Descriptive Summary
Texas Tech University. College of Home
Economics
Home Economics Records,
1952-1981 and undated
Records of Home
Economics Department at Texas Tech University from 1952-1981 and
undated.
U 92.3
Southwest Collection/Special Collections
Library, Texas Tech University
7 boxes (7.0 linear
feet)
English.
Biographical Sketch
First introduced in 1923, the Equal Rights Movement was an outgrowth
from the Women's Suffrage amendment adopted in 1920. ERA was passed by the
House of Representatives in 1971 and the Senate in 1972. Voting rights for
women had to be secured on a state by state ratification process, spanning 72
years before it was finally secured in all of the states.
Scope and Contents
The collection contains material documenting the activities of Texans
for ERA. Included are organizational records, correspondence, printed material,
and brochures. Eight posters on ERA transferred to oversize section.
Index Terms
The subject headings used by the Southwest Collection/Special
Collections Library are derived from the Library of Congress and/or locally
developed.
Subjects (Organizations)
Texas Tech University.
College of Home Economics
Places
Texas--Politics and
government--1865-1950--Citizen participation
Texas--Politics and
government--1951- --Citizen participation
Subjects
Civic
leaders--Texas
Equal rights
amendments
Sex discrimination against
women--Law and legislation
Voter
registration--Texas--Lubbock
Women in
politics--Texas
Women--Texas--Societies and
clubs
Women--Texas--Societies and
clubs--History
Women civic
leaders--Texas
Women--Suffrage--Texas
Women--Suffrage--Texas--History
Women--Legal status, laws,
etc.--United States
Women's rights--United
States
Acquisition
Collection accession #(s):
1990-0226-B
Gift, 1990 and undated
Access Restrictions
Open for research
Processed by
Lynn Whitfield, June 1999
Preferred Citation
Home Economics Records 1952-1981 and undated, Southwest
Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University, Lubbock,
Texas
Additional Sources
Grimes, Alan P.
The Puritan ethic and woman suffrage.
New York, Oxford University Press, 1967.
For related materials located in the Southwest Collection/Special
Collections Library, see the following collections:
- League of Women Voters Records, 1919-1997 and undated
- League of Women Voters of Texas Records, 1916-1997 and
undated
- League of Women Voters of Texas (Lubbock Chapter) Records,
1945-1978 and undated
- National Organization for Women (Lubbock, Texas, Chapter)
Records, 1978-1991
Collection Inventory
1
1
66th Legislature, A Guide to the,
February, 1979
American Association of University Women
(A.A.U.W.)
Box 1
2
A. A. U. W., 28th Division Biennial Convention,
April 26-28, 1979
1
3
A. A. U. W., Board Meeting Notes,
undated
1
4
A. A. U. W., Issue Pamplets,
undated
1
5
A. A. U. W., Leadership Conference: Sam Houston State
Univ.,
July 17-20, 1980
1
6
A. A. U. W., Legislative Conference: Texas Division,
February 11-12, 1979
1
7
A. A. U. W., Legislative Days,
February 23-24, 1981
1
8
A. A. U. W., Member Directories: Texas, Austin, Corpus
Christi,
1972-1980
1
9
A. A. U. W., Membership Booklets and Charter and Bylaws,
1977-1979
1
10
A. A. U. W., Mid-Winter Action Conference: Texas
Division,
February 10-11, 1978
1
11
A. A. U. W., Miscellaneous Correspondence,
1975-1981 and undated
1
12
A. A. U. W., New Member Orientation Packets,
1979-1981
1
13
A. A. U. W., Outstanding Women of Texas,
1980
1
14
A. A. U. W., Pamplets and Handbooks,
1977-1980 and undated
1
15
A. A. U. W., Presentation of Art Works to City of
Austin, Central Public Library,
July 1, 1979
1
16
A. A. U. W., Texas Division Board Meeting,
October 25, 1980
1
17
A. A. U. W., Texas Division Board Meeting,
July 18, 1980
1
18
A. A. U. W., Texas State Division Handbook,
1979
1
20
American Association of University Women (A.A.U.W.),
1974-1977
1
19
Abstracts,
September 25, 1975
1
21
Anti-E.R.A. Material,
1971-1977
1
22
Austin Association of Teachers,
1976
1
23
Austin People Today Magazine,
January, 1975
1
24
Austin Tour Pamplets,
undated
1
25
Capps Ward, Joan,
A History of E.R.A. in Texas,
April 21, 1977
Court Cases
1
26
Case: Carson v. Sullivan,
July 28, 1920, 1975
1
27
Case: Hawke V. Smith, Secretary of State of Ohio,
June 1, 1920, 1975
1
28
Case: Leser et al v. Garnett et al,
February 27, 1922, 1975
1
29
Catholic Women for E.R.A.,
1975-1976
1
30
Citizens Advisory Council on the Status of Women,
1970
1
31
Class Projects,
undated
1
32
Commission on Status of Women, Methodist Church,
1977
Common Cause
1
33
Common Cause,
1974
1
34
Common Cause,
1976
1
35
Conference E.R.A. ad hoc Committee,
undated
1
36
Constitutional Authorities Opposed to E.R.A.,
undated
1
37
Coors Company,
1977
1
38
Correspondences: Texans for the E.R.A.,
1977
1
39
Deaf Smith Bread,
1975 and undated
E. R. A.
2
1
E. R. A.: Alamo District TFWC Resolutions,
1975
2
2
E. R. A., Basic Fact Sheet,
1979
2
3
E. R. A., Brochures,
undated
2
4
E. R. A., Business and Professional,
1972-1977
2
5
E. R. A., Conference ad hoc Committee,
undated
2
6
E. R. A. in California,
1976-1977
2
7
E. R. A.: Ratifying Equality,
undated
2
8
E. R. A.: Texas Farm Bureau,
undated
2
9
E. R. A. in California,
1976-1977
2
10
E. R. A. in New Mexico,
1974-1976
2
11
E. R. A. in Nevada,
1977
2
12
E. R. A. in Oklahoma,
1975-1978
2
13
E. R. A. in Other States,
1976-1977
2
14
E. R. A., I.W.Y. State Meeting,
June 24-26, 1977
2
15
E. R. A., Letters in Support,
1975
2
16
E. R. A. Material,
March 1972-1976
2
17
E. R. A., Miscellaneous Correspondence,
1974-1977 and undated
2
18
E. R. A., Newspaper Clippings,
1973-1977 and undated
2
19
E. R. A., Organizations, Groups, and Individuals in
Favor of E.R.A.,
undated
2
20
E. R. A., Press Release Material,
1976
2
21
E. R. A., Press Conference,
1974
2
22
E. R. A.: Printed Material,
1976-1977 and undated
2
23
E. R. A., Products,
undated
2
24
E. R. A., Religious Reaction,
August 14, 1975
2
25
E. R. A., Resolutions Against,
1974
2
26
E. R. A., Resolutions Passed,
1974
2
27
E. R. A., Seminar,
October 18, 1975
2
28
E. R. A., Song,
undated
2
29
E. R. A., Speeches,
1977 and undated
2
30
E. R. A., Workshop,
October 18, 1975
2
31
E. R. America,
1978
2
32
E. R. America, Fundraiser,
1977
2
33
E. R. America, Ratified State Contacts,
January 1, 1978
2
34
E. R. A. Colorado,
1976
3
1
Educational Needs in Environmental Health,
1962
3
2
Fausset, Steve, E.R.A. Case,
undated
Food and Sciences Nutrition
3
3
Food and Sciences Nutrition: Symposium on Triticale,
1973-1974
3
4
Food and Sciences Nutrition: Triticale News Release,
1973
3
5
Freedman, Ann E.,
1975
3
6
Graduate Woman Magazine,
January 1979-August 1980
3
7
Head Start Program,
1965-1966, 1972-1973 and undated
3
8
Hearings on HCR 35,
April 13, 1977
3
9
Hickie, Jane,
undated
3
10
Houston Workshop Materials,
1972
3
11
How to Pass a Bill,
1975
3
12
How would E. R. A. effect your
life? Article,
April, 1976
3
13
Human Resources, Texas Dept. of: Budget Request for Fiscal
Year,
1980-1981
3
14
Impact E. R. A.: Limitations and Possibilities,
undated
3
15
Indiana Trip,
1973 and undated
3
16
Information from W. W. W. W.'s Conference,
1977
3
17
International Symposium on Tritical,
September 18-19, 1973
3
18
Itemized Expense List for Tritical Speakers,
1973 and undated
3
19
Junior League of El Paso,
November 16, 1976 and January 10,
1977
3
20
League of Women Voters,
1975-1977
3
21
Legislative Master List by Subject,
January 16, 1981
3
22
Letter to all Legislators,
February 16, 1975
3
23
Letter sent
August 17, 1976
3
24
Mesquite Ranch,
1947-1973 and undated
3
25
Millet Research,
undated
3
26
Mother Jones Magazine,
November 1977
3
27
Oklahoma Coalition for Equal Rights: Office Expense,
undated
3
28
Oklahoma New Woman: Proposed Budget,
undated
3
29
N. O. W.,
1972-1976
3
30
N. O. W., Features from the N. O. W. News Service: The
American Way- Ratify the E.R.A.,
undated
3
31
N. W. P. C. (National Women's Political Caucus):
Miscellaneous Correspondence,
1979
3
32
National Legislative Platform,
1976-1977
3
33
National Organization for Women,
undated
3
34
News Clippings: C. E. T. A.,
1976
News Clippings
3
35
News Clippings: E. R. A.,
1974-1975
3
36
News Clippings: E. R. A.,
1976-1978
3
37
News Clippings: E. R. A.,
undated
3
38
Newsletter: Network,
1975
3
39
Newsletters: The Woman Activist,
1976
3
40
Notes: The Sexual Segregation of American Prison,
1973
O. E. O.
4
1
O. E. O. Head Start,
1965
4
2
O. E. O. Head Start: Orientation for Staff,
1967
4
3
O. E. O. Parent Education in Nutrition,
June 8, 1966
4
4
Opposition Material to E. R. A.,
1972-1977
4
5
Original for Blue Sheets,
1977 and undated
4
6
Paper: The Macroeconomics Implications of the Equal Rights
Amendment,
undated
4
7
Passing State Law Not Easy,
undated
4
8
Pickle, J. J., Representative,
1978
4
9
Press Conference,
undated
4
10
Press List,
undated
4
11
Printed Material Prototype,
undated
4
12
Printed Materials: Miscellaneous,
undated
4
13
Proceedings, First International Symposium on Triticale,
1974
4
14
Production of Cattle Feed from Cellulose,
1973-1974 and undated
4
15
Project Head Start: Nutritional Kit,
1967
Publications
4
16
Publication: The Phyllis Schlafly Report,
1974
4
17
Publication: Sunset,
undated
4
18
Publications: Texans for Equal Rights Amendment,
1976-1977 and undated
4
19
Publication: Texas State Senate,
1975
4
20
Statement on Bishop Leo T. Maher's Letter of
April 1975
4
21
Recal,
1975-1977
4
22
Recognition of Economic Contribution of Homemakers and
Protection of Children in Divorce Law...,
1974
4
23
Recipes for Triticale,
1973-1974
4
24
Recession,
1973-1977
4
25
Registration,
undated
4
26
Research Proposal on Triticale,
1973-1974
4
27
Resolution for Recession: 66th Legislature,
1979
Roster and Committee- House of Representatives
4
28
Roster and Committee- House of Representatives: 66th
Legislature,
1979
4
29
Roster and Committee- Senate: 66th Legislature,
1979
4
30
Southwest Regional Office for the Spanish Speaking,
1975-1977 and undated
4
31
Speaker's Bureau,
1974
4
32
Speakers for I. S. T.,
1973
4
33
Swine Research,
1971-1973 and undated
4
34
T. W. P. C., 9th Annual Convention,
August 8-10, 1980
4
35
Technical Series Bulletine No. 8: Increasing Food
Production..,
March 1973
Texans for E. R. A.
4
36
Texans for E. R. A.: Amarillo Coalition,
1976-1977
4
37
Texans for E. R. A.: Bank Statements,
1974-1979
5
1
Texans for E. R. A.: Bank Statements,
1975-1977
5
2
Texans for E. R. A.: Business Office Information,
1976-1977
5
3
Texans for E. R. A.: Coalition Material,
1974-1976
5
4
Texans for E. R. A.: Contributions,
1975-1977
5
5
Texans for E. R. A.: Correspondence- Incoming,
1974-1975
5
6
Texans for E. R. A.: Correspondence,
1975-1976
5
7
Texans for E. R. A.: Correspondence,
1977
5
8
Texans for E. R. A.: Correspondence,
1979
5
9
Texans for E. R. A.: Do's and Don'ts of Writing to
Congressmen,
1977
5
10
Texans for E. R. A.: Fundraising,
1976
5
11
Texans for E. R. A.: Handouts, Original Copies,
undated
5
12
Texans for E. R. A.: Head Count,
1975-1976
5
13
Texans for E. R. A.: Head Count,
1976
5
14
Texans for E. R. A.: Homosexuality,
1975
5
15
Texans for E. R. A.: Houston Coalition,
1977
5
16
Texans for E. R. A.: Huntsville Coalition,
1977
5
17
Texans for E. R. A.: Letters from Legislators,
1974-1977
5
18
Texans for E. R. A.: Letter to Original Coalition,
1974
5
19
Texans for E. R. A.: List of Organizations,
1976
5
20
Texans for E. R. A.: E. R. A. Literature,
1975-1976
5
21
Texans for E. R. A.: Lobbying,
undated
5
22
Texans for E. R. A.: Lubbock Coalition,
1977
5
23
Texans for E. R. A.: Mailing Labels,
undated
5
24
Texans for E. R. A.: Meeting,
February 8, 1975
5
25
Texans for E. R. A.: Meeting Agenda,
January 4, 1975
5
26
Texans for E. R. A.: Military,
1975-1977
5
27
Texans for E. R. A.: Minutes of Meeting,
March 3, 1976
5
28
Texans for E. R. A.: Minutes of Meeting,
April 3, 1977
5
29
Texans for E. R. A.: Minutes of Meeting,
April 5, 1975
5
30
Texans for E. R. A.: Minutes of Meeting,
June 25, 1977
5
31
Texans for E. R. A.: Minutes of Meeting,
July 18, 1976
5
32
Texans for E. R. A.: Minutes of Meeting,
August 29, 1976
5
33
Texans for E. R. A.: Minutes of Meeting,
October 10, 1976
5
34
Texans for E. R. A.: Minutes of Meeting,
January 8, 1977
5
35
Texans for E. R. A.: Miscellaneous Correspondence,
1974-1978
5
36
Texans for E. R. A.: Newsletter,
1976
5
37
Texans for E. R. A.: Newsletter,
December 1976 and August 1977
5
38
Texans for E. R. A.: Newsletter,
1977
5
39
Texans for E. R. A.: Newspaper Clippings,
1977
5
40
Texans for E. R. A.: Newspaper Clippings,
1976-1977
5
41
Texans for E. R. A.: Newsclippings,
1979
5
42
Texans for E. R. A.: Newsletters,
1976-1977 and undated
5
43
Texans for E. R. A.: Newspaper Hearing Clippings,
1977
5
44
Texans for E. R. A.: Orders for Materials, etc.,
1977-1979
5
45
Texans for E. R. A.: Organizations Contacted,
1976-1977
5
46
Texans for E. R. A.: Original Material,
undated
Box 5
47
Texans for E. R. A.: Outgoing Correspondence,
1978-1979
5
48
Texans for E. R. A.: Pamplets and Literature,
1970
5
49
Texans for E. R. A.: Phone Bills,
1975-1979
6
1
Texans for E. R. A.: Receipts, Correspondence and
Miscellaneous,
1974-1979
6
2
Texans for E. R. A.: Sample Mailer,
undated
6
3
Texans for E. R. A.: San Antonio Coalition,
1976
6
4
Texas Civil Liberities Union (ACLU),
1974-1976
6
5
Texas Fathers for Equal Rights,
1977 and undated
6
6
Texas Legislature: General Information,
1979-1982
6
7
Texas Means Business, Brochure,
1977
6
8
Texas Nurses Association,
1974
Texas Women's Political Caucus (TWPC)
6
9
Texas Women's Political Caucus (TWPC),
1975-1977
6
10
Texas Women's Political Caucus: Lobbying Apps.,
1976
6
11
To form a more perfect union,
Justice for American Women,
1976
6
12
Torn Materials,
undated
Triticale
6
13
Triticale,
1973 and undated
6
14
Triticale,
January 21, 1974
6
15
Tritical Recipes and Miscellaneous,
1973 and undated
6
16
Triticale: Abstracts of paper read at meeting,
1973
6
17
Triticale: Correspondence- New York,
1973-1974
6
18
Triticale: Foods Board of Directors,
1973
6
19
Triticale: Protein Compositions,
undated
6
20
Triticale: Man Made Ceral,
1974
6
21
Triticale Symposium Conference,
1973
6
22
Triticale Symposium Speakers,
1973
6
23
United States Commissions on Civil Rights,
1975
6
24
Waters, Ron, Representative: Letters for and against
E.R.A.,
1975
6
25
Weddington, Sarah, Representative,
1974
Woman Activist
6
26
Woman Activist,
1971-1974 and undated
6
27
Woman Activist Newsletter,
1975-1976
6
28
Woman Activist: The Need for the Equal Rights Amendment,
1970-1975
6
29
Women for Change Center, Newsletter,
December 1974 and January 1975
6
30
Women in Communication,
1975-1976
6
31
Young Democrats of Texas, Platform,
1977
6
32
Zip Code Directory, Austin,
February 1977
7
1
65th Legislature, List of Canidates, First Primary: Senate
and House,
May 1, 1976
7
2
Advertising Lay-outs: E. R. A.,
undated
7
3
American Statesman,
1976-1977 and undated
7
4
Antisuffragists: Woman's Sphere is Home, not Government,
1852, 1968
7
5
Article: The Equal Rights Amendment:
A Constitutional Basis for Equal Rights for Women: ,
1971
7
6
Austin Women's Political Caucus,
1975
Brochoures
7
7
Brochoures: E. R. A.,
undated
7
8
Brochoures, Copied: E. R. A.,
undated
7
9
Candidates for State of Texas House of Representatives,
1976
7
10
Candidates for Texas State Senate, 65th Legislature,
1976
7
11
Equal Rights Amendment (E. R. A.),
1974
7
12
E. R. A.: Constitutional Law Testimony,
1971 and undated
7
13
Forth Worth Star-Telegram, Excerpts from,
1974
7
14
HCR 57: Staff Report on Legal Issues Surrounding HCR 57,
May 12, 1975
7
15
HCR 57, Sub-Committee Report,
May 12, 1975
7
16
House and Senate Bills Related to E.R.A.,
1978-1979
7
17
Memo,
undated
7
18
National Delegates,
undated
7
19
News Clippings: E. R. A.,
1975 and undated
7
20
Newsletters: Texans for E. R. A.,
1975 and undated
7
21
Notes: Miscellaneous,
undated
7
22
Printed Materials: Austin Women's Health Collective,
undated
7
23
Printed Materials: E. R. A.,
undated
7
24
Signature Sheets in Support of the New Constitution,
undated- 1970s
Texans for E. R. A.
7
25
Texans for E. R. A.: Directory of Elected Women
Officals,
1976-1977
7
26
Texans for E. R. A.: Hean Count,
1977
7
27
Texans for E. R. A.: Lobby Forms,
1976
7
28
Texans for E. R. A.: Minutes of Meeting,
February 20, 1977
7
29
Texans for E. R. A.: Suggested Letters to the Editor,
1976
7
30
Texans for E. R. A.: W. W. W. W. Violations,
1976
7
31
Women's Law Project,
1975
Memorabilia
7
32
Memorabilia: Buttons
7
33
Memorabilia: Printing Stamps