STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF MISSOURI RESEARCH CENTER-ST. LOUIS
UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-ST. LOUIS
Metro St. Louis NOW was interested in a wide range of issues: child care, consciousness-raising, early childhood development, economic justice, education discrimination, homemakers' rights, labor unions, and on-site organizing, lesbian rights, the problems of disabled and minority women, physical and mental health, violence against women, and women and religion of the Media Committee monitored television news programs, wrote letters to offensive advertisers and urged a boycott of their products. The Education Committee reviewed public school text books for sex stereotyping. The Marriage and Family Committee worked towards the successful passage of the no-fault divorce law. The Library Task Force checked on the extent of collections dealing with women. The Compliance in Business and Industry Committee supported women who felt discriminated against in employment and counseled them on sex-decision laws, how and where to file a complaint, and how to deal with an employer personally. They worked to eliminate the segregation of job want ads. This committee monitored business and industry affirmative action plans and assisted in finding jobs for women that were usually held by men. (Please see collections 213 and 175).
SCOPE AND CONTENT
Metro St. Louis NOW contains information on the group's correspondence, booklets, the Metro St. Louis Women’s Federal Credit Union, and the Women’s Choir
FOLDER LIST
BOX 1 FOLDERS 1-4
1. Correspondence, 1977-1980
2. Correspondence, 1981
3. Booklets, 1975-1981
4. By Laws, 1970-1980
BOX 2 FOLDERS 5- 11
5. Flyers, 1970
6. Metro St. Louis Women’s Federal Credit Union
7. Newsletters, 1970
8. Newclippings, 1970
9. Newsclippings, 1980
10. Newsletters, 1980
11. Women’s Choir, 1970-1980
INDEX
ERA, f. 1-11
Women's Credit Union, f. 6
STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF MISSOURI RESEARCH CENTER-ST. LOUIS
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