{"id":6270,"date":"2017-03-29T15:37:23","date_gmt":"2017-03-29T20:37:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vault217.gmu.edu\/?p=6270"},"modified":"2017-03-29T15:37:23","modified_gmt":"2017-03-29T20:37:23","slug":"womens-history-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vault217.gmu.edu\/?p=6270","title":{"rendered":"Women’s History Month"},"content":{"rendered":"

March is Women’s History Month!<\/p>\n

Here in the Special Collections Research Center, we are honoring Women’s History Month by highlighting the collections and ephemera that document women’s contributions to American history.<\/p>\n

Below, we have a pamphlet from the Equal Suffrage League of Virginia, dated from 1910. Here the authors connect a women’s work in the home with the broader work of cleaning up society.<\/p>\n

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Ephemera from the Rare Book Collection,”Women in the Home,” by Susan W. Fitzgerald,\u00a0JK1896 .F58 1910<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n

From the Massachusetts Woman’s Suffrage Association is the follow pamphlet, documenting the states where women had the right to vote, or a partial right to vote.<\/p>\n

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Map of United States Showing Progress of Equal Suffrage, 1915,\u00a0JK1896 .M36 1915<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n

As of 1915, women were legally allowed to vote in only a few\u00a0states. The 19th Amendment would not ratified until 192o, which gave women the right to vote nationally.<\/p>\n

Equal rights for women would remain an issue in politics even after the passage of the 19th Amendment.<\/p>\n

Founded in 1920, the League of Women Voters is a non-partisan advocacy organization dedicated to informed and active participation in government and works to increase understanding of public policy issues.<\/p>\n

In\u00a0the Special Collections Research Center, we have the records of the\u00a0League of Women Voters Fairfax<\/a>, C0031. This collection contains multiple documents that outline the 1970s battle over the Equal Rights Amendment, never ratified.<\/p>\n

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Poster outlining “ERA Month,” and the importance of the Equal Rights Amendment, League of Women Voters Fairfax Collection C0031, Box 11, Folder 4, Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries<\/p><\/div>\n

In the\u00a0above outline, for “ERA Month”, the authors assure its reader that “The ERA will not take women out of the home, require them to take jobs or to contribute half the financial support of their family. Rather, it would recognize for the first time the role and the contribution to the support of the family that the homemaker makes.”<\/p>\n

To search the collections\u00a0held at Special Collections Research Center, go to our website<\/a>\u00a0and browse the finding aids by subject or title. For rare books, search the library catalog<\/a>, limiting your search to Fenwick Special Collections.<\/p>\n

You may also e-mail\u00a0us at speccoll@gmu.edu or call 703-993-2220 if you would like to\u00a0schedule an appointment, request materials, or if you have questions. Appointments are not necessary to request and view collections.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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