
Efforts to establish a NOW chapter in North Dakota began in the early 1970s. Chapters in Grand Forks and Fargo were created by 1973, while Bismarck-Mandan was added in 1975. Other locations in North Dakota that have hosted chapters include Bottineau, Dickinson, Devils Lake, Jamestown, and Minot.
The North Dakota Chapter has been active with various issues including poverty, reproductive rights, affirmative action and Title IX, battered women, rape, and human rights. The North Dakota Chapter was also heavily involved with the successful passage of the Equal Rights Amendment in North Dakota in 1975.
Subject/Index Terms
Health and Medicine - Abortion
Women's History - Equal Rights Amendment
Women's History - Women's Organizations
Administrative Information
Repository: Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections
Accruals: Additions were donated by Carol Jean Larson, Bismarck, North Dakota, in June 1987 (87-1522) and Diana Mauer, President of the Grand Forks NOW Chapter, in January 1991 (91-1737).
Access Restrictions: Open for inspection under the rules and regulations of the Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections.
Acquisition Source: Carol Jean Larson, Bismarck, North Dakota
Acquisition Method: Donation; 85-1348
Preferred Citation: (Description of Item). North Dakota Chapter of the National Organization of Women Records. OGLMC 1005, Box #, Folder #. Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections, Chester Fritz Library, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks.
Finding Aid Revision History: Finding aid added to Archon in April 2014.
Box and Folder Listing
Browse by Series:
[Series 1: North Dakota NOW Council],
[Series 2: Local NOW Chapters],
[Series 3: NOW Regional Conferences],
[Series 4: National Organization for Women],
[All]
- Series 4: National Organization for Women
- Sub-Series A: Correspondence, conferences, literature and press releases
- Sub-Series B: NOW Legal Defense and Education Fund
- Box 4
- Box 5
- Folder 1: ERA Correspondence and materials: 1975, 1981
- Folder 2: Correspondence: 1972-1977
- Folder 3: Correspondence: 1978
- Folder 4: Correspondence: 1979
- Folder 5: Correspondence: 1980
- Folder 6: Correspondence: 1981
- Folder 7: Midwest Regional correspondence: 1974-1981
- Folder 8: Message Brigade: 1981
- Folder 9: Chapter convening: 1981
- Folder 10: Abortion: 1973-1981
- Folder 11: Task Force on Reproductive Freedom: 1975-1980
- Folder 12: Labor Task Force: 1980
- Folder 13: State House Conference: 1980
- Folder 14: Organizational information
- Folder 15: Child custody and divorce: 1981
- Folder 16: Feminism and religion
- Folder 17: ERA and abortion legislative information: 1971-78
- Folder 18: ERA
- Folder 19: By-laws and platforms: 1978-1980
- Folder 20: Court cases: 1978
- Folder 21: National and Regional Board Meetings: 1974-1979
- Folder 22: National and Regional Board Meetings: 1980-1981
- Folder 23: State NOW budgets: 1976-1980
- Folder 24: Abortion newspaper clippings: 1976-1978
- Folder 25: ERA Utah Project: 1980-1981
- Folder 26: Issues surrounding the 1981 National Conference
- Folder 27: Fund-raising products: 1980
- Folder 28: Legislative council: 1976
- Folder 1: ERA Correspondence and materials: 1975, 1981
- Box 6
- Folder 1: NOW economic boycott campaign: 1978
- Folder 2: NOW walkathon kit: June 1979
- Folder 3: Miscellaneous NOW mailings
- Folder 4: North Dakota NOW constitution and by-laws: 1978
- Folder 5: Correspondence: 1978-1979
- Folder 6: Meetings, agendas and reports: 1976-1980
- Folder 7: ND NOW Newsletter: 1978-1979
- Folder 1: NOW economic boycott campaign: 1978
- Box 4
- Sub-Series A: Correspondence, conferences, literature and press releases
Browse by Series:
[Series 1: North Dakota NOW Council],
[Series 2: Local NOW Chapters],
[Series 3: NOW Regional Conferences],
[Series 4: National Organization for Women],
[All]