Jill Over papers, 1966-2011

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Summary

Creator:
Over, Jill, Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture, and Human Rights Archive (Duke University)
Abstract:
Feminist and social activist: involved in anti-war movement, abortion rights campaigns, youth and adolescent sex education, and pro-democracy movements in Latin America and Africa. Collection includes publications and research files related to human rights, social justice activism, and peace in Latin America and the United States; as well as ephemera, pamphlets, periodicals, and clippings related to youth liberation, sex education, reproductive health, and feminism, especially during the 1970s and 1980s. Acquired as part of the Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture and the Human Rights Archive (Duke University).
Extent:
6.5 Linear Feet
3500 Items
Language:
Material in English
Collection ID:
RL.00985

Background

Scope and content:

Collection includes publications and research files related to human rights, social justice activism, and peace in Latin America and the United States; as well as ephemera, pamphlets, periodicals, and clippings related to youth liberation, sex education, reproductive health, and feminism, primarily dating from the 1970s and 1980s.

Biographical / historical:

Jill Over (b. 1945, Dayton, Ohio) has been an activist and feminist since college. Following her year at the University of Ghana and a two-month Study Seminar in ten African countries in 1965-1966, she became an ardent supporter of African liberation movements. In the 1970s in Connecticut, she was active in the anti-war (Vietnam), women's rights, abortion rights, and anti-nuclear movements. In the pre-Roe vs. Wade years, she worked with an underground movement for women seeking safe abortions. After earning a graduate degree in social work at the University of Connecticut in 1976, she moved to Durham, North Carolina, and worked in hospitals, women's clinics, social services, and schools. Her activities as a school social worker included the development of a human sexuality curriculum for elementary school children and a Drive-A-Teen program for high school students. She also participated in community groups focused on adolescent issues. In the 1980s, her activism centered on community-based groups in support of self-determination for Nicaragua, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras. As the Chapter Coordinator of Physicians for Social Responsibility in the 1990s, a main issue was the hazards of low-level radioactive waste.

Acquisition information:
The Jill Over Papers were received by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book Manuscript Library as a gift in 2011.
Processing information:

Processed by Meghan Lyon, March 2011

Encoded by Meghan Lyon, March 2011

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Subjects

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Subjects:
Feminism
Human Rights
Women's rights
Social justice
Sex instruction -- United States
Abortion -- United States
Names:
Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture
Human Rights Archive (Duke University)
Over, Jill
Places:
Latin America -- Human rights -- 20th century
Latin America -- Peace

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