Pamela C. Berger is an art historian, filmmaker, and professor of art history and film at Boston College. She has a B.A. from Cornell University and a Ph.D. from New York University. Berger was active in the Boston-area women's liberation movement during the early 1970s. She participated in Bread and Roses, a socialist feminist group and collective, and was a founding member of the Boston Women's Health Book Collective (later Our Bodies Ourselves). She contributed to the organization's early publications, particularly in the areas of alternative modes of healing. Berger is the author of several books including The Insignia of the "Notitia Dignitatum" (1981); The Goddess Obscured: Transformation of the Grain Protectress from Goddess to Saint (1985); The Crescent on the Temple: The Dome of the Rock as Image of the Ancient Jewish Sanctuary (2012); and Hebrew Psalms and the Utrecht Psalter: Veiled Origins (2020). Her films include Sorceress (1987); The Imported Bridegroom (1989), and Killian's Chronicle: The Magic Stone (1994). The papers of Pamela C. Berger contain essays, speeches, printed material, and bibliographies on topics related to women and labor, standards of beauty, health, the environment, sexuality, and feminism. Included in the essays are "On Day Care" by Louisa Gross and Phyllis MacEwan; "How Things Could be Different" an essay about working conditions for women by Meredith Tax of Bread and Roses; and "Dear Sisters," a letter and essay by Nancy Hawley about the history of the women's movement in Boston and the work of Bread and Roses. In addition, there are phone trees and membership lists (by collective) for Bread and Roses, as well as printed material from Female Liberation, a women's liberation group in Somerville, Massachusetts. There is also a petition by Female Liberation to the state of Massachusetts advocating for childcare.

Shirley Sue Carriere Armstrong (known as Susan), a white woman, was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, in 1933. She graduated from Woodlawn High School in 1951 and attended business school. In 1952 she married Vernon McRaney, a Greyhound Bus driver. They had two children, Linda and Forrest. Armstrong was unhappy in her marriage, finding it sexually and intellectually unfulfilling. In 1960 she met Thomas Hall, a Southern Baptist minister who became a lifelong friend; with his encouragement, she began taking classes at Louisiana State University. In 1962 she begain psychotherapy with a Southern Baptist minister who initiated a sexual relationship with her. Armstrong and McRaney divorced in 1964 and she married Ed Armstrong, a biology professor and ornithologist, later that year. In 1975 she underwent an abortion and separated from Ed Armstrong. The following year she met Joe Bass, a Black multi-millionaire and owner of a computer company; they embarked on an on-and-off sexual relationship which lasted for several years. She also had a series of relationships with other Black men, many considerably younger than herself. In 1981 Armstrong began working for Mary Kay Cosmetics, where she soon became a director. She entered Radcliffe College's Radcliffe Seminars Program in 1984 and then enrolled at Smith College, where she was admitted to the Ada Comstock Scholars Program. In 1987 she was appointed a Smith Scholar. She graduated from Smith in 1988. In 1993 she began work as a lecturer and grant writer at Warren Wilson College, retiring in 1997. She then worked as a grant writer and lecturer for various organizations and businesses. In 2001 she moved to the Givens Estates retirement community in Asheville, North Carolina, where she served on the Wellness Committee. Armstrong began writing at an early age though she did not show her work, much of which was autobiographical and highly sexual in nature, to anyone until she was fifty years old. She received encouragement for her writing while studying at Smith and eventually began work on a pseudonymous memoir, which was published in 2016 under the name Jasmine Carriere as Desire Makes the Difference. The papers of Susan Armstrong include biographical information, including detailed timelines of her life created by Armstrong; schoolwork, including papers from her studies at Louisiana State University and Smith College; diaries; correspondence; a photograph album documenting an Outward Bound trip Armstrong took when in her sixties; and a DVD of her son's memorial service. Correspondents include family members and friends and lovers. Copies of Armstrong's side of the correspondence is often included, with her letters to lovers often describing her admiration of their bodies and the pleasure she took in being intimate with them and in particular in performing oral sex. Material related to Armstrong's sexually explicit memoir is also included. The memoir chronicles Armstrong's conflicted relationship with her mother, her marriages, and her platonic, romantic, and sexual relationships with several men. The Schlesinger Library books collection includes a copy of the memoir.

Ednah Helene Nelson Allbright was born in Kansas in 1895, the daughter of Nels and Hannah Nelson, Swedish immigrants. She had two brothers. She grew up in Colorado Springs, Colorado, where the family worked as cultivators of high quality strawberries. In 1918 or 1919 she married Thomas Allbright. In 1921 they had a son, London, named in honor of the writer Jack London. Thomas Allbright abused Ednah Allbright physically, emotionally, and sexually, and she divorced him in 1923. Ednah Allbright eventually settled in Burbank, California, where she followed the family business of strawberry cultivation, also growing other fruits and selling jams and preserves. She also began raising chickens, which improved her financial situation, but she struggled financially throughout her life. She also suffered from various medical ailments, some caused by Thomas Allbright's abuse. London Allbright was hit by a car in 1928 and suffered serious injuries, taking two years to fully recover. Perhaps because of the strain this placed on Ednah Allbright, her relationship with her son became very controlling, with her frequently being critical of his life decisions. In April 1944 London Allbright married Barbara Lee. Ednah Allbright was strongly opposed to this marriage, believing that Lee had tricked her inexperienced son into marriage. London Allbright filed for divorce in June 1944, charging among other things that his bride had given him a "social disease," neglected preparing his meals, and persisted in smoking and drinking despite his opposition to these habits. After serving in World War II, London Allbright met Sybil Oudin Walker, a widow with a young daughter. They married in 1947. Ednah Nelson Allbright died in 1970 and London Allbright died in 1992. The collection includes Ednah Nelson Allbright's diaries, as well as a diary kept by London Allbright, in which he describes school activities and reflects on personal relationships, including his difficult relationship with his mother; courtship letters exchanged between Ednah and Thomas Allbright; correspondence between Ednah and London Allbright, with Ednah Allbright expressing her displeasure with London Allbright's first marriage and detailing the many ways in which he was a disappointment to her. Her deep devotion to him is also evident in these letters. Ednah Allbright's letters also document her medical ailments, financial hardships and other disappointments, and her strong socialist leanings. Her correspondence with friends and associates is also included, and in a letter to a friend, she describes in detail the abuse she experienced while married to Thomas Allbright, including when about to give birth to their son. Other correspondents include Ednah Allbright's parents, brothers, and sister-in-law. London Allbright had a number of male and female pen pals and his correspondence with them is included in the collection. Some letters written and received by Thomas Allbright are also included, as are London Allbright's divorce petition and Barbara Lee's response to it.

Ellen Mary "Nellie" Bradford Bearce was born on February 11, 1876 in Turner, Maine, the daughter of Ceilia E. Hodsdon and William Birchard Bradford. She married Ralph King Bearce on July 9, 1902, in Maine. Ralph Bearce was a graduate of Colby College and served as principal of the Connecticut Literary Society (later Suffield Academy). They lived in Suffield when their son, William Bradford Bearce, was born on September 25, 1905. William Bradford Bearce died at age four. Ralph Bearce later became Head Master of Brewster Academy in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire. Ralph K. Bearce died July 9, 1935. Nellie Bradford Bearce died June 15, 1972 in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire. Collection consists of a published baby book, "A History of the Doings and Sayings of our Baby," filled out by Nellie Bradford Bearce for her son, William Bradford Bearce (called Bradford). Bearce's notes describe the baby's weight, first words, smile, and gifts. There are also notes regarding events like his first outing, Christmas, and birthday. The baby book contains a few loose items, including a letter from Bradford Bearce's grandmother for his first birthday and a child's birthday party invitation. In addition, there is a clipping and death notice for Bradford Bearce.

The anonymous writer of this diary lived on a farm in the West Newbury area of Vermont. She lived with a man, "Robbie," who was most likely her husband. Collection consists of one diary from the year 1894 by an anonymous woman living in the West Newbury area of Vermont. The diary contains short daily entries that record the weather and her daily activities as well as those of her family. She describes maple sugaring, churning butter, gardening, and making mincemeat and sausage, as well as household repairs and visits from friends and neighbors. She mentions Robbie chopping wood and haying, and going with her mother "to meeting," possibly town meeting. In addition, she mentions the death and funeral of her father. The name "Peggy Palimeno" is written inside the front cover in different handwriting; this name is most likely not the name of the diary's author.

Dorcas Tucker Breed Gove was born February 16, 1834 in Weare, New Hampshire, to Mariane Fry and Nathan Breed. In 1866 she married John Milton Gove (1819-1902), a farmer in Weare. John Milton Gove had previously been married to Dorcas's sister, Sarah Fry Breed (1826-1865); they had four children. Dorcas and John Milton Gove had one child, Howard Milton Gove (1872-1946). Dorcas Breed Gove died in Weare, New Hampshire, on April 1, 1916. Collection consists of one diary written by Dorcas Breed Gove, describing farm life in Weare, New Hampshire, during the years 1892 to 1894. The diary contains short daily entries that record the weather and her daily activities as well as those of her family. She mentions usual chores such as ironing, cleaning, and washing, as well as farm activities like butchering and sheep shearing. Many of Gove's entries record the amount of butter she has churned, and how many eggs the chickens have laid. She also mentions maple sugaring, and a list of accounts at back of the diary provides the amount of syrup and sugar they have sold. The diary also provides a glimpse into the family's social circle; Gove mentions visits with family and friends, attending Quaker or town meetings, occasional entertainment, such as local theater performances. She also mentions outings to local attractions like Crawford Notch and the Tilton and Bradford fairs, and attending a social given by the WCTU (most likely the Woman's Christian Temperance Union). She documents illnesses, deaths, funerals, and occasionally includes a candid comment regarding her mood or physical state. The diary also contains an address book and list of letters sent. In addition to the handwritten diary, the collection also contains a typed transcript of the diary and detailed index, both created by the collection donor.

The Governor's Choice cookbook was compiled in 1948 by Cecil Ira (C.I.) McReynolds of Tucson, Arizona, and his sister-in-law, Shirley Porter, of Salinas, California. McReynolds and Porter contacted over a hundred former and sitting governors throughout the United States. The intention was to produce a cookbook of the governors' favorite recipes, organized by state. Governors who contributed included Earl Warren and Strom Thurmond. The cookbook was never published. The Governor's Choice cookbook collection consists of looseleaf recipes and letters, from the governors themselves, or from their wives or assistants, organized by state. Many recipes are handwritten. Some governors expressed considerable enthusiasm for the project, sending recipes for which they express great fondness. Several respondents sent recipes using local ingredients, with Charles Robins, the governor of Idaho, sending a recipe for an Idaho baked potato and including a history of the Idaho potato; while Georgia governor Richard Russell contributed a recipe for "Utterly Deadly Southern Pecan Pie." In acts of cultural appropriation, James Noe, Governor of Louisiana, provided a recipe for "Mammy's Spoon Bread," while former Oklahoma governor William H. Murray offered a recipe for "Chickasaw Indian Green Corn Dish."

Modelle Miller owned a beauty supply company in New Carlisle, Indiana, in the 1890s. She advertised in newspapers for female agents to sell her products, which included cosmetics and herbal remedies. In February 1895, she was banned from using the mail by Postmaster General Wilson Bissell after an investigation resulted in fraud charges. The collection consists of promotional material advertising products offered by Modelle Miller and seeking agents to buy and sell her products. There are order forms and price lists, advertisements, a form letter, and a self-addressed mailing envelope addressed to Miss Modelle Miller, New Carlisle, Indiana. The advertisements feature glowing testimonials for the products, which include Oriental Curling Fluid and Lily Bouquet ("for the complexion"). In addition, there is a letter (dated 1895) which details the benefits of becoming a branch office manager for the company and purchasing inventory from Miller, particularly the satisfaction of becoming a businesswoman: "Many a man has been dazzled by the volume of business that woman’s skill and enterprise has built, why not number yourself among those ladies who have attained success in this as well as in other work?"

Civil rights and peace activist Tove Gertrud (Müller) Gerson, was born on September 18, 1903, in Munich, Germany, the daughter of Ellen (Dyhr) and Albert Müller. In 1924 she married Gerhard Gerson, a research engineer working in Essen, Germany. Following a four-year course at the Bundesschule für Körperbildung und rhythmische Erziehung (Federal school for physical education and rhythmic education) in Essen, Tove Gerson worked as a teacher and physical education instructor. In 1938 Gerhard Gerson, who was half Jewish, left for the United States and went to work for Phillips Petroleum Company; Tove Gerson joined him in 1939. Until she returned to Germany in 1973, Tove Gerson lived in four states and led an active professional and volunteer life. From 1957 to 1968 she was the Adult Program Director at the Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA) in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where she organized travel groups and co-founded the People's Theatre (1964). In 1970 Gerson began to lose her sight. She returned to Germany in 1973 and lived in Essen until her death in 1998. Elena Harap Dodd grew up in Nashville, Tennessee. She studied acting and holds an M.A. in American literature from Boston University, and an M.F.A. in writing from Vermont College of Fine Arts. Dodd's interest in multi-cultural theater and the life of cities led to her co-founding Streetfeet children's workshops in Roxbury, Massachusetts, with Angela Cook (1975). She also co-founded Streetfeet Women, a Boston-based multi-cultural ensemble of writers and performers, with Mary McCullough (1982). From 1991 to 2014 she performed in a national tour of "Meet Eleanor Roosevelt," a one-woman show written and produced with Josephine Lane. Dodd is also a contributor to the anthology, "What Does it Mean to be White in America?" (2016). Dodd lives in Putney, Vermont. Collection contains 11 audiocassette letters from Tove Gerson in Germany to her friend Elena Dodd in the United States. After Gerson retired to her native Germany and lost her sight she sent Dodd these taped letters which include reminiscences, reflections, and discussion of past and current events. Included are topics such as the People's Theatre and working at the YWCA in Cambridge, Massachusetts; current events such as the United Nations Women's Conference (1995) and Bill Clinton's presidency; and personal reflections on blindness and aging.

Ruchell "Cinque" Magee was born in 1939 in Franklinton, Louisiana. In 1963, he was convicted of aggravated kidnapping and incarcerated in California. While serving his sentence, he studied African American history and law and became a member of the Black Panther Party. In 1970, while Magee was serving as a witness at the trial of James McClain, a man who was also incarcerated, Jonathan Jackson took control of the Marin County courtroom to demand his brother George Jackson be released from prison. Magee, McClain, and William Christmas took Judge Harold Haley and others hostage and attempted to escape. During the escape, Judge Haley, Christmas, Jackson, and McClain were killed. Magee was the only surviving member of the incident and in 1975 was sentenced to life imprisonment. He is considered by many to be incarcerated for political reasons. The Ruchell Magee collection contains nine items of printed material, including press releases and open letters, created for distribution by several Oakland, California, groups in support of Ruchell Magee and other Black people incarcerated for political reasons. The material was authored by several organizations, including Black Mothers United for Action, Ruchell Magee Committee for Black Prisoners (later "Black Prisoners of War Around the World, Nations, et al, Blacks"), and the Committee for Black Political Prisoners. The documents seek support for Magee, and several focus on the incompetence and complicity of his court-appointed legal representation. Others describe ways to support these organizations by donations and supplies and at the university-level through lectures and classroom visits. Some of the documents advocate for the cases of other Black people who are incarcerated, including Rose Marie Hardy, a Black woman charged with stabbing her child’s teacher but who later argued she was protecting her child

Freda Warner Eyler was a member of the Radcliffe College Class of 1938. Born August 18, 1917, she began classes as a day student, living at home in Wakefield, Massachusetts. She eventually took a room in a professor's home, where she managed childcare duties. Eyler majored in chemistry and after graduation attended Radcliffe Secretarial School. She worked as a secretary in the laboratory at the Union Paste Company, and as a chemist at Liberty Mutual Insurance Company. She married William Ross Eyler, a graduate of Harvard College (BA, 1939) and Harvard Medical School (MD, 1943). They lived in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and later in Framingham, Massachusetts; they had four children. In 1953, they moved to Birmingham, Michigan, where William Eyler became Chairman of Radiology at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit. While living in Michigan, Eyler was active in the Radcliffe Club of Detroit. Freda Warner Eyler died February 19, 1986, in Detroit, Michigan. Lee Warner Eyler Caras, daughter of Freda and William Eyler, was a member of the Radcliffe College Class of 1966. The Radcliffe College papers of Freda Warner Eyler and Lee Warner Eyler Caras document experiences of a mother and daughter at Radcliffe College. The papers contain a biographical essay about Freda Warner Eyler written by her daughter, Lee Warner Eyler Caras. The essay describes Freda's experiences at Radcliffe, and reflects on her career and her married life. In the essay, Caras mentions a "Radcliffe Dress," a red dress with gold buttons her mother made and wore while she was an undergraduate. The papers also include a printed digital photograph of Lee Caras wearing the dress. In addition, the papers contain a Radcliffe College 10th reunion program (June 5, 1948) with notes by Eyler; this program contained biographical information on classmates and Eyler wrote comments near several entries. There is also some material documenting Caras's years at Radcliffe College, including clippings describing her participation in Radcliffe swim meets and pool events, a list of students who participated in interviews conducted by Dean Catherine Williston, and the Radcliffe College freshman register for the Class of 1966 with notes by Caras.

Lynn Y. Weiner was born in Detroit, Michigan, in 1951, to Audrey Allen and Charles Weiner. She was raised in Detroit and in Oak Park, Michigan. She has a twin sister and two brothers. Weiner attended the University of Michigan (BA in history) and Boston University (PhD in American Studies). She became a history professor and then college dean at Roosevelt University in Chicago, Illinois. She married Thomas Moher in 1974; they have two sons. Weiner lives in Oak Park, Illinois. Audrey Allen Weiner was born in Drayton Plains, Michigan, in 1927, to Sarah Robin and George Allen. Her parents were Russian Jewish immigrants, and she had two brothers and one sister. After graduating Wayne State University and attending the University of Michigan, Weiner married Charles Weiner in 1948. They had four children. Weiner died in Oak Park, Michigan, in 1975. Evelyn Virginia Kidd Moher (know as Virginia or Ginny) was born in Detroit, Michigan, in 1926 to Louise Campbell and Harvey Kidd. She married Robert Moher in 1948; they had three children. They lived in Dearborn, Michigan, and Farmington Hills, Michigan. Moher died in 2012. The collection contains three autograph books of Lynn Y. Weiner, her mother, and her mother-in-law, as well as one page of biographical notes written by Weiner. The autograph book of Virginia Kidd Moher (dated 1939-1943) is signed by her family, friends, and teachers, and includes humorous poems and drawings. The autograph book of Audrey Allen Weiner (dated 1938-1942) is signed by teachers and friends and contains humorous poems. An inscription inside the front cover reads "Audrey Allen, Drayton Plains School, December 22, 1938." The autograph book of Lynn Y. Weiner (dated February 1961) includes pages with Weiner's notes on favorite activities (drawing, music, and reading), favorite teacher and friend ("too many to name"), and sports (baseball). It is signed by her friends and includes humorous poems.

Mildred Ford was born ca.1887. She was a nurse who trained and worked at many different tuberculosis sanitoria and hospitals in Colorado and New Mexico from 1912 to 1926. This album documents the experiences of Mildred Ford, a nurse at tuberculosis sanitoria in New Mexico and Colorado in the early twentieth century. The album contains pictorial postcards, photographs, and clippings of local attractions and places of interest; exterior and interior views of hospitals; and nurses, patients, and doctors on the grounds of these institutions. The images are often annotated by Ford who provides brief descriptions and anecdotes. Hospital images include Jewish Hospital, Denver, Colorado; Denver Lutheran Hospital; Mennonite Hospital and Sanitarium in La Junta, Colorado; Glockner Sanatorium in Colorado Springs, Colorado; Texas State Sanatorium in Carlsbad, Texas; Valmora Sanatorium near Watrous, New Mexico; New Mexico Cottage Sanatorium in Silver City; Presbyterian Sanatorium in Albuquerque, New Mexico; and Las Vegas Hospital in Las Vegas, New Mexico. Album also contains a promotional booklet about Valmora Sanatorium.

erlene Smith, an African American woman, and her husband, Jack, lived in occupied Japan during his tour of duty after World War II. Their son Gregory was born in Tokyo in 1948. The family lived in Chicago, Illinois, in the 1950s and 1960s. Gregory attended the Hookway School there. The collection consists of a photograph album kept by Jerlene Smith to record her son Gregory's infancy and childhood. The bulk of the photographs document his early childhood in occupied Japan in the late 1940s and early 1950s; snapshots of Smith breastfeeding and bathing Gregory are included, as well as a photograph of his drying diapers; Gregory at birthday parties with Japanese and white American children; playing; and visiting a park and walking around the city with his mother and the family's Japanese maid, Nobaco. Images of the interior of the Smiths' home provide a look at domestic life in occupied Japan. A small number of photographs depict Gregory's childhood in Chicago; these include several formal school photographs. Some photographs are captioned and the first page of the album includes a lengthy description of the newborn Gregory. The album also includes a postcard Gregory sent to Jerlene from Canada, postmarked 1984.

Margaret Ralston Jarvis was born on December 22, 1907, to William Jarvis and Edith Ralston Jarvis of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Lucretia Jarvis Weed was born May 24, 1937, in Boston, Massachusetts, to Frederick Redfield Weed and Margaret Ralston (Jarvis) Weed. Collection contains the baby books of Margaret Ralston Jarvis and her daughter Lucretia Jarvis Weed. Margaret Ralston Jarvis' baby book includes sections such as first outing, first creeping, first short clothes, and first Christmas, etc. Also includes a lock of hair (1913) and a few letters and notes such as a list of graduation presents for Peggy (Margaret Jarvis) and an undated letter from Peggy to her mother. Lucretia Jarvis Weed's baby book includes information such as baby's weight and height, family tree, baby's first automobile trip, and baby's first interest in radio (baby's reaction). Also includes a description of her first day in kindergarten (1942); envelopes of locks of hair; a drawing made by Lucretia at age 2; handwritten weight and feeding notes; and photographs of Lucretia with her first nurse, her brother Peter, her father, mother, and grandmother. Additional materials include Lucretia's baptism record, congratulation telegrams and letters, a letter from her uncle at her first Christmas, drawings by her brother Peter, and a clipping of the birth announcement.

Dorothy Roebuck, an African American fashion designer, was born in Dayton, Ohio, in 1923, the daughter of Malry and Elizabeth Roebuck. She had four siblings. She graduated from Dunbar High School and worked as a civilian typist at the Wright Patterson Air Force Base during World War II. She studied fashion at the Dorothy Edwards School of Design and Dressmaking in Newark, New Jersey, and the Traphagen School of Fashion in New York City, and was the junior partner in the Dorothy Edwards Originals shop in Ralway, New Jersey, which specialized in custom-made clothes. In the mid 1950s, Roebuck began exhibiting her designs at fashion shows held at the Dayton Strivers Club, a social club for African Americans in Dayton, Ohio. Some of these shows also featured the work of Dorothy Edwards. Roebuck also displayed her work in shows in New Jersey and New York. Her designs were well received at these shows, but she was not able to support herself by her design work. She worked for the New Jersey Housing Authority for eighteen years before retiring. Roebuck died in 2017. Collection includes black and white photographs of models at fashion shows in New Jersey and Ohio featuring Dorothy Roebuck's designs. Many photographs are stapled to construction paper mounts and in several cases the models' faces are obscured by gold stars. Programs for the fashion shows are also included and contain biographical information for the designers. Fashions include casual and play clothes; suits and afternoon attire; and cocktail and evening dresses.

Grace A. Hobart, whose father was Henry Hobart, lived in East Bridgewater, Massachusetts, in the mid-nineteenth century. Ethel Hobart Rowse was born in 1881. She was a friend of penologist and reformer Miriam Van Waters, who served as superintendent of the Reformatory for Women in Framingham, Massachusetts (1932-1957). Rowse married Herbert Winship Rowse. She died in 1967. Collection contains two commonplace books. One book may have been kept by Grace Hobart of East Bridgewater, Massachusetts. It contains copied poems and drafts of a novel. A copied sermon near the end of the volume is dated January 1849. The other book has the inscription "Ethel Hobart from Papa" on the front flyleaf, and may have been owned by Ethel Hobart Rowse. This book also contains drafts of novellas and stories (1891-1896). The book also includes pages torn from a notebook and drafts of stories on loose sheets.

Lori Ann Mennella is a graduate of the College of William and Mary (BA, 1976). In 1979, she worked as an accounting clerk at the National NOW Action Center in Washington, DC, where she was promoted to Assistant Bookkeeper. During the same period, she was active in the 51st State (Washington, DC) chapter of NOW and was chosen to be a delegate for the chapter at the national NOW conference in Los Angeles, California, which took place October 5-8, 1979. At the National NOW Action Center, she worked with Eve Norman, the NOW treasurer. When Norman failed to be reelected at the 1979 NOW national conference, Mennella and Norman's staff were dismissed. Mennella became a certified public accountant and worked as the Accounting Officer for the Department of Medical Assistance for Pima County, Arizona, in the late 1990s. The papers of Lori Ann Mennella consist of printed material, writings, correspondence, and photographs related to the work of the National Organization for Women (NOW) in the Washington, DC, area during the late 1970s and early 1980s. There are copies of correspondence related to an audit of the 1978 finances, as well as an account by Mennella which criticizes the work of the auditor. She was also active in the 51st State NOW (Washington, DC) chapter, and the collection contains meeting flyers from the chapter, as well as a letter from Mennella to the NOW National Board describing on-the-job harassment to discourage her from serving as a chapter delegate to the 1979 national conference. The collection also includes a letter of recommendation of Mennella by Eve Norman written after the department was dismissed. There are also copies of letters from other NOW members to Eleanor Smeal, NOW's president, regarding diversity issues in the organization in terms of both race and sexuality. Several letters protest Smeal's efforts to have her preferred slate of candidate elected at the 1979 national conference. Specifically, several letters mention the lack of diversity in the newly elected officers, and cite the election loss of Sharon Parker, a Black woman who had run for NOW secretary. The collection also includes three photographs of Mennella which include Carole Merfeld and Eve Norman. There is also conference material from Washington, DC, area conferences co-sponsored by DC NOW Sexuality Task Force and the Gay Peoples Alliance of GWU (George Washington University) from 1977-1979, as well as flyers and a newsletter from the NOW Sexuality Task Force (1984). In addition, there is printed material from other organizations supporting gay rights, including a conference program from the Gay Women's Alternative, Washington D.C. (1985); a newsletter "Capitol Hill" by the Gay Rights National Lobby (ca. 1979); and a Virginia Gay Alliance Arlington County Chapter newsletter (1984). There is also an anti-gay comic book "The Blighted Eye that is Never Satisfied" by Christian Family Renewal, Clovis, California (undated).

The Sex Workers Outreach Project-USA, also known as SWOP, is a national social justice network advocating for the rights of people involved in the sex trade and their communities. The organization seeks to end violence and stigma through education and advocacy. Founded in 2003 in the San Francisco Bay area, SWOP has chapters in several major cities in the United States, including New York City; Chicago, Illinois: Las Vegas, Nevada; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and Tuscon, Arizona. At the national level, SWOP provides a range of support to its chapters including funding sex-worker-led initiatives; maintaining a technical infrastructure including media lists, newsletters, and websites; providing mentoring and leadership development to support new organizers; and a maintaining a community support warm line. The collection contains two cards and three pamphlets supporting the human rights of people working in the sex trade. There are two small cards advocating for the decriminalization of sex work and promoting the website DecriminalizeSexWork.com. In addition, there is a pamphlet describing the national SWOP organization, which outlines the organization’s activities and the locations of its chapters. There is also a pamphlet produced by the Las Vegas chapter of SWOP that answers questions about the sex industry, some specific to Las Vegas, Nevada. In addition, there is an unattributed pamphlet entitled "Sex Work: What’s in a Name?" that encourages the use of the term "sex workers" to describe individuals involved in the sex trade. The pamphlet also defines who sex workers are and the need for improved laws and legislation regarding health and safety. It also suggests improvements to current policies, such as enforcement of laws against assault, access to health care education and job training; training to identify individuals involved in human trafficking; and training in business and money management.

Mary Lee (Radcliffe, A.B. 1917, A.M. 1920), was born in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, on December 10, 1891. During World War I Lee served with the American Red Cross, the American Expeditionary Forces in France, and the American Air Service in Paris. After the war Lee returned to Radcliffe College, receiving her M.A. in government, history, and economics in 1920. She wrote "It's A Great War!" an award-winning memoir of her experiences during World War I and freelanced for many years as a journalist. During World War II, Lee served as executive secretary for two years for the Greek War Relief Association, receiving the Royal Hellenic Order of the Phoenix medal from King Paul of Greece for her work. Throughout her life, Lee was involved in community causes, serving as first director of the Widows' Society in Boston, member of the Radcliffe College chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, the National Birth Control League of Massachusetts, and other organizations. She was also physically active, skiing, hiking, and horseback riding until late in her life. She died in 1982. Collection contains letters from Mary Lee to her cousin Susan M. Lee. Topics include travel; appreciation for her friendship with Susan Lee; spending time at Putnam Camp (a family-owned vacation camp); and politics, including voting for Dwight D. Eisenhower (1950s) and Richard Nixon's presidential election (1968). Letters from the late 1960s also include Lee's thoughts about and disapproval of Jacqueline Kennedy's marriage to Aristotle Onassis, a talk at Radcliffe by Mary Bunting, and ice skating on the Charles River. The collection also includes typescripts of Mary Lee's "Journal of a Trip Around the World" (1954-1955) that she mailed to Susan Lee in installments. The journal contains her impressions, observations, and activities while sailing on the S.S. President Monroe and visiting countries in Asia, the Middle East, and Europe, including India, Japan, Pakistan, Italy, and France.

Mary Virginia Ahern was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1922, the daughter of Thomas and Nora Ahern. Her mother was a teacher and her father worked in real estate and insurance. She graduated from Radcliffe College in 1942 and served in the United States Army's Chemical Warfare Service during World War II, supervising the inspection of gas masks, among other duties. She then enrolled in the Harvard Radcliffe Program in Business Administration, which offered management training to women. (Harvard Business School did not admit women until 1962.) As part of the program, Ahern had an internship at the American Broadcasting Company's public affairs office, which was headed by Robert Saudek. She collaborated with Saudek on radio documentaries and in the early 1950s worked with him to develop Omnibus, a television program which aired from 1952 to 1961. Ahern was a producer of the program, a role few women played in television at that time, and also wrote scripts and conducted research. The program was hosted by Alistair Cooke and featured appearances by Orson Welles, Ethel Barrymore and other actors. Most episodes were broadcast live and programming ranged from performances of new and classic plays to segments on children's toys and x-rays. Composer Leonard Bernstein was a frequent guest on Omnibus and Ahern's association with him continued into the 1970s, when she produced a popular series of lectures he presented on PBS, In the 1970s, William Paley established the Museum of Broadcasting (now the Paley Center for Media), with Saudek as president and Ahern as curator. Her work involved identifying and preserving notable television programs and commercials. She later did similar work for the Library of Congress, again in association with Saudek; her efforts greatly enhanced the library's radio and television holdings. Ahern died in 2021.The collection includes programming ideas and schedules for Omnibus; the script of a documentary about Omnibus and a proposal for a book about the series; scripts for the radio program Ahern and Robert Saudek produced for the American Broadcasting Company; scripts for Leonard Bernstein's Norton Lecture series and articles and other material related to his involvement with Omnibus; reports on collections Ahern wrote for the Library of Congress and Columbia University; co