Preliminary Inventory of the Women Work! Archives, 1979-2009
[top]Descriptive Summary
Repository
Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library, Duke
University
Creator
Women Work! The National Network for Women's Employment
Title
Women Work! Archives, 1979-2009
Language of Material
Material in English
Extent
16.5 Linear Feet
12,375 Items
Abstract
12,375 Items
Women Work! improved women's economic security through job training, education, lobbying policymakers, and partnering with other national organizations. It was originally known as the Displaced Homemakers Network, and operated from 1978 until 2009.
Accession (2009-0163) (12,375 items; 16.5 lin. ft.; dated 1979-2009) includes board materials, training guides and reports, program materials, conference files, newsletters and publications, news clippings and photocopies, photographs, slides, electronic files and images, and videos. Acquired as part of the Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture.
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Administrative Information
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Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Women Work! Archives, Rare Book,
Manuscript, and Special Collections Library, Duke University.
Provenance
The Women Work! Archives were received by the Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library as a
gift in 2009.
Processing Information
Accessioned by Meghan Lyon, June 2009
Encoded by Meghan Lyon, June 2009
This collection is minimally processed: materials may not have been ordered and described beyond their original condition.
Descriptive sources and standards used to create this inventory: DACS, EAD, NCEAD guidelines, and our local Style Guide.
This finding aid is NCEAD compliant.
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Historical Note
Women Work! began in the early 1970s as the Alliance for Displaced Homemakers, which sought to assist newly divorced, widowed, or abandoned women in re-entering the workforce after working as homemakers. It quickly grew thanks to the grassroots efforts of founders Tish Sommers, Laurie Shields, Milo Smith, and Barbara Dudley. In 1978, a national conference was held and the Displaced Homemakers Network was formed, providing a permanent presence for the group in Washington, DC. In 1993, the organization became Women Work! The National Network for Women's Employment, and expanded its scope to address the economic concerns that women face throughout their lives. Women Work! focused its efforts on job training for women; educating Congress and policy makers about women's economic and employment issues; and networking with other organizations to enhance women's economic security. Women Work! ceased operations in 2009.
[top]Collection Overview
Accession (2009-0163) (12,375 items; 16.5 lin. ft.; dated 1979-2009) includes board materials, training guides and reports, program materials, conference files, newsletters and publications, news clippings and photocopies, photographs, slides, electronic files and images, and videos. CDs and other electronic data files have been removed and transferred to Duke's ERM server. Acquired as part of the Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture.
Subject Headings
These are searchable subject entries for this collection. Performing a search on these subjects in the Duke University Libraries online catalog will bring up other related research materials.
- Women Work! The National Network for Women's Employment.
- Equal pay for equal work.
- Homemakers--Employment.
- Occupational training for women.
- Unemployed women workers.
- Women--Employment.
- Compact discs
- Photographs
- Color slides
- Videotapes
- Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture.
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Preliminary Description of Collection
Accession (2009-0163), 1979-2009
(11 boxes)
Accession (2009-0163) (12,375 items; 16.5 lin. ft.; dated 1979-2009) includes board materials, training guides and reports, program materials, conference files, newsletters and publications, news clippings and photocopies, photographs, slides, electronic files and images, and videos. Women Work! has been abbreviated to WW! when possible.
Box 1
DVDs of Women Triumph and Women Work! movies
Audio cassettes, including tapes from conferences and luncheons, audio conferences, Displaced Homemakers Focus Group, board meetings, an oral history of Women Work!, and 3 miniature audio cassettes
5 Betacam tapes, including
"Women Work! 20th Anniversary"
and the
"Transitions to Triumph"
video
19 VHS tapes, including the 20th Anniversary Gala, political coverage, and news segments
Box 2
Annual reports (2 folders)
We Work! magazine (volumes 1-3, 11 issues)
WW! conference programs, 1995-2008 (11 folders)
Publications, 1990s-2001 (2 folders)
Network News newsletters, 1980s-2005 (3)
Advocates Guides
Economic Equity Insider, 1990s-2004 (2 folders)
Transition Times, 1987-1992
Transitions and Triumphs, 2001-2005
Board files, 1980s (18 folders)
Includes budgets, mailing lists, committee materials, memoranda, and meeting minutes.
Box 3
Press, 1985, 1988-1989 (3 folders)
Press (2 folders)
Media Evaluations Status Reports, 1987 (10 folders, according to Region)
Press clippings from news conference, 1990
Press (9)
"Overcoming Obstacles, Winning Jobs"
Displaced Homemakers Network subscription service
Reports and guides, 1980s-1990s (4 folders)
Box 4
Reports and guides, 1980s-1990s
Grants contracts/Women's Bureau Quarterly Reports, 1997-1998 (8 folders)
Insurance (6 folders)
Spokesperson Project
Displaced Homemakers Network Board, 1980s (11 folders)
Includes funds, committees, mailings, and meeting files.
Tax seminar
State program training
Pittsburgh Junior League, 1982
White House briefings, 1980s
Displaced Homemakers Network grant proposals, 1979-1982
Box 5
Grant proposals
Subscription service (2 folders)
Bulk mailing
Finances and miscellaneous information, 1990s
Newsletter hot tips, 1986
"Network Know-How"
(Displaced Homemakers Network) (binder)
"All in a Day's Work: Organizing for Women's Economic Power,"
Nov. 8-10, 1987 (binder)
"Jobs That Pay! Non-traditional Occupations,"
April 2000 (binder)
"Guide to Non-traditional Occupations for Mid-Life and Older Women,"
March 1993 (binder)
"Getting IT Across! Recruiting women to IT careers,"
2002 (binder)
"On the Right Track: empowerment and workplace rights,"
Sept. 1996 (binder)
"Superstores, Schools, and Sewers: Understanding local economy,"
Dec. 1996 (binder)
Newsletters and printed guides, 2009
Program directories, 1998-2000 (2 folders)
Printed guides and reports, 1980s-1990s (4 folders)
Box 6
Publications: newsletters, guides, announcements, 1980s-2000s
Financial report, 2002
Assessment reports, 2002-2007 (2 folders)
E-News, 2007 (binder)
Economic Equity Insider newsletters, 2005-2006
News clippings, 1975-2007 (14 folders)
These clippings are in clear plastic sleeves and are organized by year. In many cases, a donor-created index of the articles is available at the front of each folder.
Box 7
IDA Case
RITA
Value of Homemaking
Women Vote
Op Ed materials
Media coverage
Work Your Image
CTFA (2 folders)
Logos/letterhead
Press conferences, 1990s (3 folders)
Long range planning
Developing a state network training
LEAD Manuals, 1995-1996 (6 bound manuals)
Manuals are for individual states: Missouri, Michigan, Oregon, and Alabama.
NCWO-Survey (2 folders)
Bank of America
Barbara Lee Foundation: GOTV
CREW
Fashion Takes Action (2 folders)
Impact statement
Constituent letters
Appropriations, 1993-1995 (4 folders)
Senate
House
WIA
Vocational Education (4 folders)
U.S. Dept. of Labor: Women's Bureau, 1990s-2001 (6 folders)
Box 8
State conferences, 2004-2005 ( 10 folders)
History of Displaced Homemakers Network (3 folders)
Strategic Philanthropy Investments report
Speeches
NEFE
Work Your Image!
CWJT
Recruiting Women for NTO
Approp. RITA, 2007
Newspaper printouts and clippings, 2008-2009 (3 folders)
Magazines, 2000s (2 folders)
Displaced Homemakers Network pilot project legislation, 1970s-1980s
Personnel and participant policies, 2002-2005
Publications, mail, handouts, 1990s-2000s
Frito Lay/WW! partnership, 2007
Reports and miscellaneous materials, 1990-2008
Strategic planning, 2008 (5 folders)
Balanced scorecard
Recruiting for the IT Age, 2002
Box 9
Network News, 1979-2005 (5 folders)
Publications, 1990s-2000s
GITA final report
CREW retention final report
WANTO 2002 (2 folders)
Dislocated Worker Earmark, 2002
Organization restructuring: Board Report Card
Women's Bureau, 2000-2009 (6 folders)
WW! Resources, tip sheets
Manuscript and copyright agreements, 2004-2006 (2 folders)
Public Policy Summit, 1998 (binder)
Box 10
Photo album pages (3 folders)
1 photo album
Historical photographs
Network News and Success Story photographs, 1991
Photographs and negatives
Congressional pact briefing negatives (2 envelopes)
Miscellaneous color photographs (17 envelopes)
Photographs from events, conferences, speaking engagements, and other programs. There are 6 large envelopes of miscellaneous or ungrouped photographs, and there are 11 smaller envelopes where photographs were labelled or bound together.
Box 11
6 photo albums
Slides (3 boxes)
Color photographs
Photographs, rolls 1-13
3 WW! tote bags
Oversize Folder
1
Poster:
"Behind Many Successful Men and Women in America is a Displaced Homemaker,"
1980s
