National Organization for Women, Jacksonville, Florida, and Jacksonville Women's Movement Collection
Scope and Contents
The collection contains subject files which chronicle the formative years and development of the Jacksonville, Florida chapter of the National Organization for Women (NOW) and Jacksonville Women's Movement from 1969 to 2002. Resources include printed materials, such as correspondence, publications, newspaper clippings, newsletters, publicity announcements and flyers of local activities, event programs, and early telephone and membership lists. The subject contents are primarily local in scope with some Florida and national coverage of marches and other events. General feminist literature and national NOW publications provide additional background information on relevant social and political issues. Of special interest is a scrapbook entitled "Jacksonville Women's Movement, 1970-1976," which provides documentation of the initial founding, and outreach efforts of the local women's movement, including NOW chapter organizational materials and questionaires sent to local political candidates. Other items in the scrapbook pertain to the Jacksonville Women's Political Caucus, Alliance for the Equal Rights Amendment, Options, Inc., the Rape Crisis Center, and Hubbard House. The collection also contains printed materials from the three anniversary reunions of the NOW Jacksonville chapter and Women's Movement held on August 28-30, 1986, August 26, 1990, and March 9, 1991. A videorecording of the March 9, 1991 reunion provides unique visual highlights of the event.
Dates
- Created: 1969-2002
- Other: Majority of material found in 1970-1976
- Other: Date acquired: 01/01/2009
Creator
- NOW Jacksonville. (Organization)
- Wengrow, Vicki L. (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research. For additional information and to make an appointment to view the collection, contact (904) 620-1533 or email: lib-special@unf.edu
Biographical or Historical Information
The Jacksonville, Florida chapter of the National Organization for Women was founded on August 26, 1970. On January 3, 1971, NOW Jacksonville was granted a national charter. Early functions of the organization included outreach and lobbying activities: forming consciousness raising groups; lobbying city officials to appoint more women to public boards and commissions; disseminating questionnaires to candidates running for local political office; producing a first newsletter (NOW, Jacksonville Call to Action); exploring day care services in Jacksonville; forming a speaker's bureau for lecture engagements and panels; sponsoring a symposium on abortion law; participating in national affirmative action projects; spearheading the local Alliance for Ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment; helping to organize the Duval County Women's Political Caucus; and opening the women's self-help center, Options, Inc. In 1974, NOW Jacksonville started the Women's Rape Crisis Center, and in the next two years, helped to finance the opening of Hubbard House to provide counseling and aid to battered women. In October 1975, NOW Jacksonville officially separated from the Jacksonville Women's Movement, which incorporated as a separate organization. The materials were collected by Vicki L. Wengrow, the first Convenor of the NOW Jacksonville chapter and one of its founding Directors in 1970. Wengrow remained an activist in the Women's Movement and NOW Jacksonville for many years.
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Extent
5.80 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The collection contains subject files which chronicle the formative years and development of the Jacksonville, Florida chapter of the National Organization for Women (NOW) and Jacksonville Women's Movement from 1969 to 2002. Resources include printed materials, such as correspondence, publications, newspaper clippings, newsletters, publicity announcements and flyers of local activities, event programs, and early telephone and membership lists. The subject contents are primarily local in scope with some Florida and national coverage of marches and other events. General feminist literature and national NOW publications provide additional background information on relevant social and political issues.
Arrangement Note
Arranged by series; chronological within folder.
Source of Acquisition
Gift of Vicki L. Wengrow, 2009
Method of Acquisition
The materials were acquired by UNF Library Special Collections and University Archives on 01/01/1999.
- Correspondence Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Feminism--Florida--Jacksonville--History. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Furman, Rosemary.
- Hubbard House (Jacksonville, Fla.)--History.
- Jacksonville (Fla.)--History. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Jacksonville (Fla.)--Social conditions. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Jacksonville Women's Movement--History.
- Memorabilia Subject Source: Local sources
- NOW Jacksonville--History.
- Pamphlets Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Posters Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Printed materials Subject Source: Local sources
- Wengrow, Vicki L.
- Women in community organization--Florida--Jacksonville--History. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Women's Rape Crisis Center (Jacksonville, Fla.)--History.
- Women's rights--Florida--Jacksonville--History. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Women--Florida--Jacksonville--History. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Women--Political activity--Florida--Jacksonville--History. Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- National Organization for Women, Jacksonville, Florida, and Jacksonville Women's Movement Collection
- Author
- Collection Description/Finding Aid prepared by Eileen D. Brady.
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- eng
Repository Details
Part of the UNF Library Special Collections and University Archives Repository