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Margaret "Peg" Johnston papers, 1965-2020 and undated

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Summary

Creator:
Johnston, Peg, (Margaret R.)
Abstract:
Abortion rights activist. Director, Southern Tier Women's Services in upstate New York. Former President of the Abortion Conversation Project; founder and past president of the National Coalition of Abortion Providers. Johnson was also one of the founders of the Abortion Care Network and Board President from 2008-10. Collection comprises primarily printed materials that document Johnston's work as an activist at the national level. Includes the abortion provider newsletter Feminist Caucus News (1989-1991), which later became Networks (1992-1998 and undated). In addition, there are copies of Johnston's counseling aids, including the workbooks Abortion: Which Method is Right for Me?; Pregnant? Need Help? Pregnancy Options Workbook; and A Guide to Emotional and Spiritual Resolution After an Abortion. There are order forms, advertising, and occasional publications associated with the workbooks and other items offered for sale; an article pro-choice political activism for the 1996 elections; a few letters, notes, and memos by Johnston, including two undated pages with her notes on the material's historical significance. Also includes a copy of Morgen Goodroe's Abortion Resolution Workbook, greeting cards, Religious Groups for Choice ephemera, and other abortion counseling information.
Extent:
8.5 Linear Feet
Language:
Materials in English
Collection ID:
RL.00639

Background

Scope and Content:

Collection comprises primarily printed materials that document Johnston's work as an activist at the national level. Includes the abortion provider newsletter Feminist Caucus News (1989-1991), which later became Networks (1992-1998 and undated). In addition, there are copies of Johnston's counseling aids, including the workbooks Abortion: Which Method is Right for Me?; Pregnant? Need Help? Pregnancy Options Workbook; and A Guide to Emotional and Spiritual Resolution After an Abortion. There are order forms, advertising, and occasional publications associated with the workbooks and other items offered for sale; an article pro-choice political activism for the 1996 elections; a few letters, notes, and memos by Johnston, including two undated pages with her notes on the material's historical significance. Also includes a copy of Morgen Goodroe's Abortion Resolution Workbook, greeting cards, Religious Groups for Choice ephemera, and other abortion counseling information.

Also included is a small amount of materials on Carl Wittman, primarily related to his activity with the Students for a Democratic Society.

Biographical / Historical:

Abortion rights activist. Director, Southern Tier Women's Services in upstate New York. Former President of the Abortion Conversation Project; founder and past president of the National Coalition of Abortion Providers.

Acquisition Information:
Gift, 2010-2014
Processing information:

Processed by: Alice Poffinberger, November 2010

Encoded by: Alice Poffinberger, November 2010

Updated by: Meghan Lyon, March 2011; Megan Lewis, 2016

Accession(s) described in this finding aid: 2010-0127, 2011-0046, 2014-0144, 2018-0141, 2021-0068

Accession 2018-0141 added and collection level notes updated by Amelia Verkerk October 2019.

Accession 2021-0068 added by Tracy M. Jackson, August 2021.

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Contents of Box 3 closed to use

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PREFERRED CITATION:

[Identification of item], in the Margaret "Peg" Johnston Papers, 1989-2008 and undated, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University.

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Margaret "Peg" Johnston papers, 1965-2020 and undated
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Collection ID RL.00639
EAD ID johnstonpeg
ARK ark:/87924/m12h02
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Last indexed 2023-09-06

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