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Nevada Women’s Conference Photograph Collection (PH-00069)

Abstract

The Nevada Women’s Conference Photograph Collection depicts the statewide women’s conference held in June 1977 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The photographs include keynote speaker Gloria Steinem, event organizers, workshops, volunteers, and musical performances.

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Date

1977

Extent

0.1 Linear Feet (1 hanging folder)

Related People/Corporations

Scope and Contents Note

The Nevada Women’s Conference Photograph Collection depicts the statewide women’s conference held in June 1977 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The photographs include keynote speaker Gloria Steinem, event organizers, workshops, volunteers, and musical performances.

Access Note

The collection is open for research.

Publication Rights

Materials in this collection may be protected by copyrights and other rights. See Reproductions and Use on the UNLV Special Collections website for more information about reproductions and permissions to publish.

Arrangement

Materials remain in original order.

Biographical / Historical Note

In 1974, President Gerald Ford issued Executive Order 11832, which created a National Commission on the Observance of International Women’s Year (IWY). The United Nations had established IWY and planned to celebrate it in 1975. As part of the celebration, the U.S. Congress, led by Representative Bella Abzug from New York, appropriated $5 million to finance state meetings and a national conference. In June 1977, Las Vegas, Nevada hosted the Nevada Women’s Conference at the Las Vegas Convention Center, which featured a keynote address by feminist Gloria Steinem and elected delegates to the national conference that was held in Houston in November 1977.

Source:

Freeman, Jo. "The National Women's Conference in Houston, 1977." Chicago Women's Liberation Union. http://uic.edu/orgs/cwluherstory/jofreeman/photos/IWY1977.html

Related Collections

The following resources may provide additional information related to the materials in this collection:

Governor’s Conference on Women, 1989. MS-00349. Special Collections, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.

Nevada Empowered Women’s Project Records, 1996-2001. MS-00517. Special Collections, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.

Nevada Federation of Women’s Clubs Collection, 1916-2000. MS-00266. Special Collections, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.

Nevada Women’s History Project (NWHP) Collection, 1995-1998. MS-00406. Special Collections, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.

Southern Nevada Women’s Political Caucus, 1983-1984. MS-00344. Special Collections, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.

National Organization for Women, Las Vegas Chapter Records, 1971-1974. MS-00354. Special Collections, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.

Soroptomists International of Greater Las Vegas, 1968-2000. MS-00443. Special Collections, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.

Las Vegas Women in Construction Collection, 1962-1963. MS-00500. Special Collections, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.

Professional Black Women’s Alliance Records, 1997-2003. MS-00498. Special Collections, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.

Republican Women of Las Vegas, Nevada Records, 1953-1992. MS-00371. Special Collections, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.

Preferred Citation

Nevada Women’s Conference Photograph Collection, 1977. PH-00069. Special Collections, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.

Acquisition Note

Materials were donated in 1977 by Anna Dean Kepper; accession number 1977-308.

Processing Note

Materials were processed by Special Collections staff. In 2015, as part of a legacy finding aid conversion project, Lindsay Oden wrote the collection description in compliance with current professional standards.

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