Terry Schooley papers, 1980-1982

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Summary

Creator:
Schooley, Terry (Teresa L.), 1947-
Abstract:
Terry Schooley is a feminist organizer, teacher, and former Delaware state representative. She was a leader in the National Organization for Women and served as Coordinator of the North Carolina ERA Countdown Campaign. This collection consists of Schooley's North Carolina ERA Countdown Campaign report (1982); clippings and publicity about the Equal Rights Amendment ratification campaign; photographs and ephemera collected from various marches, events, and outreach encouraging ERA ratification by North Carolina; and some related materials and correspondence from Eleanor Smeal and Governor Jim Hunt. Acquired as part of the Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture.
Extent:
1.0 Linear Foot
Language:
Materials in English.
Collection ID:
RL.12016

Background

Scope and content:

Collection consists of Schooley's report and collected materials from her leadership of the ERA Countdown Campaign's North Carolina Ratification Project. The report appears to have been prepared for the National Organization for Women (NOW), and includes her assessments and conclusions about what parts of the campaign were successful versus where the organization struggled. The report also contains Schooley's overview of the North Carolina campaign's legislative strategy, including how they introducing the amendment for ratification in 1982 despite the N.C. General Assembly's Gentleman's Agreement; subsequent administrative and logistical campaign activities; fundraising; outreach and publicity; recruitment of action teams and their subsequent conversion into NOW chapters; and records of lobbying and stated ERA positions of each N.C. state representative.

Also present in the collection are newspaper clippings and ephemera documenting attitudes and coverage of the ERA Countdown and the women's movement in North Carolina during the early 1980s.

Schooley's snapshots and photographs include images of the ERA Rally in Raleigh, including podium speakers Eleanor Smeal and Jim Hunt; NOW speakers and conferences; and other North Carolina NOW participants in 1981-1982.

Collection also contains some audiovisual materials: two audiocassettes that appear to contain recordings of Schooley's remarks at the N.C. ERA Rally in Raleigh in 1982, and several video recordings of NOW commercials and media spots from 1981.

Biographical / historical:

Terry (Theresa L.) Schooley is a feminist activist, teacher, and organizer served as state president of the National Organization for Women and coordinator for the North Carolina ERA Countdown Campaign. After moving to Delaware in 1983, Schooley formed a pro-choice PAC, was director of development for Planned Parenthood, was elected to the Christina Board of Education, and served as director of KIDS COUNT, a child advocacy organization based at University of Delaware. She later was elected to the Delaware House of Representatives (2004-2013).

Schooley is married to Kit Schooley, a Presbyterian minister, and has two daughters. The couple retired to Greensboro, N.C.

Acquisition information:
The Terry Schooley Papers was received by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book Manuscript Library as a gift in 2017.
Processing information:

Processed by Megan E. Lewis, June 2022, and Meghan Lyon, Dec. 2022.

Accessions described in this collection guide: 2017-0069

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