Wednesday, March 8, 2017
womeninarthistory:
“Portrait of a Young Woman, 1970, Leonor Fini
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womeninarthistory:

Portrait of a Young Woman, 1970, Leonor Fini

icklemegan:
“It’s warm enough to wear dresses again!!!!!
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icklemegan:

It’s warm enough to wear dresses again!!!!!

Women’s Rights Materials in the Hargrett Library

hargrett-library:

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Materials relating to the women’s rights movement form a major collecting focus here in the Hargrett Library.  Most of our women’s rights collections are part of the Lucy Hargrett Draper Center for the Study of the Rights of Women in History and Law.

The Draper Center collections are comprised of primary and secondary materials in a variety of formats with an emphasis on documenting women’s rights, especially the United States and British Women’s Suffrage Movements (1840-1920).  While the emphasis is on collections relating to the leaders of this movement, other materials relate to the suffrage movement in the United States, such as postcards, photographs, government documents and periodicals.

In addition, supporting materials recognize some of the leaders of the abolition movement, including Frederick Douglass, Harriet Tubman, and Sojourner Truth, each of whom spoke up on behalf of women’s rights as well as against slavery. Moreover, to place the suffrage materials in historical context the collection also includes pre-suffrage treatise on women’s rights and legal documents dating to the 16th century as well as materials related to post-suffrage efforts (1921-2000) to pass the ERA, the formation of N.O.W., the women’s liberation movement, and the Pro-Choice movement. These materials are open to the public for research and study; the finding aid is browsable through our website. 

We annually present an exhibit of materials from this collection exploring various aspects of the women’s rights movement.  This year’s exhibit, ‘Equality Under the Law: History of the Equal Rights Amendment’, is currently on display in our gallery space in the Russell Special Collections Libraries Building. 

mostlybuffoonery:

Once. And. For. All.

birdasaurus:
“Madelynn Furlong
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apropos-photos:
“Cynthia MacAdams, Self-Portrait, 1978
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apropos-photos:

Cynthia MacAdams, Self-Portrait, 1978

ripplefactor:
“ Frida Kahlo, New Mexico, 1951 © Gisèle Freund
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ripplefactor:

Frida Kahlo, New Mexico, 1951 © Gisèle Freund

ahoradote:
“ Frida Kahlo
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ahoradote:

Frida Kahlo

michelleobamarocks:

International Women’s day.