Brief history of ECU English Professor Alice Lucille Turner's involvement (1929-1948) with the Greenville (North Carolina) Chapter of the AAUW, photocopies of scrapbook newspaper clippings (1932-1936) about the Greenville Chapter, and material produced by the National Office (1929-1963) to be disseminated to the chapters.
The American Association of University Women began in 1881 with a small group of female college graduates. The goal of the group was to encourage women to pursue higher education. The AAUW has advocate for new laws including the Equal Pay Act of 1963; the Title IX amendment in 1972; the Family and Medical Leave Act in 1993; the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act in 2009; and the Paycheck Fairness Act in 2009.
The materials in the collection dates from 1929-1963. The newspaper clipping were taken from The Charlotte Observer and date from 1932-1936.
The collection is divided into two folders. The first folder is focused on news clippings about the Greenville Chapter of the AAUW. The second folder holds printed materials that were produced by the National AAUW offices and other documents of ECU English Professor Alice Lucille Turner's involvement with the AAUW.
August 6, 2021, 0.25 cu. ft.; Brief history of ECU English Professor Alice Lucille Turner's involvement (1929-1948) with the Greenville Chapter of the AAUW, photocopies of scrapbook newspaper clippings (1932-1936) about the Greenville Chapter, and material produced by the National Office (1929-1963) to be disseminated to the chapters. Transfer from East Carolina University Archives.
Transfer from East Carolina University Archives
Descriptions updated by Ashlyn Racine, July 2023
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