Consumer Reports. Lynn Jordan papers, 1970-1983 and undated
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Summary
- Creator:
- Consumer Reports (Firm)
- Abstract:
- Consumer Reports is a product testing and consumer advocacy nonprofit organization based in Yonkers, N.Y., founded in 1936. Lynn Jordan was a consumer rights advocate, President of the Virginia Citizens Consumer Council and a member of the Board of Directors of Consumers Union in the 1970s. The Lynn Jordan papers include clippings, correspondence, government documents, pamphlets, reports, testimonies and other printed materials that document Jordan's work in consumer education and protection as a representative of the Virginia Citizens Consumer Council and other organizations. Topics addressed include beef quality and grading, consumer credit, food prices, gender discrimination, patient rights, prescription drug prices, supermarkets, as well as the consumer effects of wage and price freezes resulting from the Economic Stabilization Act of 1973. Acquired as part of the John W. Hartman Center for Sales, Advertising & Marketing History.
- Extent:
- 1.2 Linear Feet
- Language:
- Materials in English.
- Collection ID:
- RL.11820
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The Lynn Jordan papers include clippings, correspondence, government documents, pamphlets, reports, testimonies and other printed materials that document Jordan's work in consumer education and protection as a representative of the Virginia Citizens Consumer Council and other organizations. Topics addressed include beef quality and grading, consumer credit, food prices, gender discrimination, patient rights, prescription drug prices, supermarkets, as well as the consumer effects of wage and price freezes resulting from the Economic Stabilization Act of 1973.
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Consumer Reports is a product testing and consumer advocacy nonprofit organization based in Yonkers, N.Y., founded in 1936. Lynn Jordan was a consumer rights advocate, President of the Virginia Citizens Consumer Council and a member of the Board of Directors of Consumers Union in the 1970s.
Lynn Jordan (born 1943) served as president of the Virginia Citizens Consumer Council, based in Springfield, Va., during the 1970s. She was active in advocating for consumer rights both locally in Fairfax County and at the national level. Jordan also served as the head of the Fairfax County Consumer Commission and on the Board of Directors of Consumers Union. She was the founder of the Council of Consumer Organizations and co-founder of the National Consumer Congress.
- Acquisition information:
- The Consumer Reports. Lynn Jordan papers were received by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book Manuscript Library as a gift in 2019.
- Processing information:
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Processed by Richard Collier, Mar. 2020
Accessions described in this collection guide: 2019-0130
- Arrangement:
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Organized into the following series: General Files; Subject Files
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- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
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