Women's History -- Equal Rights Amendment

Abstract

Active member of the North Dakota Business and Professional Women’s Club, and the North Dakota Commission on the Status of Women. Vocal proponent of the Equal Rights Amendment

Scope and Contents

The North Dakota Chapter of the National Organization for Women Records consist of correspondence, membership lists, bylaws, newspaper clippings, conference proceedings, financial information, and issues statements. The collection is divided into four series: Series 1: North Dakota NOW Council Series 2: Local NOW Chapters Series 3: NOW Regional Conferences Series 4: National level - National Organization for Women

Scope and Contents

The North Dakota Coordinating Council for the Equal Rights Amendment (CCERA) Records consist of material related to the campaign to ensure ratification in North Dakota. Newsletters, pamphlets and press releases created by CCERA, as well as material produced by groups and organizations affiliated with CCERA, are included.  Other documents including meeting minutes, newspaper and periodical clippings, correspondence, and lobbying material are also part of the collection.

Scope and Contents The North Dakota Women’s History Collection consists of two audio tapes containing interviews by John B. Davenport of six women’s movement leaders in North Dakota. The first audio tape has interviews of Donna Chalimonczyk, Aloha Eagles, Nita Fox, Ellie Kilander, and Anita Wasik (Branin). The interviews, conducted October 2, 1975, in Fargo, primarily concern the struggle for the passage of the Equal Rights Amendment in North Dakota from 1972 to 1975. The interviews also contain information...