Miriam Slifkin papers, 1961-1994

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Summary

Creator:
Slifkin, Miriam
Abstract:
Miriam Slifkin was a feminist leader in Chapel Hill who was active from the 1960's-2000's. Miriam Slifkin founded the Chapel Hill chapter of the National Organization for Women (NOW) and the Orange County Rape Crisis Center. This collection contains NOW operational files including correspondence, newsletters, chapter organization records, speeches, fund raising, budget files, files on related organizations, and files related to sexual discrimination and sexual discrimination lawsuits. Other materials document the founding and early history of the Orange County Rape Crisis Center and her work on the Board of the Orange County Human Relations Commission. Slifkin's work to make the Morehead Scholarships at the University of North Carolina coeducational are also documented. Also included are materials for courses on Women's Studies and other educational materials, handbooks, personal files, issues of SPOKESWOMAN, NCC-LAW newsletters, and two audiocassettes of an interview of Slifkin, 1994. Acquired as part of the Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture.
Extent:
7.5 Linear Feet
5000 Items
Language:
Material in English
Collection ID:
RL.01206

Background

Scope and content:

This collection contains NOW operational files including correspondence, newsletters, chapter organization records, speeches, fund raising, budget files, files on related organizations, and files related to sexual discrimination and sexual discrimination lawsuits. Other materials document the founding and early history of the Orange County Rape Crisis Center. Slifkin's work to make the Morehead Scholarships at the University of North Carolina coeducational are also documented. Also included are materials for courses on Women's Studies and other educational materials, handbooks, personal files, issues of SPOKESWOMAN, NCC-LAW newsletters, and two audiocassettes of an interview of Slifkin from 1994. Acquired as part of the Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture.

Biographical / historical:

Miriam Slifkin is a women's rights activist in Chapel Hill who founded and was president of the Chapel Hill chapter of the National Organization of Women (NOW). She also helped found the Orange County Rape Crisis Center. She received a Ph.D. in Botany from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill in 1968 and worked in that field for some time before dedicating herself to women's rights activism.

Acquisition information:
The Miriam Slifkin Papers were received by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book Manuscript Library as a gift in 2007.
Processing information:

Processed by Megan E. Lewis, July 2009

Encoded by Megan E. Lewis, August 2009

Accession 2007-0017 is described in this finding aid.

Arrangement:

This collection has been reboxed for preservation, but the creator's original arrangement has been retained. Materials are mostly alphabetical, with NOW and ERA materials at the beginning of the collection.

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[Identification of item], Miriam Slifkin Papers, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University