A Guide to the Sprinkle (G.K.) Papers, 1973-1991
Descriptive Summary | ||
| Creator: | Sprinkle, G.K. | |
| Title: | Sprinkle (G.K.) Papers | |
| Dates: | 1973-1991 | |
| Abstract: | Papers consist of NOW meeting minutes along with Texas NOW President G.K. Sprinkle's correspondence and gathered materials on feminist issues. | |
| Accession No.: | [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] | |
| Extent: | 20 inches | |
| Language: | Materials are written in English. | |
| Repository: | Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin | |
Biographical Note
Activist 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 Contents
Materials 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.
Restrictions
Access Restrictions
Unrestricted 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 | ||
Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
Sprinkle (G.K.) Papers, 1973-1991, Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin.
Detailed Description of the Papers