Chicago Women's Liberation Union photographs, 1968-1977.

  • Collection ID 1978.0029
  • Creator Names Chicago Women's Liberation Union
  • Title Chicago Women's Liberation Union photographs [graphic].
  • Dates 1968-1977.
  • Physical description
    • 10 negatives : b&w ; 35 mm.
    • 29 photographic prints : b&w ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.
    • 40 photographic prints : b&w ; 8 x 10 or smaller.
    • 1 photographic print : b&w, contact sheet ; 8 x 10 in.
    • 1 print : col., silkscreen print ; 14 x 17 in.
  • Collection summary Images related to the Chicago Women's Liberation Union (CWLU). Activities and issues the group was involved with included equal job treatment and wages for women, abortion rights, women's heath, a legal clinic for women, rape project, graphics collective, and publications, such as "Womankind," CWLU's monthly periodical. Images in the collection show women at the founding meeting of CWLU, and several demonstrations in Chicago and New York City where people are carrying signs reflecting the issues of concern to the group. Also includes views of women at a softball game, and several views of women and children. Also includes a silkscreened poster advertising a lecture sponsored by CWLU.
  • Location of Other Archival Materials Note Related materials at the Chicago History Museum, Research Center, include the Chicago Women's Liberation Union records [manuscript]; the Chicago Women's Graphics Collective posters (1986.0371); the Estelle Carol materials on the Chicago Women's Liberation Union; the essay: "Something real: Jane and me," by Linnea Johnson; interviews with former members of Chicago Women's Liberation Union, by Margaret Strobel; the Estelle Carol materials on the Chicago Women's Liberation Union; and publications by Chicago Women's Liberation Union members, cataloged separately.
  • Acquisition information Gift of Chicago Women's Liberation Union, 1978.
  • Names
    • Chicago Women's Liberation Union
    • 852 West Belmont (Chicago, Ill.)
  • Subjects
    • Demonstrations Illinois Chicago. lctgm
    • Demonstrations New York (State) New York. lctgm
    • Equal rights amendments United States.
    • Feminism Illinois Chicago. lctgm
    • Feminists. lctgm
    • Feminists Illinois Chicago. lctgm
    • Feminists New York (State) New York. lctgm
    • Mothers & children. lctgm
    • Softball. lctgm
    • Women. lctgm
    • Women Illinois Chicago Societies and clubs.
  • Geographic coverage Chicago (Ill.) Biography Portraits.
  • Genre
    • Film negatives. gmgpc
    • Gelatin silver prints. gmgpc
  • Geographic name United States Illinois Cook County Chicago.