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Mary Coffey Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 95-07
Abstract

Mary Coffey (1920-2009) was active in Nevada women's rights movements and organizations including Soroptimist International of Nevada. The collection consists primarily of materials related to her interests in women's rights movements and organizations.

Dates: 1974-1993
Found in: University of Nevada, Reno. Special Collections Department

Mary L. Gojack Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 86-02
Abstract Mary L. Gojack (1936-1985) served in the Nevada State Assembly from 1972-1974 and the Nevada State Senate from 1974-1978. In 1980, Gojack unsuccessfully challenged Paul Laxalt for the US Senate seat, and, in 1982, she ran against Barbara Vucanovich for the newly created Second Congressional District seat. Vucanovich won the seat by a narrow margin. The collection includes correspondence, subject files, campaign files and newspaper clippings, and financial material from her public service,...
Dates: 1965-1993
Found in: University of Nevada, Reno. Special Collections Department

Nancy Gomes Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 93-24
Abstract Nancy Gomes (1926-1979) was a member of the Washoe County (Nevada) Board of Education, 1972-1976; and the Nevada State Assembly, 1976-1978 where she initiated legislation on public assistance, child welfare, adoption reform, and the initial Nevada juvenile code. Gomes was active in the League of Women Voters, the Center for Religious Life, and Women's Associates, a Consulting Firm. The collection documents two aspects of Ms. Gomes public life: her service on the Washoe County School Board,...
Dates: 1965-1978
Found in: University of Nevada, Reno. Special Collections Department

Isabel Kimble Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 88-26
Abstract

Isabel Kimble was active in Nevada committees that worked to gain approval of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) from 1973-1977. The collection includes correspondence, minutes of board meetings, bylaws, reports, mailing lists, newsletters, publicity, and newspaper clippings about groups that Kimble worked with in her support of women's political issues in Nevada.

Dates: 1972-1983
Found in: University of Nevada, Reno. Special Collections Department

Nevada State Women's Conference Records

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Identifier: NC1143
Abstract

Includes pre-conference planning materials from Frankie Sue Del Pappa, brochures, correspondence, minutes of the meeting, lists of participants, resolutions, photographs, and notes. Also included are printed materials issued by the National Commission on the Observance of International Women's Year and material on women's issues.

Dates: June 17-19, 1977
Found in: University of Nevada, Reno. Special Collections Department

Nevadans for ERA Records

 Collection
Identifier: 93-42
Abstract Records for Nevadans for the Equal Rights Amendment (NERA) and Northern NERA include minutes, correspondence, bylaws, incorporation certificate, financial reports, reports on the legal status and sexual discrimination against women in Nevada and other western states, brochures about the Nevada and national ERA forces, and newspaper clippings (pro and con) about the Equal Rights Amendment.,Ephemera includes button badges, bumper stickers, parade banner, and a necklace. Material between...
Dates: 1970-1983
Found in: University of Nevada, Reno. Special Collections Department

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Equal Rights Amendment Project 2
Gomes, Nancy, 1926-1979 2
Nevadans for ERA, Inc 2
Bennett, Barbara, 1923-1993 1
Center for Religion and Life 1
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Coffey, Mary, 1920- 1
Del Papa, Frankie Sue, 1949- 1
Gojack, Mary, 1936-1985 1
Gorrell, Robert M. 1
Kimble, Isabel 1
Miller, Maya 1
National Women's Conference 1
National Women's Political Caucus (U.S.). Anne Martin Chapter (Reno, Nev.) 1
National Women's Political Caucus (U.S.). Bird Wilson Chapter (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1
Nevada Men for ERA 1
Nevada State Women's Conference (Las Vegas, Nev : 1977) 1
Nevada Women's Conference (Las Vegas, Nev. : 1977) 1
Nevadans for E.R.A., Inc 1
Northern Nevadans for ERA 1
Soroptimist International. Sierra Nevada Chapter 1
United States. National Commission on the Observance on International Women's Year 1
Vucanovich, Barbara F., 1921-2013 1
Women Associates 1
Women and the Constitution: a Bicentennial Symposium (Atlanta, Ga. : 1988) 1
Women's Political Caucus of Northern Nevada 1
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