Illinois Caucus for Adolescent Health
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- Illinois Caucus for Adolescent Health
- Identifier
- BMRC.NU.ICAH
- Repository
- Northwestern University, Special Collections
- Language
- English
- Size
- 13.34 Linear feet
- Dates
- 1983-1997
- Creator
- Illinois Caucus for Adolescent Health.
Historical note
The Illinois Caucus for Adolescent Health (ICAH) was founded in 1977 as the Illinois Caucus on Teenage Pregnancy. Jenny Knauss served as the Executive Director of the Illinois Caucus on Teenage Pregnancy from 1983-2002. In 1991 the name of the organization was changed to the Illinois Caucus for Adolescent Health, reflecting the expanded focus to other issues affecting adolescent health and welfare. Health activists in the Chicago Women’s Liberation Union, including Jenny Knauss, worked to organize health programs for women. The formation of the Illinois Caucus on Teenage Pregnancy was one of these efforts.
Scope and Contents note
The materials in this archive include the minutes of meetings, files on the organization’s history, lists of board members, issues for federal legislation and funding sources related to both organizations from 1967-1997. Interviews, reports, testimonies, and correspondence; surveys from regional studies on domestic abuse, teen sexuality and pregnancy; and information regarding adolescent health in various Illinois counties comprise the range of materials in the collection.
Processing Information note
This collection was surveyed as part of the Black Metropolis Research Consortium's Survey Initiative on 2010 March 15 by Lisa Calahan and Lauren Kalal.
Immediate Source of Acquisition note
This portion of the archive of the Illinois Caucus for Adolescent Health, today still an active organization (http://www.icah.org/), was given to the McCormick Library of Special Collections by the ICAH in 2003.