Ford, Jean, 1929-1998

Abstract

The collection consists primarily of materials created and/or used by Ford during her years as Nevada state legislator and during the operation of her businesses. Additional materials include personal papers, and course materials from her role as instructor in the Women’s Studies Program at UNR. A series which was added in 1996 contains materials about the many organizations and committees she has been involved with in her professional career.

Abstract Imogene Evelyn Young (Jean) Ford (1929-1998) served in the Nevada State Assembly (1972-19760 and in the Nevada State Senate from Clark County, District 3 (1977-1982). The collection includes clippings, correspondence, and political handouts for Mary L. Gojack's 1982 campaign for U.S. Congresswoman from Nevada, and 1988 Nevada campaigns for local and federal offices; and printed materials on the Equal Rights Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, women's rights and legal status, age and sex...

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Items given to donor by Jean Ford, plus additional newsletters, etc. up to 2008. Preliminary inventory available in department.

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Series of taped radio presentations about the 1976 Nevada general election. Guests included Don W. Driggs, Jean Ford, Elmer M. Gunderson, Sue Wagner, Allen R. Wilcox, Donald R. Mello, and Roy L. Torrinen. The series was funded by a grant from the Nevada Humanities Committee. Created by the University of Nevada, Reno's Radio and Television Center in 1976.

Abstract The Nevada Women's Archives Project was a cooperative statewide initiative begun in the Special Collections Department of the University of Nevada, Reno Libraries in 1992 under the direction of former State Senator Jean Ford, who was acting Director of Women's Studies at UNR and the founder of the Nevada Women's History Project. The collection consist of descriptions of the Archives project, correspondence, financial records, minutes of its Advisory Board, information about Jean Ford's...

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The Nevada Women's History Project' mission is to "Collect and disseminate information about Nevada women of every race, class and ethnic background." It was founded by Jean Ford in 1993-1994. The collection contains executive meeting minutes, events information, correspondence, and other miscellaneous information created by the organization from the 1990s.

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Included is a letter from Ruth Glick to Jean Ford about the first organizational meeting of the Reno Women's Network, a survey form intended to provide direction to the organization, and a newsletter from June 1981.

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Jean Ford was a Nevada State Senator, educator, and consultant. The collection contains materials on Nevada women in elected office, appointed positions, and politics, and includes directories, newspaper clippings, and workshop materials.

Abstract Women's Studies was an interdisciplinary program in the College of Arts and Science. Established in 1978, the program provided students with a fuller understanding of the nature and role of women, along with their contributions to civilization, through academic study. The collection contains correspondence, information on Women's History Month and other campus programs, proposals, course descriptions, finances, and Women's Studies Advisory Board material. Of interest is a research report...

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On January 16, 1997, under the auspices of the Nevada Women's History Project, twenty five women who attended the University during World War II and immediately after, 1939-1950, met and recalled the impact of the war on school and on their lives. The collection contains a video recording of the women speaking about her personal experiences, including dating, classes, rationing, housing, and war-related activities.