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AR.R.012
Dates: -
Creator: Richards, Ann, 1933-2006
Persons
  • Richards, Ann
  • Carpenter, Liz
  • Turner, Dorothy
  • Vackar, Barbara
Organizations
  • Austin Women's Center
  • Austin Women's Political Caucus
  • Capital City Federated Business and Professional Women's Club
  • Center for Battered Women (Austin, Tex.)
  • Insurance Women of Austin
  • Mothers, Inc.
  • Women and Their Work (Organization)
  • Women's Organic Farm
  • Zonta Club of Austin (Tex.)
Places
  • Austin (Tex.)--Politics and government
Subjects
  • Equality--Government policy
  • Women--Societies and Clubs
  • Women--suffrage
  • Women’s rights--Texas--Austin
  • Women--Texas--Social conditions
  • Women--Texas--Austin
Format
  • Artifacts
  • Text materials
Access: Available on-site
AR.2002.025
Dates: -
Creator: Rodriguez-Mendoza, Amalia
Persons
  • Rodriguez-Mendoza, Amalia
Organizations
  • Texas. Governor's Commission for Women
  • Mexican American Business and Professional Women of Austin
  • Hispanic Women's Network of Texas
  • Leadership Austin
  • Austin Museum of Art
  • Austin History Center Association
  • Austin Public Library Foundation
Places
  • Austin (Tex.)--Social life and customs
  • Travis County (Tex.)--Politics and government
Subjects
  • Women--Politics and government
  • Associations, institutions, etc--Texas--Austin
  • Women--Texas
  • Latinx--Texas--History
  • Latinx--Texas--Austin
  • Community organization--Texas--Austin
  • Women--Texas--Social conditions
  • Women's health services--Government policy
  • Mexican American women--Texas
Format
  • Photographic materials
  • Text materials
Access: Available on-site
AR.1998.010
Dates: -
Creator: Larkham, Beverley
Persons
  • Larkam, Beverley
  • Beeson, Mary Ruth Pete
  • Bradstreet, Ann
  • Chung, Kyoung
  • Davila, Vanessa
  • Foreman, Barbara
  • Garza, Rita
  • Givens, Vera
  • Harden, Ada
  • Houston, Arisa
  • Lopez, Elvia
  • Maxey, Margaret
  • Pace, Arlene
  • Parshall, Ruth
  • Rusch, Winnie
Organizations
  • Austin Commission for Women
  • National Association of Commissions for Women
  • American Civil Liberties Union
  • Austin (Tex.). City Council
  • Austin Women's Network
  • Children's Defense Fund (U.S.)
  • League of Women Voters (U.S.)
  • United States. Women's Bureau
Places
  • Austin (Tex.)--Politics and government
  • Austin (Tex.)--Social conditions
  • Washington (D.C.)
  • Pasadena (Calif.)
  • Chicago (Ill.)
  • Lexington (Ky.)
  • Monroe (La.)
Subjects
  • Women--Legal status, laws, etc.
  • Women's rights
  • Women--Political activity--Societies, etc.
  • Elections--Texas--Austin
  • Women--Texas--Austin
  • Women--Texas--Social conditions
  • Women--Employment--Law and legislation
Format
  • Photographic materials
  • Text materials
Access: Available on-site
AR.2017.007
Dates: -
Creator: Hughes, Aralyn
Persons
  • Hughes, Aralyn
  • Leissner, Bill
  • Gibbions, Heidi
  • Moskow, Elaine
  • Moskow, Juliana
  • Dickey, Karen
Organizations
  • Aralyn & Associates
  • Ladies Center of Austin
  • Austin Women's Network
  • Austin Commission on the Status of Women
  • Austin Rape Crisis Center
  • Planned Parenthood of Austin
  • Women's Health Organization (Austin, Tex.)
  • Natural Death Care Centre
  • National Association of Commissions for Women
  • Texas Youth Council
  • The NotMom Summit
  • National Organization for Women
Places
  • Austin (Tex.)--Social life and customs
Subjects
  • Entertainers--Texas--Austin
  • Actors--Texas--Austin
  • Performance art--Texas--Austin
  • Women--Texas--Austin
  • Potbellied pig
  • Women--Texas--Social conditions
  • Performing arts--Texas--Austin
  • Women's health services
  • Businesswomen--Texas--Austin
Format
  • Artifacts
  • Photographic materials
  • Text materials
Access: Available on-site
AR.2018.014
Dates: -
Creator: Texas Reproductive Rights Rally
Persons
  • Whitehead, Kym
  • Hughes, Andrea
Organizations
  • Texas Reproductive Rights Rally
Places
  • Austin (Tex.)--Politics and government
  • Austin (Tex.)--Social conditions
Subjects
  • Social reformers--Texas
  • Women--Texas--Social conditions
  • Political participation
  • Reproductive rights
  • Abortion--Law and legislation
  • Abortion--Government policy--Citizen participation
Format
  • Digital records
  • Photographic materials
  • Text materials
  • Video
Access: Available on-site
AR.2018.030
Dates:
Creator: Austin History Center
Persons
  • Almanza, Susana
  • Renteria, Sabino
  • Mancias, Adela
  • Montoya, Elisa Rendon
  • Tafoya, Marcelo
  • Fraga, Ernesto
Organizations
  • Brown Berets, Austin chapter
  • Brown Berets of Aztlan
Places
  • Austin (Tex.)--Race relations
  • Austin (Tex.)--Social conditions
  • Austin (Tex.)--Economic conditions
  • Austin (Tex.)--Politics and government
Subjects
  • Chicano movement--Texas--Austin
  • Mexican Americans--Texas--Austin
  • Latinx--Texas--Austin
  • Mexican Americans--Social conditions--20th century
  • Race discrimination--Texas--Austin
  • Social reformers--Texas
  • Social movements--Texas--Austin--History
  • Racism--Texas--Austin
  • Women--Texas--Social conditions
  • Mexican Americans--Social life and customs
  • Mexican American neighborhoods--Texas--Austin
Format
  • Audio
  • Digital records
  • Photographic materials
  • Video
Access: Available on-site
AR.2018.042
Dates: -
Creator: Saheli (Organization)
Persons
  • Agnes, Flavia
  • Annamalai, Thenammai
  • Chakravorty, Indira
  • Desai, Shakuntala
  • Dhawan, Poonam
  • Ghosh, Samira
  • Gondhalekar, Veena
  • Ernest, Felicia
  • Ernest, Harishini
  • Kambhampati, Susila
  • Kumar, Natasha
  • Mahajan, Romi
  • Mahajan, Swadesh
  • Mehta, Monica
  • Mehta, Mridula
  • Mehta, Nipa
  • Misra, Mamata
  • Misra-Graver, Dula
  • Mohamed, Haneef
  • Mok, Amy Wong
  • Naimpally, Anuradha
  • Niyogi, Nivedita
  • Olievelle, Suman
  • Phan, Linda
  • Poore, Grace
  • Rahman, Arvind
  • Shah, Parul
  • Shah, Sona
  • Sinha, Shipra
  • Sudarshan, Bhamathi
  • Sutaria, Kalpana
  • Vin, Neha
  • Wilson, K. J. (Karen J.)
  • Wyse, Reema
Organizations
  • Asian Family Support Services of Austin
  • Center for Battered Women (Austin, Tex.)
  • Manavi (Organization)
  • SafePlace (Austin, Tex. : Firm)
  • Saheli (Organization)
  • Texas Council on Family Violence
  • Trikone-Tejas
  • University of Texas at Austin
Places
  • Austin (Tex.)--Social conditions
  • India
  • New Brunswick (N.J.)
  • Sri Lanka
Subjects
  • Asian Americans--Texas--Austin
  • Cultural arts--Texas--Austin
  • Families--Texas--Austin
  • Family violence
  • Human rights--Texas--Austin
  • Immigrants--Texas--Austin
  • LGBTQ people
  • Nonprofit organizations--Texas--Austin
  • Same-sex partner abuse
  • Social movements--Texas--Austin--History
  • South Asian Americans--Austin
  • Women--Texas--Social conditions
  • Women’s rights--Texas--Austin
Format
  • Audio
  • Digital records
  • Text materials
  • Video
Access: Available on-site
AR.2018.047
Dates: -
Creator: Marks, Paula
Persons
  • Marks, Paula
Organizations
  • Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum
Places
  • Austin (Tex.)--Social life and customs
Subjects
  • Museums--Texas--Austin
  • Women--Texas--Social conditions
Format
  • Text materials
Access: Available on-site