Women -- Political activity -- Georgia -- Atlanta
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:
Cathy Woolard papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1214
Scope and Contents
This collection contains materials pertaining to Cathy Woolard's career on the Atlanta City Council, including campaign flyers, voter surveys, press clippings about her work, legal paperwork, and administrative binders. The bulk of documents are planning materials about the construction of the Atlanta BeltLine, such as financial and environmental studies, presentations, and magazines and publications. Also included are documents related to Woolard's service on the Atlanta March Committee for...
Dates:
1986-2013, undated
Helen Bullard papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS58
Scope and Content
These papers pramarily relate to Helen Bullard's work with the Atlanta Housing Authority (AHA). Records include memoranda, minutes, membership information, agendas, reports, training material, surveys, resolutions, program materials, financial and budget records, and correspondence. Other materials pertain to political campaigns that Bullard handled between 1970 and 1976, including election reports that she collected between 1967 and 1977, and papers from her work with Judge Alexander...
Dates:
1968-1977, undated
League of Women Voters of Atlanta-Fulton County Records
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS394
Scope and Contents of the Records
Through correspondence, minutes, newspaper clippings, publications and printed material, the collection documents the activities the League of Women Voters of Atlanta-Fulton County and its relationships to national and state leagues, from 1917-1982. Subject files, the bulk of the collection, document the efforts of the group to promote political participation among the citizens of Atlanta and covers topics ranging from segregation to juvenile delinquency, as well as various city ordinances....
Dates:
1917 – 1982
Liz Throop and B. Joy Wasson papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1246
Scope and Contents
This collection contains papers from Liz Throop and B. Joy Wasson's LGBTQ+ advocacy. Included are financial planning materials and insurance policies for same-sex couples. Personal items include a Valentine's Day card, B. Joy Wasson’s resume, and a drawing notebook from Throop’s freshman year of college. Of particular note are a booklet and newspaper clippings from the National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights in 1987. The collection also contains hand-made protest signs and...
Dates:
1977-2013, undated
Lucinda Bunnen photographs
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS395
Scope and Contents
This collection contains photographs taken for Movers and Shakers in Georgia by Lucinda Bunnen and Frankie Coxe. The collection includes images of notable political, business, cultural, and arts figures between 1976-1978 in Georgia. Also included are photographs of events such as Jimmy Carter's presidential election, a Decatur Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) planning meeting, the Ramblin' Raft Race on the Chattahoochee River, an Atlanta...
Dates:
approximately 1976-1978
Maria Helena Dolan photographs
Collection
Collection number: ahc.VIS423
Scope and Contents
This collection contains materials collected by Maria Helena Dolan that document her personal life and Atlanta LGBTQ+ community activist meetings and events such as Black Pride, sponsored by In The Life Atlanta (ITLA). Of special note are images related to a Forsyth County protest in response to the Ku Klux Klan's attack on civil rights marchers a week earlier during a Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration. Also included is an image of Ray Kluka, Chris Hagen, and Gil Robison as recipients...
Dates:
1954-2003, undated
Marjorie Uhry Liebman papers
Collection
Collection number: ahc.MSS1195
Scope and Content
This collection contains materials related to the work and achievements of Marjorie Uhry Liebman. Materials include note cards from her speeches, personal calendars, cards from Scott-Liebman and the League of Women Voters, a copy of LSU Alumni News featuring Liebman, programs from Atlanta's Woman of the Year awards banquet, annual financial reports from Scott-Liebman, and various newspaper clippings featuring Liebman. One item of particular interest is a...
Dates:
1921-1976, undated