Estelle Carol materials on the Chicago Women's Liberation Union

Descriptive Summary

Title: Estelle Carol materials on the Chicago Women's Liberation Union
Dates: 1972, 2004
Creator: Chicago Women's Liberation Union
Creator: Carol, Estelle, Chicago Women's Liberation Rock Band, New Haven Women's Liberation Rock Band
Size: 1 oversize item and 1 sound disc.
Language: Material is in English unless otherwise noted.

Scope and Content

Chicago Women's Liberation Union (CWLU) poster and phonograph record. Founded in 1969, the CWLU was a radical feminist organization. The 1972 record album features The Chicago Women's Liberation Rock Band and The New Haven Women's Liberation Rock Band. Chicago Women's Graphic Collective created the poster for the 2004-2005 exhibition: Outspoken: Chicago's Free Speech Tradition, which was displayed at The Newberry Library and co-sponsored by the Chicago Historical Society.

Conditions for Access

For listening purposes, it is necessary to use a copy, not the original (and to have a listening copy made if one is not available).

Conditions Governing Use

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Preferred Citation

A common citation for archives is as follows: Item, Folder number and/or title, Box number, Collection title, ID number, Repository name, location.

Custodial History

Gift of Estelle Carol and Bob Simpson (2013.0076.1).

Related Material

Related materials at the Chicago History Museum, Research Center, include the Chicago Women's Liberation Union records [manuscript]; the Chicago Women's Liberation Union photographs (1978.0029); the Chicago Women's Graphics Collective posters (1986.0371); the essay: "Something real: Jane and me," by Linnea Johnson; interviews with former members of Chicago Women's Liberation Union, by Margaret Strobel; the Estelle Carol materials on the Chicago Women's Liberation Union; and publications by Chicago Women's Liberation Union members, cataloged separately.

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