VOLUME 16

NUMBER 01

March 2012

Editors : Kathryn Kish Sklar and Thomas Dublin
Published by Alexander Street Press and the
Center for the Historical Study of Women and Gender, SUNY Binghamton

About the Journal | In This Issue

DOCUMENT PROJECTS

What Was the Relationship between Mary Church Terrell's International Experience and Her Work against Racism in the United States?
By Alison M. Parker
Abstract | Document List | Introduction

How Did the Kindergarten Movement Provide Women with Opportunities for Professional Development and Social Activism in the United States and Internationally?
By Ann Taylor Allen, Barbara Beatty, and Roberta Wollons
Abstract Document List Introduction

ESSAY

Introduction to the National Women's Conference Official Briefing Book
By Mary Berkery, State University of New York at Binghamton
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ADDITION TO EXISTING DOCUMENT PROJECT

How Did the National Women's Conference in Houston in 1977 Shape a Feminist Agenda for the Future?
By Kathryn Kish Sklar and Thomas Dublin with research assistance by Sandra Henderson

National Women's Conference Official Briefing Book
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BOOK REVIEWS

Lucretia Mott's Heresy: Abolition and Women's Rights in Nineteenth-Century America
By Carol Faulkner (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2011. 288 pp. Cloth, 45.00, ISBN 978-0-8122-4321-5). Reviewed by Trisha Franzen, Albion College

Hearts Beating for Liberty: Women Abolitionists in the Old Northwest
By Stacey M. Robertson (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2010. 336 pp. Cloth, 39.95, ISBN 0807834084). Reviewed by Laura Free, Hobart and William Smith Colleges

Unexceptional Women: Female Proprietors in Mid-Nineteenth Century Albany, New York, 1830-1885
By Susan Ingalls Lewis (Columbus: Ohio State Univ. Press, 2009. 240 pp. Cloth, 44.95, ISBN: 978-0-8142-0398-9). Reviewed by Nikki Mandell, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater

Dangerous Pregnancies: Mothers, Disabilities, and Abortion in Modern America
By Leslie J. Reagan (Berkeley: University of California Press, 2010. 392 pp. Cloth, 27.50, ISBN: 9780520259034). Reviewed by Carol McCann, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

Jesus, Jobs, and Justice: African American Women and Religion
By Bettye Collier-Thomas (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2010. 695 pp. ISBN 978-1-4000-4420-7). Reviewed by Alison Parker, College at Brockport, State University of New York

Review Essay: More Acronyms, More Activists: The Diverse Voices Found through Oral History
By Kyle E. Ciani, Illinois State University

Demanding Childcare: Women's Activism and the Politics of Welfare, 1940-1971
By Natalie M. Fousekis (Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2011. 264 pp. Cloth, 50.00, ISBN: 978-0-252-03625-5).

Unprotected Labor: Household Workers, Politics and Middle Class Reform in New York, 1870-1940
By Vanessa H. May (Chapel Hill: North Carolina, 2011. 264 pp. Cloth, 65.00, Paper, 26.95, ISBN 978-0-8078-7193-5).

She Was One of Us: Eleanor Roosevelt and the American Worker
By Brigid O'Farrell (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2010. 304 pp. Cloth, 29.95, ISBN: 0801448808).

Child of the Fire: Mary Edmonia Lewis and the Problem of Art History's Black and Indian Subject
By Kirsten Pai Buick (Durham: Duke University Press, 2010). 344 pp. Cloth, 89.95, ISBN 978-0-8223-4247-2; Paper, 24.95, ISBN: 978-0-8223-4266-3. Reviewed by Laura R. Prieto, Simmons College

NEWS FROM THE ARCHIVES

News

FULL-TEXT DOCUMENTS
New Gender Bias Reports added to the Women and Social Movements database at this time

Gender Equality in the [Arizona] Courts: A Court Conduct Handbook
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Ethics: Gender Bias [Arizona]
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Executive Summary of Gender and Justice in the Courts: A Report to the Supreme Court of Georgia by the Commission on Gender Bias in the Judicial System, August 1991
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Final Report of the Equality in the Courts Task Force, State of Iowa, February 1993
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Summary of Gender Bias Study [Idaho]
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Report of the Fairness and Equality Committee of the Supreme Court of Idaho
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Louisiana Task Force on Women in the Courts: Final Report, 1992
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Final Report of the Michigan Supreme Court Task Force on Gender Issues in the Courts
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Final Report of the State Bar of Michigan Task Force on Racial/Ethnic and Gender Issues in the Courts and the Legal Profession
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Montana Supreme Court Gender Fairness Task Force: Final Report, Findings and Recommendations
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Nebraska Supreme Court Task Force on Gender Fairness in the Courts, Final Report, December 1994
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A Difference in Perceptions: The Final Report of the North Dakota Commission on Gender Fairness in the Courts
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Report of the New Hampshire Bar Association Task Force on Women in the Bar
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Report on Gender Discrimination in the Courts of Puerto Rico
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Gender Bias Task Force of Texas, Final Report, 1994
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Utah Task Force on Gender and Justice: Report to the Utah Judicial Council
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Gender and Justice: Report of the Vermont Task Force on Gender Bias in the Legal System, January 1991
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ENHANCEMENTS TO THE DATABASE OF PUBLICATIONS BY THE COMMISSIONS ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN

Seven hundred pages that were previously available only as PDF documents are now available in the collection as fully searchable text documents. This is part of an ongoing project to integrate all of the Commissions on the Status of Women documents into the Women and Social Movements in the United States collection as searchable documents. All of the Commission documents that are currently in the collection as PDFs will be converted by Fall 2012.

The Status of Women in Your County: A Community Research Tool, 2004
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Credit Handbook for Tennessee Women
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Sexism In Language: A Deterrent to Equality
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Women and Insurance, No. 1
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Words That Offend: Sexism In Language
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Where Credit is Due to Women
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A Guide for Selecting a Day Care Center
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Women, Job Discrimination and Tennessee Law
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Report, for the Fiscal Years Ended June 30, 1980, 1981 and 1982
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Report, for the Fiscal Years Ended June 30, 1983, 1984 and 1985
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Connections, A Project of the Permanent Commission on the Status of Women, 1990
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Continuing Progress for Connecticut Women: Highlights of the Accomplishments of the Permanent Commission on the Status of Women, May 1991
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Continuing Progress for Connecticut Women: Highlights of the Accomplishments of the CT Permanent Commission on the Status of Women, July 1994
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Continuing Progress for Connecticut Women: Highlights of the Accomplishments of the Permanent Commission on the Status of Women, 1995
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Continuing Progress for Connecticut Women: Highlights of the Accomplishments of the Permanent Commission on the Status of Women, 1996
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Continuing Progress for Connecticut Women: Highlights of the Accomplishments of the Permanent Commission on the Status of Women, March 2003
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Your Own Name: How to Keep It or How to Get It Back, 1978
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Your Own Name: How to Keep It or How to Get It Back, 1985
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How to Recruit and Retain Women Police Officers and Firefighters
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Information Kit on Sexual Harassment in Employment, December 1980
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La Comision Permanente Sobre la Situacion de la Mujer
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Great Women in Connecticut History, 1978
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Great Women in Connecticut History, 1986
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Embarazo y su Derechos de Trabajo
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Sexual Harassment in the Workplace
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The Permanent Commission on the Status of Women: Who We Are and What We're About
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The Permanent Commission on the Status of Women: Who We Are and What We're About, Projects and Publications
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Trabajando por la Justicia de Hombres y Mujeres de Connecticut
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Sexual Harassment Prevention: Training Consultants, 2002
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Sexual Harassment Prevention: Training Consultants, 2001
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Sexual Harassment Prevention: Training Consultants, 1999
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Sexual Harassment Prevention: Training Consultants, 1997
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Third Annual Report, 2003
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Annual Report, 2004-2005
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Annual Report, 2003-2004
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Working Toward Equity for Connecticut Men & Women, 1987
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The PCSW: Working Toward Equality for Connecticut's Men & Women
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Nontraditional Occupations Project
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Pregnancy and Your Job Rights
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Learning to Stop Sexual Harassment, 1996
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For Women Who Want to Earn More Money and Greater Benefits
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Women in Apprenticeships: Steps to Building a Career
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Annual Report, 1999
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Annual Report, 2002-2003
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Women in the Visual Arts: Report of the California Commission on the Status of Women
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Information for Participants in Third National Conference of Commissions on the Status of Women, June 28, 29, 30, 1966
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Conference of Commissions on the Status of Women: Committee Members List and Program Highlights, June 1966
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Third National Commissions Conference. Events List, June 1966
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Third National Conference of Commissions on the Status of Women, Preliminary Agenda, June 1966
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Out of Our Past: A Future
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