Linda Sievers Collection
2007-140

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General note

Literature re: Tennessee NOW State Conference, 1996

Multiple issues of "Fierce Echoes"

Literature and correspondence re: divorce law

News clippings re: same sex marriage

Assorted NOW newsletters from Utah, California, Michigan, Florida, Wisconsin

Mid-South NOW news

NOW leadership roster

Brochures re: free choice

Multiple issues of National NOW Times

"Freethought Today" and other literature re: Freedom from Religion Foundation

NOW membership/recruitment materials

Literature re Equal Rights Amendment

National NOW Board correspondence

Literature re: National Women's Political Caucus

Literature re: civil rights

NOW chapter development materials

Literature re: gay marriage from Lambda Legal Defense & Education Fund

Literature re: welfare reform

Assorted NOW financial documents

Transsexual newsletter

Literature re: sexual harassment, women's rights in the workplace

Hotel bills and travel documents

Minutes of several NOW meetings

NOW conference volunteer materials

National Women's Political Caucus board propaganda

Literature re: disabilities

Memphis tourist information

Literature/correspondence from NOW Legal Defense & Education Fund (LDEF)

Literature re: Lesbian rights

Mike Dukakis bumper sticker

Literature re: activism

"NO DUKES!" bumper sticker

Literature re: BOB (Building Opportunities Bonus) Coalition

Recipe - chicken enchilada casserole

Nametags from various conferences held nationwide throughout the 1990s

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Pamphlets concerning the nature of free choice

NUS Women's campaign slogan leaflets

ERA stickers

Pamphlets concerning Abortion

NOW membership forms

Pamphlets on race relations

Pamphlets on Lesbianism

Pamphlets concerning contraception

Pamphlets concerning women and STDs

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General note

Membership records for the Louisiana chapter of NOW from 1993-2000

All memorandums for the national headquarters to the Louisiana chapter of NOW from 1997-2000

Friend of the court document on the effects of Pornography on Women

NOW national times newspapers from 1986-1993

NOW bylaws and financial records for 1983

Several newspaper clippings from several prominent publications concerning women's issues

Information on a 1993 NOW march on Washington

Personal cards from friends to Linda Sievers

Information concerning abortion rights and the Supreme Court

Report on the US commission on civil rights

Information on candidates for NOW offices in 1985

Several articles concerning marital rape

Democratic national convention information

Documentation and wage discrimination

Linda Sievers ID cards to the NOW national conferences

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General note

Louisiana NOW National/State convention info, several years 1980s-90s

NOW Louisiana state membership roster

Official correspondence to/from Ms. Sievers in her NOW office

NOW National Board correspondence - letters, memos, resolutions, election info, etc.

NOW press releases

NOW state newsletters/papers, other into:

--Alabama

--Arkansas

--Arizona

--Iowa

--Louisiana

--Michigan

--Mississippi

--New Hampshire

--New Jersey

--New York

--Utah

--West Virginia

"National NOW Times," multiple issues

Calendar of State and National NOW events, January - June 1991

Regional: ARKLATEX, Mid-South NOW materials, incl. 1992 board election

Louisiana NOW budget plans, receipts, etc.

NOW 25th anniversary literature

Article by Patricia Ireland and other info re: Clarence Thomas

NOW donation records, incl. Xeroxed check and accompanying notes

Programs, nametags, and other info from National NOW Conferences 1986, 1988, 1990-91

Several news clippings re: Eleanor Smeal, Patricia Schroeder, and the 1988 Presidential Election

Literature re: Molly Yard Fund for young feminists

News clipping re: Women's Tour of NOLA

Literature from/re: Radical Women group

Press information re: "Boys Will Be Boys," by Myriam Miedzian

"Shreveport Journal," March 20, 1992

"Passenger Safety Quarterly," Summer 1990

"Censorship News"

"On the Issues," multiple issues

"Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies"

"The Nation," multiple issues

Newspapers/letters, comics, other literature from various feminist/activist/radical organizations and businesses

Information on several fundraisers

Personal correspondence to/from Ms. Sievers

Certificate of Linda's Baptism

Receipts, pay stubs, and other financial documents

Ad for continuing education at Northeast Louisiana University

Flyer for "Maria's Story" on PBS

Photocopy of "The Understanding Chair"

Order form - "The Best of Flo Kennedy"

Flyer/poster for Sally Roesch Wagner as Elizabeth Cady Stanton

1991-2 Louisiana Governor's conference on women info/materials

Louisiana visitor information

Louisiana Housing Finance Agency info

1988 guide to the Louisiana legislature

Assorted bumper stickers, flyers, and other political propaganda

Assorted literature/information re:

--Racism/racial disparities

--Breast cancer

--Women in the workplace/sexual harassment

--Equal Rights Amendment

--Sex equality in education

--Sexual abuse of children

--Pornography

--Abortion

--Women's movement/women in history

--Women in the military

--AIDS

--Violence against women

--Voting

--Etc.

Apparent 1992 high school reunion photo

Entergy Central Region Consistency QAT

JC Penney Life Insurance Policy

Assorted appliance manuals

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General note

"Equality Now" t-shirt

Literature/correspondence re: National Abortion Rights Action League

Assorted NOW newsletters:

--Nebraska

--Indiana

--Pennsylvania

--Minnesota

--California

--Oklahoma

--Kentucky

--Greater NOLA

--Arkansas

--Vermont

--New York

Literature re: birth control/abortion

Affirmative Action bumper stickers

National NOW times - assorted issues

Mid-South NOW news

Literature re: NOLA Women's Film Fest

Literature/propaganda re: welfare reform

NOW Legal Defense and Education Fund correspondence/news

NOW membership/recruitment data, materials

Various NOW financial documents

Time Magazine, May 4 1992 - Roe v. Wade

St. Tammany Feminist - Multiple issues

Literature re: national NOW conferences

National/State NOW leadership rosters

Minutes from several NOW meetings

National NOW correspondence

Literature re: sex slave trade in the Far East

Propaganda anti-fathers' divorce rights

Literature re: sexual harassment

Literature re: NOW LDEF

NOW National Board elections materials

Literature re: Social Security

NOW Chapter development/organizational materials

Census 2000 info pack

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General note

The NOW National Times issues:

--Summer 1998

--Fall 1999

--Spring 2000

--Winter 2000

Brochures for the NOW national Store

The minutes and financial statements for the NOW National Legal Defense Fund

Folder containing information on a conference dealing with issues facing women in the workforce

Information guides concerning Philadelphia

Folder containing information on the Lesbian rights in Washington D.C.

Folder containing information on reproductive rights written by the NOW Legal Defense Fund

Folder containing information on grassroots campaigning

A folder containing information on the "Promise Keepers," a right-wing political organization

Information detailing Christian groups on the far right

Information detailing a dozen different Christian groups deemed to be a threat to America

"How to win: a practical guide for defeating the radical right"

The 1994-1996 reports "Attacks on the freedom to learn"

Collection of address labels addressed to the members of the Louisiana chapter of NOW

Information on NOW's 1998 Women's Rights Convention and Vision Summit

Liberal opinion magazine for May 18, 1998

A folder containing information on the People for the American Way

Foundation's annual meeting in Washington D.C. On the agenda:

--School reform

--Neo-conservatism

--Big business

NOW national news issue Fall 1998

Folder containing information on Lifetime's Caring for Kids program

Shreveport Bossier NOW membership directory

The NOW national budget for 1999

Information concerning the NOW conference meeting in Tennessee in 1999

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News articles, activist literature re: Abortion and reproductive rights

National NOW correspondence, contact lists, bylaws

Gay and Lesbian rights literature

Mid-South NOW correspondence, newsletters, etc.

Pages from a famous feminists' day planner

Literature re: the "Gag Rule," which prevented doctors from informing women that abortion is a legal option

Regal authorized service centers directory

Literature re: discrimination in the workplace

"Abortion Bill newspaper data"

Anti-David Duke literature

Personal news clippings

"1990 LA Abortion Bill" clipping

Lyrics to the Eagles' "Witchy Woman," and Hal and Oates' "Man Eater"

Essay: "The Temptress" in Western Literature and Film

Preferential balloting literature

State NOW newsletters/correspondence/state conference info, including Utah, NY, New Mexico, Florida, California, Arkansas, Mississippi, Tennessee, Texas, Louisiana - dates 1984 through 1990s

NOW membership/recruitment information

Order form for "Losing Faith in Faith: From Preacher to Atheist," by Dan Barker

Freedom from Religion Campaign

Various financial documents

National NOW Times, various issues

"Freethought Today" newspaper

Map to Linda Sievers' home

Prostitutes' rights literature

"I'm a REGISTERED Pro-Choice Voter" stickers

"Liberal Opinion Week" newspaper

Program - National NOW Conference, NYC 1991

Letters from several politicians acknowledging Ms. Sievers' letters of concern

"ERA Yes" Stickers

"New Directions for Women" - various issues

"New Texas" newspapers - August/September 1990

Gov. Edwin Edwards election news clippings

Invitation to inauguration of Melinda Schwegman as Lieutenant Gov.

NOW Address labels

Invitation to the Governor's Conference on Women 1992

Commencement program - Northeast Louisiana University (John Sievers, BS)

ERA, Pro-Choice bumper stickers

NOW election materials, data, etc.

1998 U.S. Congress handbook

Road map along the Mississippi River

Large bag of unsorted news clippings

Various NOW financial documents, receipts, etc.

Article regarding sexual abuse within the Catholic Church

Information from the NOW Legal Defense and Education Fund

Pacific Palisades Parade program

Literature regarding the Tapestry of Polygamy, an anti-polygamy coalition

Transcript of U.S. Supreme Court case "Coker v. Georgia," re: capital punishment for rape offenders