Karline Tierney Collection
2007-116

Summary Information

Repository
Newcomb Archives
Creator - Compiler
Tierney, Karline
Title
Karline Tierney Collection
ID
2007-116
Date [inclusive]
Between 1972 and 1983
Extent
2.5 Cubic feet 4 storage boxes
Language
English

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Biographical/Historical note

Karline Tierney was extremely active in the 1970s and early 1980s Feminist movement in Louisiana. The majority of her activities revolved around attempts to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment in her state. Ms.Tierney was an adamant proponent of the ERA and was a member several pro-ERA organizations. She was one of the key founders of the Louisiana ERA Coalition and was the Louisiana State Co-Director of ERA United. Ms.Tierney was also the State Coordinator of Women in Politics and Chairwoman of the Louisiana Division of AAUW (American Association of University Women). In addition, Karline Tierney was also involved in NOW (National Organization for Women) and WPC (Women’s Political Caucus).

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Scope and Contents note

This collection contains materials relating to Karline Tierney’s ERA activities and involvements.The bulk of this collection consists of personal correspondences, newspaper clippings, and organizational documents from the women’s organizations in which Ms.Tierney was an active member. Included in this collection are several membership lists of her various organizations and also the publications of national, state, and local chapters of these women’s organizations. Please note that on the insides of some folders (especially in box 3) are short notes left by Ms. Tierney for explanation or clarification of the materials contained in those folders. The Karline Tierney collection would be of particular interest to those researching the ERA in Louisiana.

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Organization and Arrangement

The material in this collection has been arranged into four storage boxes (two large boxes and two small boxes) that correspond to the boxes in which it was originally received. In most cases, the original subject headings of the folders have been maintained. All attempts have been made to preserve the original order of the material. The papers in this collection have been unfolded, whenever possible, and all metal fasteners have been removed.

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Administrative Information

Publication Information

Newcomb Archives

Newcomb Center for Research on Women
Seltzer-Gerard Reading Room
62 Newcomb Place
New Orleans, Louisiana, 70118
504 865 5762
vorhoff@tulane.edu

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Controlled Access Headings

Personal Name(s)

  • Tierney, Karline

Subject(s)

  • Women's Movement -- Louisiana
  • Women's Studies.

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Collection Inventory

 NAB 075 Box 1 of 4 

General note

Founding Meeting – ERA Coalition (December 1973)

ERA Coalition

The Equal Rights Amendment: Its Scope and Effect

Louisiana Constitutional Convention, 1973

Catholic Women

Women in Politics

Founding of the Louisiana Women’s Political Caucus

Louisiana Women’s Political Caucus Bylaws

Louisiana Women’s Political Caucus Reports (early 1980s)

1973 ERA Resources

1974 – The Big Push

ERA United of Louisiana Projects/Action

ERA Central Newsletters

Correspondence after 1974 failure

ERA Other States’ Advice

Misc. Pro-ERA organizations (Housewives for ERA, church organizations, etc.)

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 NAB-076 Box 2 of 4   1.0 Cubic feet 1 box

General note

Correspondence 1974

Telecommunications (Wats Line) Info

Newspaper Clipings '72-'74, Correspondence '72-'74

Workshops for 1974 Louisiana Ratification

League of Women Voters of the United States Legislative Action ERA Kit

Common Cause Action Program for the Ratification of the Equal Rights

Amendment 1973

Louisiana Conference for ERA Coalition Groups 1974

1973 & 1974 ERA Coalition Phone Calls

1973 phone calls (original notebook)

ERA Steering Committee 1974-1975

ERA Steering Committee 1974-1975 - Notebook (original)

1975 ERA Correspondence

A New Day! After ERA failed nationally 1982

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 NAC-287 Box 3 of 4   1.0 Cubic feet 1 box

General note

ERA Bumper Stickers

May 1974 ERA Clippings

AFL-CIO Convention - Spring 1974

Workshops by National Groups - Spring 1974 Sponsored by Common Cause

Spring 1974 Telephone Calls - Common Cause Workshops (original notebook)

Support Material/Resources

Methodist Film Strips 1974

Contact people in various groups

1974 ERA phone calls (original notebook)

1974 ERA phone calls (copies of notebook)

Basic 1974 History (two folders)

Publications of UAW, Common Cause, National American Woman Suffrage Association, etc.

1974 ERA United office records - Addresses

1974 ERA United office records - Sales Items

1974 ERA United office records - Speech Notes

1974 ERA United office records - Governor

1974 ERA United office records - State by state status

1974 ERA United office records - Maps

1974 ERA United office records - Resource Material - Against

1974 ERA United office records - Pro Resources (two folders)

1974 ERA United office records - Common Cause

1974 ERA United office records - LWV ERA KIT

The New York Times Magazine - June 24 1973 Assorted Pro-ERA pamphlets and flyers

"Training the Woman to Know Her Place: The Social Antecedents of Women in the World of Work"

National Woman's Party literature

ERAmerica national ERA strategy session: August 18-19 1979

Pamphlets

Women in Politics: 1871-1973

"Equal Rights Amendment Project"

League of women Voters of the United States 1073 Resource Kit

Background Resources used in the 1970s

Common Cause Action Program for the Ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment

Legal Material from Sylvia Roberts

1972 Vote and Griffiths

Feminism B.R. '73 - Clippings & NWPC

Louise Johnson Letter

ERA United organizing meeting December 1973

ERA Central New Orleans

ERA Coalition Alexandria

Volunteers 1973 & 1974

Late '73 - Early '74 Cards sent to Legislators

Speeches

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 NAC-288 Box 4 of 4   1.0 Cubic feet 1 box

General note

ERA 1973 New Orleans

ERA United 1974 Fall

ERA January 1975

ERA United Newsletter 1975

Catholics Act for ERA 1975-1980

ERA 1975 Clippings/Letters

ERA 1976 Resource Materials

"Shackly Speaks" original May 1976

Men for ERA 1976

Alan Alda visit 1976

ERA Clippings 1976

ERA Monitors 1976

ERA 1976

Women's Magazines 1976

ERA 1977

ERA Clippings 1977

ERA Notes and Clippings 1978

E. Chittick's trip 1979

ERA Valerie Harper 1979

ERA United 1979

ERA Supporting Groups 1976-1979

ERA National Women's Party Newsletters 1979-1980

ERA White House Party 1980

ERA Clippings 1980 (2 folders)

ERA Clippings 1981

ERA Clippings Summer 1982

ERA Labor Day Rally 1982

Louisiana ERA Funeral Day 1982

New Day

ERA Action for Equality

ERA Project Book from Anita Miller

At Ease with ERA

ERA and NOW - Slides

ERA Brochures

ERA Bulletin and Journals

"Equal Rights for Men and Women: Hearings Before Subcommittee No. 4 of the Committee on the Judiciary House of Representatives 1971" and "Drake Law Review" Vol 24 No 2 Winter 1975

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