Women's Health Concerns Committee records, 1974-1984.

Format:

Other

Contributor:

Lear, Walter J. (Walter Jay), 1923- collector.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Wolf, JoAnne Fischer.

Abortion services--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia Region.

Birth control--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia Region.

Feminism--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia Region.

Health promotion--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia Region.

Sexism.

Women's health services--Law and legislation.

Women's health services--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia Region.

Women's health services.

Health promotion.

Feminism.

Birth control.

Abortion services.

Pennsylvania--Philadelphia Region.

Penn Provenance:

Acquired by Walter J. Lear from JoAnne Fischer Wolf, 1993.

Gift of Walter J. Lear, 2005.

Physical Description:

41 boxes

Arrangement:

Arranged in 11 series: Administrative Files (7.5 boxes); Correspondence (2 boxes); Program Files--Work on Issues (6 boxes); Program Files--Events (4.5 boxes); Program Files--Work with Other Organizations (3.5 boxes); Program Files--Testimony at Hearings (1 box); Publicity and Publications (.5 box); Miscellaneous (3 folders); Reference (13 boxes); Audio-Visual Materials (2.5 boxes); and Memorabilia (.5 box).

Place of Publication:

1974-1984.

Biography/History:

Committee was created in the fall of 1974 by the Southeastern Region of the Pennsylvania Department of Health by the Commissioner of Health Services, Walter J. Lear.

Summary:

Materials, including administrative records and minutes; staff information; project files; publications; slides and audio recordings from presentations and events; and reference materials. Collection documents the activities of a coordinating committee created by the Southeastern Region of the Pennsylvania Department of Health to maintain communication between government agencies and local women's activist organizations focusing on health issues and spun off as an independent organization in 1978. Also includes information on the professional activities of the committee's director, JoAnne Fischer Wolf, who was special consultant to the governor on women and health.

Notes:

Forms part of: U. S. Health Activism History Collection.

Finding Aid/Index:

Finding aid available through the World Wide Web.

OCLC:

155863110