Mary P. Haney papers, 1969-2005.

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  • Collection ID WLA2003.20
  • Creator Names Haney, Mary P.
  • Title Mary P. Haney papers, 1969-2005.
  • Physical description 27.25 linear feet.
  • Collection arrangement Series 1: Educational Consultant, India, 1972-1977, n.d. Series 2: Women's Studies Program and Policy Center (WSPPC), George Washington University, 1979-1992, n.d. Series 3: Conferences, 1975-1993, n.d. Subseries 3A: Mexico, 1975, 1986. Subseries 3B: Houston, 1976-1977, n.d. Subseries 3C: Copenhagen, 1980-1991. Subseries 3D: Nairobi, 1985, n.d. Subseries 3E: General Conferences, 1976-1991. Series 4: Women in Development, 1972-1999, n.d. Series 5: United Nations, 1973-1994, n.d. Series 6: World Health Organization (WHO), 1988-1993, n.d. Series 7: American Council on Education, 1990-1997, n.d. Series 8: General Interest as Consultant, 1969-2003, n.d. Subseries 8A: General, 1973, n.d. Subseries 8B: Public Research, 1981-1993, n.d. Subseries 8C: Labor, Institutes, and Women's History, 1975-1989, n.d. Subseries 8D: National Security, Sexual Harassment, Technology, Afghanistan, and the Environment, 1969-2003, n.d. Subseries 8E: Resources Materials, 1980-1993, n.d. Addendum 1: 1970-2001, n.d. Series 1: The United Nations, 1979-1988, n.d. Series 2: Conferences, 1975-1985, n.d. Series 3: India, 1970-2003, n.d. Series 4: Yugoslavia, 1993-1997, n.d. Series 5: Africa and Afghhanistan, 1987-1998, n.d. Series 6: Aging and Health, 1980-1995, n.d. Series 7: Family, 1977-1997, n.d. Series 8: Women, 1975-2002, n.d. Series 9: Sexism, n.d. Addendum 2: 1970-2005, n.d. Series 1: Professional Materials, 1971-2005, n.d. Subseries 1A: George Washington University's Women's Studies Program and Policy Center, 1971-1984, n.d. Series 2: Research Files, 1970-2005, n.d. Subseries 2A: Development and Education, 1976-1922. Subseries 2B: Employment, 1970-1985, n.d. Subseries 2C: Family, 1971-1994, n.d. Subseries 2D: International Women's Issues, 1972-2005, n.d. Subseries 2E: U.S. Women's Issues, 1974-1987, n.d.
  • Biographical or Historical Note Born January 17, 1926, San Francisco, California. Consultant on international and domestic women's issues; Writer. Mary P. Haney was born in San Francisco, California, on January 17, 1926. She received an A.B. degree in 1946 from the University of California, Berkeley, and an M.A. in Public Law and Government from Columbia University in 1947. Haney began working for the United States Mission to the United Nations 1948. In 1954, she married Robert C. Haney, a Foreign Service officer with the U.S. Information Agency serving in Paris. After that, the Haneys lived in Paris, Washington, D.C., Belgrade, Mali, and Saigon, with their three children born in different places along the way. In 1965, Mary and the children were evacuated from Vietnam to the Philippines and soon after that, relocated to Warsaw. By 1968, the family returned to the United States and lived in Washington, D.C., until 1974. During that time Haney became involved in the U.S. women's movement. When her husband was assigned to India, she became the unofficial U.S. Embassy's in-house expert on Indian and American women's issues. On returning to the United States in 1977, she became the coordinator of international programs on women's issues at the George Washington University's graduate-level Women's Studies Program and Policy Center. Since 1985, she has worked as an independent consultant for a variety of nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) on international and domestic women's issues.
  • Collection summary The papers of the Mary P. Haney collection span the years from 1969 to 2005 with the bulk of material dating from 1972-1997. The collection has been divided into eight series, some with subseries. The papers catalog an extraordinary career in public service, especially on the international stage and as such, the types of materials vary widely from meeting minutes and committee reports to speeches, memorabilia, monographs, newspaper clippings, and correspondence.
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  • Finding Aids Note Finding aid available in repository; folder level.
  • Names
    • Haney, Mary P. Archives.
    • National Organization for Women.
    • Equity Policy Center (U.S.)
    • Loyola University Chicago. Women and Leadership Archives.
  • Subjects
    • Women curriculum consultants India.
    • Women's studies United States.
    • Women Congresses.
    • International Women's Year, 1975.
    • Women Health and hygiene.
    • Sexism.
  • Finding aid URL Finding aid to the Mary P. Haney papers http://www.luc.edu/media/lucedu/wla/pdfs/Haney,_Mary.pdf