hennesseejudith Inventory of the Judith Hennessee Papers, 1950s-1999 Processed by: Shayla C. Nunnally; machine-readable finding aid created by: Walt Evans

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 Machine-readable finding aid derived from automated markup system. Date of source: June 21, 2000 Processed by Shayla C. Nunnally, June 21, 2000; Finding Aid encoded by Walt Evans, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University, May 16, 2001 Description is in English. 12-31-2005 PUBLIC "-//David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library//TEXT (US::NDD::::Judith Hennessee Papers)//EN" "hennesseejudith.xml" converted from EAD 1.0 to 2002 by v1to02.xsl (sy2003-10-15). Also, the top level of the finding aid (above the dsc) changed to conform to current Rubenstein Library and NC EAD standards as laid out in the Inventory Style Guide and in the NCEAD Best Practice Guidelines. Within the dsc, dates for series were normalized. These changes were made by Michelle Belden. Also, container TYPE and LABEL attribute values were standardized according to the Rubenstein Library EAD 2002 manual and the NCEAD eadlocal.ent by Ruth E. Bryan.The tag list inside index was changed to indexentry by Ruth E. Bryan. October 15, 2002 Electronic finding aid edited and updated by Cat Saleeby to adhere to current Rubenstein Library practices and formats as found in the ENCODING MANUAL FOR EAD 1.0 VERSION 1. Collection reprocessed; new container list encoded. Linear feet changed from 7.5 to 3.5. Item count changed from 2020 to 2140. Inventory of the Judith Hennessee Papers, 1950s-1999 David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library Duke University Durham, North Carolina 27708-0185 USA

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 Descriptive Summary Judith Hennessee Papers, 1950s-1999 Hennessee, Judith Adler 3.5 Linear Feet 2140 Items David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog. English. Administrative Information Access Restrictions

Collection is open for research.

Researchers may not attribute quotations from transcripts designated "Off" or "Off the record."

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 Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Judith Hennessee Papers, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University.

 Provenance

The Judith Hennessee Papers were received by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library as a purchase in 2000.

 Processing Information

Processed by Shayla C. Nunnally

Completed June 21, 2000

Reprocessed by Cat Saleeby

Completed October 4, 2002

Encoded by Walt Evans and Cat Saleeby

Updated by Jodi Berkowitz, July 2008

This finding aid is NCEAD compliant.

 Biographical Note

Biographer of feminist Betty Friedan and member of the National Organization for Women.

 Collection Overview

The collection primarily contains materials related to Hennessee's writing career and her participation in the National Organization for Women (NOW). Most of the NOW materials concern its 1972 petition to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to deny renewal of WABC-TV's license due to alleged discrimination against women in programming and employment. Included are legal documents; information related to NOW's monitoring study of WABC; reports pertaining to ABC and other television networks; and materials concerning the portrayal of women in the broadcast and print media, including several issues of the Media Report to Women newsletter. Other feminist materials include clippings, reports, political buttons and stickers, publications, and printed material, including several issues of the feminist literary magazine aphra and various women's organizations' newsletters. The collection also includes interview transcripts and other research materials for, correspondence about, and both a typescript and a published copy of Hennessee's biography Betty Friedan: Her life. 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.

Hennessee, Judith Adler. Friedan, Betty. Friedan, Betty--Biography. National Organization for Women. National Organization for Women--Trials, litigation, etc. National Organization for Women--History. American Broadcasting Company. United States. Federal Communications Commission. Feminists--United States. Feminism--United States. Feminism--United States--Periodicals. Television broadcasting policy--United States. Television broadcasting--Social aspects--United States. Television--Law and legislation--United States. Women in television broadcasting--United States. Women on television--United States. Clippings. Aphra. Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture Contents of Collection Judith Hennessee Papers, 1950s-1999 1 NOW petition to deny renewal of WABC-TV's FCC license, 1970s 2 Analyses of and reports on gender and the media, including WABC-TV, 1970s

[Oversize materials removed to Box 6.]

 3 Clippings, 1970s

[Oversize materials removed to Box 6.]

 Clippings: Betty Friedan, 1980s-1990s Reviews of Betty Friedan: Her Life, 1999 Various feminist publications, 1970s 4 NOW publications, 1971 NY Radical Feminists Conference on Rape, 1971 Feminist buttons and stickers Typescript of Betty Friedan Clippings: articles by and about Betty Friedan, 1950s-1990s (bulk 1970s)

[Oversize materials removed to Box 6.]

 Correspondence regarding Betty Friedan, 1998 Transcripts of phone interviews, 1994-1997(Folders 1-2 of 5)

[Researchers may not attribute quotations from transcripts designated "Off" or "Off the record."]

 5Transcripts of phone interviews, 1994-1997(Folders 3-5 of 5)

[Researchers may not attribute quotations from transcripts designated "Off" or "Off the record."]

 6 Analysis of WABC-TV Responses (Removed from Box 2) Articles about Betty Friedan (Removed from Box 3-4)