Descriptive Summary
Sprinkle, G.K.
Sprinkle (G.K.)
Papers
1973-1991
Materials are written in
English.
[84-237; 86-2; 88-89; 88-128; 88-165; 89-23;
90-18; 90-383; 91-148; 92-018; 91-252; 92-018; 2003-067]
20 inches
Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The
University of Texas at Austin
Papers consist of NOW
meeting minutes along with Texas NOW President G.K. Sprinkle's correspondence
and gathered materials on feminist issues.
Biographical NoteActivist Gloria “G.K.” Sprinkle
characterized herself as a “high-energy, non-stop worker [who put her] energy
into securing civil rights for women.” Born in 1946, Gloria Janina Klizicki
received her B.S. in biology from the University of Illinois in 1967 and went
on to obtain her M.A. in biology from Harvard University in 1969. While at
Harvard, she met and married her husband James Thomas Sprinkle. Until 1980,
G.K. Sprinkle was a homemaker, but then joined the workforce to teach biology
and geology at Austin Community College. Sprinkle also worked as an assistant
to the Curator of the Texas Memorial Museum (1980-81) and as a grant writer to
the Mexican American Research Center (1981). Beginning in 1979, Sprinkle
volunteered with the National Organization for Women (NOW) at the local and
state levels. She served as an Austin NOW Coordinator (1980-82), the Texas NOW
Task Force Coordinator (1981-82), and a Texas NOW State Lobbyist (1982-83).
Sprinkle led Texas NOW as President from 1983-1985.
Scope and ContentsMaterials include NOW meeting/conference
agendas and minutes, NOW chapter bylaws and policy issues, correspondence,
newspaper articles, brochures, publications, budgets, interview transcripts,
and speeches. The materials focus on the operation of NOW at the state level,
but also include Sprinkle’s activities as Texas NOW President and her research
and gathered material on the Equal Rights Amendment, abortion, and women’s
political vote in the presidential election of 1984. Forms part of the Social
Justice Collection.
Access RestrictionsUnrestricted access.
Index Terms
Subjects (Persons)
Sprinkle, Gloria
Smeal, Eleanor
Subjects (Organizations)
National Organization for Women
Subjects
Abortion--Texas
Equal Rights
Amendment--United States
Gay
rights--Texas--Austin
Homemakers
Presidents--Elections--1984
Pro-choice movement--United
States
Wage Differentials
Women's
rights--Periodicals
Women's
rights--Texas--Austin
Women's
rights--Texas--Austin--Periodicals
Women's rights--United
States
Places
Austin, Texas
Preferred CitationSprinkle (G.K.) Papers, 1973-1991, Center
for American History, The University of Texas at Austin.
Detailed Description of the Papers
Inventory
2.325/B120
National Organization for Women (NOW)
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Meetings/Conferences:
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Austin,
1982
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Texas,
1975-1976;1980-184
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Texas,
1984-1986
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Texas,
1986; undated
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Regional and National,
1980-1986
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Regional and National,
1987-1988; undated
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Bylaws,
1976-1984; undated
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Policy Manual,
1982
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Organizational:
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How-to,
1982
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How-to,
undated
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Finances,
1981-1987
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History:
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Austin,
1973; 1980
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National,
1985-1986
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Political Action Committee,
1984
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Members' Political Campaigns,
1987
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Other,
undated
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G.K. Sprinkle:
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Biographical,
undated
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Presidential Campaigns,
1982-1984; undated
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Presidential Activities,
1984-1985
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Speeches,
1983-1985; undated
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Correspondence,
1973; 1980-1984
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Correspondence,
1984-1989; undated
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Newspaper Clippings,
1982-1991
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Issues:
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ERA,
1974-1982
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ERA,
1982-1985
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Abortion,
1976-1988
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Women's Vote,
1983-1984
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Homemakers' Rights,
1977-1984; undated
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Other,
1984; undated
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Publications:
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National Now Times,
1983-1984
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National Now Times,
1985-1990
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National Now Times,
1991
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Texas Now Times,
1981; 1983-1984; 1987-1991
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Austin Now Times,
1970-1980; 1987-1988
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Texas State NOW Newsletter,
1975-1976
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Austin NOW Newsletter,
1974; 1977-1978
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Broadside,
1975-1976; 1983; 1987-1988
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Eleanor Smeal Report,
1983-1985
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Perspectives,
1982-1983
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Texas Weekly,
1984-1985
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Washington Memo,
1982-1983
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Washington Memo,
1983-1984