MenuInventory of the Judith Hennessee Papers, 1950s-1999
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.
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- Judith Hennessee Papers, 1950s-1999
- Creator
- Hennessee, Judith Adler
- Extent
- 3.5 Linear Feet, 2140 Items
- Repository
- David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University
- Location
- For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.
- Language
- English.
Administrative Information
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Access Restrictions
Collection is open for research.
Researchers may not attribute quotations from transcripts designated "Off" or "Off the record."
All or portions of this collection may be housed off-site in the Duke University Library Service Center. Consequently, there may be a 24-hour delay in obtaining these materials.
Please contact Research Services staff before visiting the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library to use this collection.
Use Restrictions
The copyright interests in this collection have not been transferred to Duke University. For more information, consult the copyright section of the Regulations and Procedures of the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library.
Contents of the Collection
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Historical Note
Biographer of feminist Betty Friedan and member of the National Organization for Women.
Subject Headings
- 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
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.