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 Collection
Identifier: MC 1563

National Organization for Women, Passaic Chapter records

Dates

  • 1972 - 2008

Scope and Contents

The National Organization for Women, Passaic Chapter records consists of 5 boxes of materials plus an oversized banner. The materials represent subject files of social issues that the Chapter worked on, administrative files showing the history of the Chapter, correspoendence, press, and other related documents and ephemera.

Extent

5 Linear Feet (5 bankers boxes plus an oversized banner (listed as "Box 6"))

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

Records, 1972-2008, including collected reference materials, together with papers, 1995-1999, of Karen Spindel relating to her Feminist Network (FemNet) referral service business venture.

Biographical / Historical

The National Organzation for Women (NOW) is a feminist organization founded in 1966. Its current membership is around 500,000 women. Though the Passaic Chapter no longer exists, there are eight local chapters in NJ.

Related Materials

An interview with Karen Spindel, a mechanical engineer who was born in 1947, is available through the Rutgers Oral History Archives.

Author
Stephen Bacchetta
Description rules
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