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Formal title:: Anne Fausto-Sterling papers
Extent:: 3.75 Linear feet
Date range:: 1960-1991
Abstract:: The papers document Brown University's establishment of an affirmative action program for faculty hiring and promotion under the conditions laid out in the consent decree. Although the consent decree was concerned primarily with sex discrimination, issues of minority recruitment and hiring are also covered in the records. This collection also provides information about the early work of the Committee on Women Faculty (1971-1977), the status of women faculty on campus, early courses in women's studies, and women and minorities in science at Brown.
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: MS.1UF.F1

Palmer (Alison) papers

Formal title:: Alison Palmer Papers
Extent:: 6.5 Linear feet
Date range:: 1853-1991 (bulk 1971-1991)
Abstract:: Alison Palmer (Brown University Class of 1953) served in the United States Foreign Service (1959-1981) in Belgian Congo, Ethiopia, and Vietnam. Palmer successfully pursued two sex discrimination lawsuits against the State Department, winning in 1974 and 1987. After her retirement from the State Department in 1981, Palmer became the thirteenth woman Episcopal priest ordained in the United States. The Alison Palmer papers are chiefly related to her two lawsuits but also contain materials that document her foreign service career, and family papers.
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: Ms.90.6

Formal title:: Rhode Island College. Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Plan records
Extent:: 2.5 cubic feet.
Date range:: 1974-2020
Abstract:: The collection contains records of the Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Plan.
Repository:: Special Collections, James P. Adams Library
Collection call no:: CA-0002

Formal title:: Harriet W. Sheridan office files
Extent:: 11.5 Linear feet
Date range:: circa 1977-1992
Abstract:: The Harriet W. Sheridan office files contain materials compiled when Sheridan was a Dean and faculty member in the Department of English at Brown University. It includes general office files, materials regarding the Affirmative Action Monitoring Committee, appointment books, correspondence, speeches, and restricted materials regarding recommendations and evaluations. The files are dated from 1977 to 1992.
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: OF.1UF.S5

Formal title:: Society for Women in Philosophy collection
Extent:: 7.5 Linear Feet
Date range:: 1971-2020
Abstract:: This collection consists of the records of the Society for Women in Philosophy, an organization established in 1972 to support and promote women in philosophy. The collection includes newsletters, correspondence, and conference materials, dating from 1971 to 2020 and documents the organization on international, national, and regional levels.
Repository:: John Hay Library
Collection call no:: Ms.2015.014

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