COMMISSION ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN RECORDS, RECORD GROUP 181

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1 State of Tennessee Department of State Tennessee State Library and Archives 403 Seventh Avenue North Nashville, Tennessee COMMISSION ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN RECORDS, RECORD GROUP 181 Processed by Mary C. Barnes Completed June 18, 1991 Audio/video location: I-A-5v

2 SCOPE AND CONTENT Record Group 181, Commission on the Status of Women Records, spans the period The records contain Commission files (board meeting minutes and activities) and financial documents, (audits, budget proposals, and invoices), Commission members personal files, information on workshops and conferences, correspondence, film and audio tapes of Commission activities, legislation relating to Commission interests, media files (press releases, radio shows and newspaper clippings), and files on women s issues (abortion, day care, and displaced homemakers). The Commission on the Status of Women was set up in February 1973 by an executive order of Governor Winfield Dunn. The order created a governmental commission charged with the responsibility of developing recommendations which would insure that women were afforded equal opportunities for full participation in the life of Tennessee. The Commission became statutory on January 1, 1974 when the legislature passed a bill originally introduced by Rep. Gwen Fleming. The Commission was composed of twelve members, appointed by the Governor, four men and eight women. They were represented geographically in such areas as age, economic levels, employment, political affiliation and minority groups. The Commission was designed to work for the best interest of all women, both homemakers not employed outside the home and women in the employment market. Some of the duties of the Commission were to conduct studies and help with conferences in cooperation with state and local women s business, professional and civic organizations. The Commission also advised the Governor and state legislators as to the status of women in employment policies, practices, educational needs, political and civil rights, domestic relations and recommended new and expanded services. As a result of Sunset Legislation, the Commission on the Status of Women was discontinued June 30, The collection is arranged chronologically.

3 SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE FOR AUDIO/VIDEO MATERIALS These records contain a number of audio or video/visual items, including audiocassettes, slides and a small amount of videotape. The audiotapes consist mainly of commission meeting recordings. The slides consist of some titled slide-show presentations and various slides depicting commission members. The videotapes appear to be public service announcements of Commission activities. The container list has a full listing of all audio/video materials in the records. To remain consistent with the original order of processing, the audio/video materials will remain as series 6 of the records, beginning with box 6A. When processing this portion of the records, the audiotapes were found to be in very poor condition. New master tapes were created of all tapes. These are housed in Boxes 6A - 6E. Slides are in good condition. They are organized by slide-show title when it could be determined. Otherwise, they are simply referred to as miscellaneous slides. The unidentified slides are housed in Boxes 6F - 6M. Videotapes are of broadcast quality, 2-inch-wide videotape. Presently, no equipment exists at the State Library and Archives to play these tapes, however the tapes do appear to be in good condition. These tapes are housed in Box 6N. These audio/video materials are located in a climate-controlled vault; a 24-hour acclimation period is needed before working with audio or video tapes.

4 Record Group Number:181 Commission on the Status of Women Records, SERIES INDEX Series No. Series Title Box No. 1 Commission Files 1 2 Commission Financial Documents 2 3 Commission Members- 3 Personal Files 4 Commission Workshops 4 & Conferences 5 Correspondence 5 6 Film & Audio Tapes 6A-N Of Commission 7 Legislation 7 8 Media on Commission 8 9 Women s Issues 9

5 RG 181 COMMISSION ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN RECORDS, Microfilm Container List Reel: 1. Box 1, folder 1 to Box 4, folder 9 2. Box 4, folder 10 to Box 9, folder 8

6 Record Group Number : 181 Series Number: 1 Commission on the Status of Women Series Title: Commission Files Box Number 1 Folder Description Dates 1 Commission Activities Commission Meeting Commission Meeting Commission Meeting Commission Meeting, Chattanooga Commissions to Meet, Miscellaneous Commission Minutes Commission Minutes Governor s Continuing Commission On the Status of Women, Miscellaneous

7 Record Group Number:181 Series Number: 11 Commission on the Status of Women Financial Documents Box Number 2 Folder Description Dates 1 Audits Budget Budget Proposals Media Invoices

8 Record Group Number:181 Series Number: III Commission on the Status of Women Commission Members- Personal Files Box Number 3 Folder Description Dates 1 Bird, Agnes, Dr Chevalia, Don, Dr Clark, Pat Connor, Harold Corvin, Mrs. W. H Eskind, Jane Gillenwater, Anne Goodwin, Bill Grier, Eleanor Chippey Lerner, Syd Martin, Katherine McBee, Judy McCoy, Carol McKnight, Bill Morgan, Harry Paty, Selma Cash Smith, Elizabeth Stomer, Ray Underwood, Osta Woods, Frank Organizational Chart of 1979 Board Members 22 Mailings to Commission Members Miscellaneous

9 Record Group Number: 181 Series Number: IV Commission on the Status of Women Workshops & Conferences Box Number 4 Folder Description Dates 1 Advisory Planning Committee Coupon Workshop Department of Transportation Grant Writing Higher Education Conference International Women s Decade International Women s Year Managerial Concepts for Women Mind Your Business Conference National Women s Conference P.R.O.B.E - Sasser Conference Promote Women Upward Mobility for Women UN Decade for Women Conference What s A Woman to Do? White House Conference Widening Options for Women Women & Business Women s Career Conference Women in Higher Education Women in Physical Education 1977 & Athletics 22 Women s World Working for Women 1977

10 Record Group Number: 181 Series Number: V Commission on the Status of Women Correspondence Box Number 5 Folder Description Dates 1 Judge Daughtrey Attorney General s Opinions (memos) Governor Lamar Alexander Legislative

11 Record Group Number: 181 Series Number: VI Sub Series Number: Commission on the Status of Women Box 6A 1. Honey Alexander 2. Dr. Dorothy Brown, Commission Public Service Announcement 3-4. Brown Bag Luncheon, Martha Olson 5. Commission Public Service Announcements 6. Exercising Your Rights: Eliminating Sex Bias in Physical Education 7-13 Family Violence Conference, Knoxville, Tennessee, Family Violence Conference, Kingsport, Tennessee, Family Violence Conference, Nashville, Tennessee, I Am Woman series, WMAK Radio, Nashville, Tennessee, Women in Politics and the Movement, Carleen Waller, Joyce Houseman, and B. Wallston 30. I Am Woman series, WMAK Radio, Nashville, Tennessee, View of Earlier Days of Women s Movement, Martha Ragland 31. I Am Woman series, WMAK Radio, Nashville, Tennessee, The Jewish Woman and the Mid-East War, Cynthia Morgan 32. I Am Woman series, WMAK Radio, Nashville, Tennessee, The NAACP and Black Women, Mrs. C. E. McGruder 33. I Am Woman series, WMAK Radio, Nashville, Tennessee, Rape Prevention Center and Self Defense, Donna Pence 34. I Am Woman series, WMAK Radio, Nashville, Tennessee, Women s Enterprise, Women s Free Expression, Ladenheim and Cotham Box 6B 1. I Am Woman series, WMAK Radio, Nashville, Tennessee, Women in the Clergy, Rev. Lynn Fitch 2. I Am Woman series, WMAK Radio, Nashville, Tennessee, The Woman Alone, Problems of Divorced, Single, and Widowed Women 3. I Am Woman series, WMAK Radio, Nashville, Tennessee, Planned Parenthood Center Purpose and Methods, Kaymer and Harkey 4. I Am Woman series, WMAK Radio, Nashville, Tennessee, Women and Credit, Carol McCoy Bryan 5. I Am Woman series, WMAK Radio, Nashville, Tennessee, Early Stages of Women s Liberation, Dr. Joan Gunderson

12 6. I Am Woman series, WMAK Radio, Nashville, Tennessee, Commission Organization, Polly Smith and Carolyn Cowan 7. I Am Woman series, WMAK Radio, Nashville, Tennessee, First Year of Commission, Polly Smith 8. Interviews, Doris Moore, Anne Gilenwater, Sally Head and Gwen Hill 9. Interviews, Jim Dennion, Nancy Keith Johnson, and Susan Powers 10. It s Easier Than You Think, Slide Show Presentation Margaret (?), U. T. Martin and Dean Sally McFage, Vanderbilt University National Advisory Council on Women s Educational Programs, Women and Non-traditional Jobs Women in a Violent Society, Conference, December, Women in Tennessee, Today and Tomorrow, Working Woman, WPLN Radio, Nashville, Tennessee, Coffee Break Box 6C 1-2. Commission on the Status of Women Meeting, Commission on the Status of Women Meeting, Executive Director Discussion, Commission on the Status of Women Meeting, February, Commission on the Status of Women Meeting, Commission on the Status of Women Meeting, Commission on the Status of Women Meeting, Commission on the Status of Women Meeting, Commission on the Status of Women Meeting, Commission on the Status of Women Meeting, Commission on the Status of Women Meeting, Box 6D 1-3. Commission on the Status of Women Meeting, continued 4-8. Commission on the Status of Women Meeting, Commission on the Status of Women Meeting, Commission on the Status of Women Meeting, Commission on the Status of Women Meeting, Commission on the Status of Women Meeting, Box 6E 1-3. Commission on the Status of Women Meeting, continued 2-5. Commission on the Status of Women Meeting, Original Reels 1 Dr. Dorothy Brown 2 Commission Public Service Announcements

13 3-5. Women in Tennessee, Today and Tomorrow Box 6F It s Easier than You Think. 93 slides Box 6G It s Easier than You Think. 95 slides Box 6H Slides Not Used for It s Easier than You Think, Austin-Luter Box 6I Slides Not Used for It s Easier than You Think, McCulloch-Seabrook, Outdoor Scenes, Unidentified Box 6J Slides Not Used for It s Easier than You Think, Shell-Wilson, Outdoor Scenes, Unidentified, Untitled Slide Show, From Old Presentation Untitled Slide Show Miscellaneous Slides Miscellaneous Slides continued Untitled Slide Show Commissioners and Staff Box 6K Box 6L Box 6M Box 6N 1-3. Public Service Announcements, WSMV Television, Nashville, Tennessee 4. Public Service Announcement, WTVF Television, Nashville, Tennessee

14 Record Group Number: 181 Series Number: VII Commission on the Status of Women Legislation Box Number 7 Folder Description Dates 1 Commission Related Commission Related Equal Rights Amendment Executive Orders n.d. 5 House Standing Committees, 91 st General Assembly Legislative Days Proclamation Women in State Government

15 Record Group Number: 181 Series Number: VIII Commission on the Status of Women Media on Commission Box Number 8 Folder Description Dates 1 Memos Newspaper Clippings Press Releases Promotions Public Service Announcements

16 Record Group Number: 181 Series Number: IX Commission on the Status of Women Women s Issues Box Number 9 Folder Description Dates 1 Abortion n.d. 2 Affirmative Action Day Care Community Services Displaced Homemaker Women s Groups Women Offenders Women in Law Enforcement