Chicago Women's Liberation Union records

Descriptive Summary

Title: Chicago Women's Liberation Union records
Dates: 1954, 1967-1978
Creator: Chicago Women's Liberation Union
Creator
Size: 20 linear ft. (48 boxes)
Size: 1.5 linear feet (unprocessed material)
Size: sound recordings.
Language: Material is in English unless otherwise noted.

Scope and Content

Correspondence, memos, committee minutes, membership lists, announcements, position papers, newsletters, and topical files of the Chicago Women's Liberation Union, which was formed in 1969 as a radical, anti-capitalist, anti-imperialist, feminist organization building on a multi-issue women's liberation movement. Committee work included Direct Action for Rights in Employment for equal treatment and wages for women, Abortion Counseling Service for community-based alternative services, and National Outreach to establish communications with other similar organizations throughout the United States. Additional topics include feminism, gender orientation, child care, women's health care, reproductive rights, and women's legal rights, including the Equal Rights Amendment.

Conditions for Access

Boxes 42 and 43 are closed to researchers. Accession 2015.0065.1 is unprocessed. Contact research@chicagohistory.org for access to unprocessed portions. Staff will typically respond to your inquiry within two weeks. However, due to the high volume of inquiries and depending upon the nature of your request additional time may be required to respond. Please note that not all material will be available for researcher access due to condition, location, staff availability, confidentiality and/or other factors. Scheduling an appointment to view available material may require several additional weeks. Some sound recordings are closed to researchers at this time due to release restrictions. Please inquire about availability by emailing research@chicagohistory.org.

Conditions Governing Use

Contact the archives for more information on licensing and permissions for use and reproduction.

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

Donated to the Chicago History Museum by various members of the Chicago Women's Liberation Union, including Chris Rudio (1978) and Estelle Carol (1989).

Other Descriptive Data

This organizations has a Web-site: http://www.cwluherstory.org/

Related Material

Related materials at Chicago History Museum, Research Center, include the Chicago Women's Liberation Union photographs (1978.0029); 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.

Descriptive inventory available online.

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