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[Identification of item], Center for Women Policy Studies Records, Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library, Duke University.
The Center for Women Policy Studies Records were received by the Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library as a gift in May, 2010.
Processed by Megan E. Lewis, May 2010
Encoded by Megan E. Lewis, March 2011
This collection is minimally processed: materials may not have been ordered and described beyond their original condition. The collection description is taken from container lists provided by the Center for Women Policy Studies.
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The Center for Women Policy Studies was founded in 1972 as the nation’s first feminist policy analysis, research and advocacy institution. Their mission is to shape public policy to improve women's lives and preserve women's human rights. Leslie R. Wolfe has been President since 1987.
Collection documents the day-to-day operation, programs, and mission of the Center for Women Policy Studies and was accumulated by the organization throughout its history. Materials range in date from 1970-2005.
Topics covered include equal credit opportunity, educational equity, violence against women and girls, welfare reform, work/family balancing and workplace diversity policies, reproductive rights and health, the women’s HIV/AIDS epidemic and access to health care for low income women. The collection contains many speeches and articles by President Leslie R. Wolfe.
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.
This collection contains subject files, research files, publication materials, lectures, project documentation, program files, surveys, survey data and chronological files. Some boxes contain audio cassettes and VHS tapes that need to be reformatted before use.