Ellen Willis (1941-2006)Journalist and feminist Ellen Willis was a founder of Redstockings, a radical feminist group begun in 1969, and, in the 1980s, of No More Nice Girls, a street theater and protest group that focused on abortion rights. A professor of journalism at New York University, Willis was known for her political essays which appeared in The Nation, Dissent, and elsewhere, as well as for her writings on rock music. The collection includes personal and legal documents, correspondence, writings, teaching files, etc. Correspondence, both personal and professional, is mainly from the 1960s and 1970s. Writings include drafts, notes, background material, and printed copies of published work.