Harriett Woods donated records concerning her U. S. Senate campaign and second term to the Western Historical Manuscript Collection at the University of Missouri-St. Louis on June 21,
1984.
In November 1980 Senator Woods began her second term as Missouri State Senator from the 13th District. During this four-year term she sponsored legislation to provide tax relief for the elderly. Senator Woods also sponsored a drunk driving bill designed to increase the number of DWI convictions. The bill, which took effect in August 1982, established a central record- keeping system to keep track of multiple offenders.
Other successful legislation sponsored by Woods in her second term included a bill to enforce the collection of child support payments; a bill passed in 1983 requiring at least one licensed dental hygienist with voting privileges to sit on the Missouri Dental Board; and a bill creating a program for the protection and advocacy of the rights of people with developmental disabilities.
In 1983 Woods successfully sponsored SB 278 which sped up collection of income tax, sales tax, and use tax on a quarterly-monthly basis thereby creating more state monthly. In 1982 Woods campaigned as the Democratic candidate for the U. S. Senate seat held by Republican senator John C. Danforth. Endorsed by the Missouri Women's Political Caucus, the Missouri State Labor Council, the United Auto Workers of Missouri and the State Council of Machinists, Woods' campaign centered on opposing the economic policies of the Reagan administration which Danforth consistently supported. She favored federal support for farmers, reducing interest rates to revitalize the automotive and housing industries; and she opposed an amendment to balance the federal budget.
Woods lost the election by a 51 to 49 per cent margin which some attributed to her pro-abortion stance in a state where the majority of voters are against abortion. After her defeat, Woods continued to serve the remaining two years of her term as state senator.
SCOPE AND CONTENT
The Harriett Woods Addenda, 1975-1983, primarily document Woods' second term as a Missouri senator. It primarily contains legislative files and newsclippings from this period. The
collection is divided into two series: 1. Legislative Files, 1975-1983, folders 1-49; and 2. Newsclippings, 1977-1982, folders 50-68. The second series is divided into four sub-series: a. County Newsclippings, 1982, folders 45-55; b. General Newsclippings, 1982, folders 56-60; c. Miscellaneous, 1977-1982, folders 61 and 62; and d. United States Senate Primaries, 1982, folders 63-68.
This collection is related to Collection # 51 WOODS, HARRIETT F. (1927- )
PAPERS, 1964-1980
and Collection #652 WOODS, HARRIETT F. (1927- ), ADDENDA, 1945-1999
FOLDER LIST
BOX 1
Series 1 - Legislative Files, 1975-1983
1. Certificate of Value, SB 633, 1975-1979
2. Certificate of Value, 1980
3. Certificate of Value, 1981
4. Certificate of Value, SB 514, 1982
5. Certificate of Value, SB 46, 1983
6. Child Support Enforcement Bill, c. early 1980s
7. Cigarette Tax Relief, SB 108, 1981-1983
8. Circuitbreaker, 1975-1976
9. Circuitbreaker, 1977
10. Circuitbreaker, 1978
11. Circuitbreaker, 1979
12. Circuitbreaker, 1980
13. Circuitbreaker, 1981-1982
14. Circuitbreaker, 1983
15. Correspondence (General), 1981-1982
16. Democratic State Committees, 1980-1982
17. Dental Hygienists Association, SB 313, 1981-1983
18. Developmentally Disabled Right Protection, SB 459, 1981-1982
BOX 2
19. Drunk Driving Bills, 1981-1982
20. Drunk Driving Correspondence, 1981
21. Drunk Driving Correspondence, January 1982
22. Drunk Driving Correspondence, February 1982
23. Drunk Driving Correspondence, March-June 1982
24. Drunk Driving Missouri Senate Committee Hearings, January 12, 1982
25. Guardianship Code Revision, 1979-1980
26. Guardianship Code Revision Legislation, 1982
27. Guardianship Code Revision, 1983
28. Insurance, 55 Alive, November-December 1981
29. Landowners Liability, HB 194, 1981
30. Licensing: Missouri Board of Healing Arts, August 1981- January 1982
31. Peer Review, HB 1086, 1978-1979
32. Peer Review, SB 132, 1981-1982
33. Peer Review, SB 227, 1983
34. Personal Care Services, SB 63, 1981
BOX 3
35. Police Grievance, Update of SB 843, 1981
36. Port Authority SB 200, 1982-1983
37. Professional Engineers' Education Requirements, SB 324, 1983
38. Public School Retirement System, Draft of Housing Bill, 1981
39. Reverse Mortgage Loans, Draft of Bill, 1981
40. Senate Interim Tax Study Committee, 1981
41. Senate Interim Tax Study Committee, 1982
42. Senate Interim Tax Study Committee, 1983
43. State Employer Merit Award, 1981
44. Transportation Department Bill
Series 2 - Newsclippings
a. County Newsclippings, 1982
45. Cape Girardeau, 1982
46. Columbia, 1982
47. Hannibal, 1982
48. Jefferson City, 1982
49. Kirksville, 1982
50. Moberly, 1982
51. Poplar Bluff, 1982
52. Rolla, 1982
53. St. Joseph, 1982
54. Sedalia, 1982
55. Sikeston, 1982
b. General Newsclippings, 1982
56. February-March, 1982
57. April, 1982
58. May, 1982
59. June, 1982
60. July, 1982
c. Miscellaneous, 1977-1982
61. Drunk Driving Bill, April-July, 1982
62. "Inside Jeff City," Woods' column as State Senator, 1977-1978
d. United States Senate Primaries, 1982
63. Danforth, Senator John C., March 1982
64. Danforth, Senator John C., April 1982
65. Danforth, Senator John C., May-July 1982
66. General Pre-Primaries, March-May 1982
67. General Pre-Primaries, November-December 1982
68. Post-Primaries, June-August 1982
INDEX
Child Care, f. 6, 25-27
Danforth, John C., f. 63-65
Dental Hygienists Association, f. 17
Disabled, f. 18
Drunk Driving, f. 19-24, 61
Engineering, f. 37
Insurance, f. 28
Politics, f. 1-68
Port Authority, f. 36
Public School Retirement System, f. 38
Taxes, f. 7, 40-42
Woods, Harriett, f. 1-68
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