State of Tennessee Department of State Tennessee State Library and Archives 403 Seventh Avenue North Nashville, Tennessee 37243-0312 COMMISSION ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN RECORDS, 1972-1981 RECORD GROUP 181 Processed by Mary C. Barnes Completed June 18, 1991 Audio/video location: I-A-5v
SCOPE AND CONTENT Record Group 181, Commission on the Status of Women Records, spans the period 1972-1981. 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, 1981. The collection is arranged chronologically.
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.
Record Group Number:181 Commission on the Status of Women Records, 1972-1981 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
RG 181 COMMISSION ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN RECORDS, 1972-1981 Microfilm Container List Reel: 1. Box 1, folder 1 to Box 4, folder 9 2. Box 4, folder 10 to Box 9, folder 8
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 1978 2 Commission Meeting 1977 3 Commission Meeting 1977 4 Commission Meeting 1978 5 Commission Meeting, Chattanooga 1978 6 Commissions to Meet, Miscellaneous 1977-1981 7 Commission Minutes 1974 8 Commission Minutes 1977 9 Governor s Continuing Commission 1965-1966 On the Status of Women, Miscellaneous
Record Group Number:181 Series Number: 11 Commission on the Status of Women Financial Documents Box Number 2 Folder Description Dates 1 Audits 1972-1974 2 Budget 1974-1975 3 Budget Proposals 1975-1976 4 Media Invoices 1979-1980
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. 1973-1979 2 Chevalia, Don, Dr. 1979 3 Clark, Pat 1980 4 Connor, Harold 1975 5 Corvin, Mrs. W. H. 1976-1978 6 Eskind, Jane 1975-1979 7 Gillenwater, Anne 1971-1980 8 Goodwin, Bill 1980 9 Grier, Eleanor Chippey 1976-1978 10 Lerner, Syd 1974 11 Martin, Katherine 1980 12 McBee, Judy 1974-1980 13 McCoy, Carol 1975-1980 14 McKnight, Bill 1975-1980 15 Morgan, Harry 1977 16 Paty, Selma Cash 1974-1976 17 Smith, Elizabeth 1978-1979 18 Stomer, Ray 1978-1979 19 Underwood, Osta 1972-1978 20 Woods, Frank 1977-1979 21 Organizational Chart of 1979 Board Members 22 Mailings to Commission Members 1976-1981 23 Miscellaneous 1976-1980
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 1976 2 Coupon Workshop 1979 3 Department of Transportation 1977 4 Grant Writing 1979-1980 5 Higher Education Conference 1979 6 International Women s Decade 1977 7 International Women s Year 1976 8 Managerial Concepts for Women 1978 9 Mind Your Business Conference 1978 10 National Women s Conference 1977 11 P.R.O.B.E - Sasser Conference 1976-1977 12 Promote Women 1975-1976 13 Upward Mobility for Women 1979 14 UN Decade for Women Conference 1979-1980 15 What s A Woman to Do? 1978 16 White House Conference 1978 17 Widening Options for Women 1979 18 Women & Business 1979 19 Women s Career Conference 1979 20 Women in Higher Education 1977 21 Women in Physical Education 1977 & Athletics 22 Women s World 1978 23 Working for Women 1977
Record Group Number: 181 Series Number: V Commission on the Status of Women Correspondence Box Number 5 Folder Description Dates 1 Judge Daughtrey 1978-1979 2 Attorney General s Opinions (memos) 1976-1980 3 Governor Lamar Alexander 1979-1980 4 Legislative 1974-1977
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, 4-20-1979 14-18 Family Violence Conference, Kingsport, Tennessee, 5-4-1979 19-27 Family Violence Conference, Nashville, Tennessee, 6-5-1979 28-29 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
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 11-12. Margaret (?), U. T. Martin and Dean Sally McFage, Vanderbilt University 13-18. National Advisory Council on Women s Educational Programs, 12-1-1978 19. Women and Non-traditional Jobs 20-23. Women in a Violent Society, Conference, December, 1973 24-30. Women in Tennessee, Today and Tomorrow, 8-27-1966 31. Working Woman, WPLN Radio, Nashville, Tennessee, Coffee Break Box 6C 1-2. Commission on the Status of Women Meeting, 2-12-1977 3-6. Commission on the Status of Women Meeting, Executive Director Discussion, 2-12-1977 7-8. Commission on the Status of Women Meeting, February, 1979 9-12. Commission on the Status of Women Meeting, 5-5-1979 13-16. Commission on the Status of Women Meeting, 6-1-1979 17-19. Commission on the Status of Women Meeting, 6-5-1979 20-24. Commission on the Status of Women Meeting, 8-15-1979 25-29. Commission on the Status of Women Meeting, 10-12-1979 30-33. Commission on the Status of Women Meeting, 1-19-1980 34. Commission on the Status of Women Meeting, 2-9-1980 Box 6D 1-3. Commission on the Status of Women Meeting, 2-9-1980 continued 4-8. Commission on the Status of Women Meeting, 3-15-1980 9-12. Commission on the Status of Women Meeting, 7-19-1980 13-18.Commission on the Status of Women Meeting, 9-20-1980 19-26.Commission on the Status of Women Meeting, 12-6-1980 27-34.Commission on the Status of Women Meeting, 12-10-1981 Box 6E 1-3. Commission on the Status of Women Meeting, 2-10-1981 continued 2-5. Commission on the Status of Women Meeting, 3-31-1981 Original Reels 1 Dr. Dorothy Brown 2 Commission Public Service Announcements
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
Record Group Number: 181 Series Number: VII Commission on the Status of Women Legislation Box Number 7 Folder Description Dates 1 Commission Related 1976-1981 2 Commission Related 1977-1981 3 Equal Rights Amendment 1972-1973 4 Executive Orders n.d. 5 House Standing Committees, 91 st General Assembly 1977 6 Legislative Days 1960-1979 7 Proclamation 1976-1978 8 Women in State Government 1973-1975
Record Group Number: 181 Series Number: VIII Commission on the Status of Women Media on Commission Box Number 8 Folder Description Dates 1 Memos 1974-1975 2 Newspaper Clippings 1980 3 Press Releases 1979-1980 4 Promotions 1979 5 Public Service Announcements 1976-1980
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 1972-1974 3 Day Care 1980 4 Community Services 1976-1979 5 Displaced Homemaker 1980 6 Women s Groups 1964-1979 7 Women Offenders 1974-1978 8 Women in Law Enforcement 1977-1978