Women's Movement - Displaced Homemaker, 1973 - 1978
Scope and Contents
The material in this collection consists of three file boxes of material collected by Lillie Hermann in connection with her various interests. Most material is in published form, newspaper or magazine articles, journals, reports and pamphlets. The most interesting section deals with the University of Idaho Women's Center Rural Feminism Project, the tapes and transcripts of which are currently housed in the University of Idaho Special Collections Library. There is very little original material in this archival group.
Each section of this collection of papers is described in the following Description of Series.
Dates
- Creation: 1973 - 1978
Creator
- From the Collection: Hermann, Lillie Mae Aherin (Person)
- From the Collection: League of Women Voters of Idaho (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Extent
27 items : Material relating to the displaced homemaker, or, the woman who has spent many years as a housewife or homemaker and who, through divorce or widowhood, is forced to seek employment. From June 13 to 21, 1978, a conference on the displaced homemaker was held on the University of Idaho Campus. This folder contains 23 separate reports of the seminars, which dealt mainly with financial management, educational opportunities, and aging, written by various people who attended the conference as well as several drafts of Idaho state senator Norma Dobler's bill dealing with equal treatment and equal opportunity for displaced homemakers.
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Repository Details
Part of the University of Idaho Library, Special Collections and Archives Repository