The Sophia Fund records

Descriptive Summary

Title: The Sophia Fund records
Dates: 1983-1991
Creator: Sophia Fund (Chicago, Ill.)
Creator: Fischer, Sonia , Woods, Lucia , Chicago Foundation for Women
Size: 26 linear ft. (64 boxes)
Language: Material is in English unless otherwise noted.

Scope and Content

Correspondence and other operating files of The Sophia Fund, a Chicago-based foundation that supported women's organizations and projects. Collection includes grant applications, reports, brochures, newsletters, newsclippings, etc. produced by and about groups that received funding. Topics include pro-choice advocacy and reproductive rights, prevention of violence against women, rape counseling, and economic justice. The files include information on the agencies and projects funded by The Sophia Fund, two-thirds of which were located in Chicago.

Conditions for Access

Box 64 is closed to researchers until 2049.

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.

Acquisition Information

Lindley, Lucia WoodsGift1991/10/111991.0526three cartons received by mail on 1991/10/11; seven more arrived in December 1991; 12 more on 1992/1/9.

Custodial History

Gift of Lucia Woods Lindley (1991.0526).

Biography or History

The Sophia Fund was founded in 1983 by Lucia Woods Lindley and merged after 1991 into Chicago Foundation for Women (for Chicago-area needs) and into the MS. Foundation, to address national concerns. The Sophia Fund worked under the assumption that discrimination against one segment of society was detrimental to society as a whole, and it awarded funds to organizations that helped fight discrimination against women. Sonia Fischer (Sunny Fischer) was director.

Descriptive inventory available online.

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