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CWLU Historical Archive
Memos, newsletters, leaflets, position papers, general documents, recordings, and announcements tell the story of how the CWLU evolved and reveal the concerns of its members. Other collections of CWLU materials reside at Northwestern University's Charles Deering McCormick Library of Special Collections, the Chicago Historical Society, the Library of Congress, Harvard's Schlesinger Library and the Los Angeles Center for the Study of Political Graphics. These
are historical documents and do not necessarily represent the
views of the CWLU or its individual members.  Classic
Feminist Writings These are the articles, pamphlets, manifestoes, and stories produced by the women's liberation movement that helped influence the thinking of CWLU members. ConsciousnessLiberation School, issues of race and class, Womankind, theoretical papers and more. FamilyHousework, lesbian motherhood, childcare issues/programs, communal living. OrganizingAnnual conferences, outreach, workgroup agendas and evaluations, CWLU goals.
SexualityLesbianism, Blazing Star, women’s sexual identities, feminist writings on female sexuality and more.
HealthSterilization abuse, Chicago Maternity Center, birthing, abortion (Jane, the Abortion Task Force, HERS), rape counseling, popular literature. WorkDARE and the janitresses case, CWLU writings on equal employment, and female labor questions. InternationalismThe CWLU China trip, imperialism, the Southeast Asia War, and women in communist countries.
This online archive is dedicated to the memory of Archie Motley, former archivist at the Chicago Historical Society and a genuine friend and supporter of women's history. |
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