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Collection Summary

Collection Title: Jenny Knauss Collection, 1971-1978
Call number/identifier: Manuscript Series XCIII
Origination: Jenny Knauss
Physical description: 9 boxes, 3.6 linear feet
Languages: English
Repository: Charles Deering McCormick Library of Special Collections , Evanston, IL

Abstract: Jenny Knauss, a member of the Chicago Women’s Liberation Union, worked primarily on women’s education, health issues and day care. She also served as the director of the Illinois Caucus for Adolescent Health for two decades, from 1983-2002. The Knauss Collection consists of her personal topical files related to the Chicago Women's Liberation Union and feminist health issues, primarily in Chicago, between 1971 and 1978. Knauss wrote a history on the Chicago Women's Health Movement and collaborated with others on a history of the abortion service, Jane, entitled A View from the Loop.

Subjects

Note:

Subjects of primary interest in the Knauss Collection.

Knauss, Jenny
Chicago Women's Liberation Union
Jane (Abortion service)
Feminism--Illinois--Chicago
Women's health services--Illinois--Chicago
Abortion services--Illinois--Chicago

Administrative Information

Provenance

Jenny Knauss donated her personal files of the Chicago Women's Liberation Union and feminist health-related materials to the McCormick Library in 1986.

Processing History

Organized and processed by Sigrid Pohl Perry in 1987 and revised in 1997.

Separated Material

Issues of the CWLU newsletter have been added to the McCormick Library Femina serial collection. All other catalogued items included in the following separation list can be found in the McCormick Library and in the Northwestern University online catalog.

Joyce Cowley. Pioneers of Women Liberation. New York, 1969. Judy Edelman. Women on the Job: A Marxist-Leninist View. New York, 1970. It Ain't Me Babe. Berkeley, 1970. Joan Jordan. The Place of American Women—Economic Exploitation of Women. Boston, n.d. V.I. Lenin. Soviet Power and the Status of Women and International Women's Day. Moscow, 1954. Kathy McAfee and Myrna Wood. Bread and Roses. Detroit, n.d. Lyn Wells. American Women: Their Use and Abuse. Boston, n.d. Newsletter of the Radical Historians' Caucus. Boston. no. 4, 1970. New American Movement. Minneapolis. no. 8, July-Sept., 1974. National Women's Health Network News. Washington. n.n. August, 1970. East Bay Women's Liberation Newsletter. n.d., Oct. 1969.
Restrictions

Available for research. Copyright for materials resides with the literary executors of individual materials. All users must comply with federal copyright regulations.

Preferred Citation

Jenny Knauss Collection, Manuscript Series XCIII, Charles Deering McCormick Library of Special Collections, Northwestern University Library

Abstract: Jenny Knauss, a member of the Chicago Women’s Liberation Union, worked primarily on women’s education, health issues and day care. She also served as the director of the Illinois Caucus for Adolescent Health for two decades, from 1983-2002. The Knauss Collection consists of her personal topical files related to the Chicago Women's Liberation Union and feminist health issues, primarily in Chicago, between 1971 and 1978. Knauss wrote a history on the Chicago Women's Health Movement and collaborated with others on a history of the abortion service, Jane, entitled A View from the Loop.

Biography

Jenny Knauss was born and raised in the United Kingdom and lived in Nigeria and Ghana before moving to the United States. She was a member of the Chicago Women’s Liberation Union (CWLU) from its inception in 1969 until it formally disbanded in 1977. She worked primarily on women’s education, health issues and day care. She served as the executive director of the Illinois Caucus for Adolescent Health for two decades, from 1983 until 2002. Knauss was one of the health activists in the CWLU who worked to organize health programs for women.

Knauss wrote a history on the Chicago Women's Health Movement and collaborated with others on a history of the abortion service, JANE, entitled A View from the Loop.

Scope and Content

The Jenny Knauss Collection primarily consists of Knauss's personal files of Chicago Women's Liberation Union activities from 1971-1978. Included are calendars, conference agendas and reports, position papers, committee reports, and topical files of articles, class papers, clippings, and brochures on various women's issues, including the equal rights amendment, media, psychology, labor and economics, education, and theater. Many files contain Knauss's notes. Proposals and course materials for the CWLU's Liberation School for Women are included, as well as several course catalogs. Knauss organized extensive files on the Chicago Women's Health Movement and wrote a history of it.

Besides her drafts of this and other articles, there are files on several Chicago women's health centers and Cook County Hospital, the Bilingual Health project, the Chicago Women's Health Task Force, and other feminist health concerns in Chicago. The collection contains extensive birth control and abortion related files, including material from JANE, the abortion counseling service organized by the CWLU. Knauss and others wrote a history of JANE entitled A View from the Loop.

Other women's liberation materials include positions statements, flyers, pamphlets, etc. from various individuals and groups such as Cell 16, New University Conference Women's Caucus, and S.P.A.Z.M.

Material in the Knauss Collection can be supplemented from the McCormick Library's extensive feminist book and periodical holdings, as well as with material from the topical W.E.F. ephemeral files.

For related material in the McCormick Library, consult the following collections: Paula Kamen Collection (Series CXXV), the Papers of the Chicago Commission on Women's Affairs (Series CXXVI), the Papers of the Clergy Consultation Service (Series CXXVIII), and the Illinois Caucus for Adolescent Health Collection (Series CXXXVIII).

Container list

Chicago Women's Liberation Union

CWLU General—misc. flyers, broadsides, information sheets, calendar of events [ Box 1 Folder 1 ] Action Committee for Decent Childcare—information flyers; Kathy Blunt, “Moving Women into Direct Action: Action Committee for Decent Childcare” [ Box 1 Folder 2 ] Annual Membership Conference, 1975 [ Box 1 Folder 3 ] Conference agenda; planning committee report; prison project evaluation; DARE evaluation; Circle Women Liberation Union; workgroup reports; financial report; coalitions; discussion questions for various panels. [ Box 1 Folder 3 ] Brazen Hussies Chapter re: March 9 demonstration; flyers with Knauss notes on verso [ Box 1 Folder 4 ] Health Project—proposal; information sheets for doctors [ Box 1 Folder 5 ] Outline for project from 1971 from class at Circle in 1971 [ Box 1 Folder 5 ] Actual CWLU project in 1975. Includes Knauss notes. [ Box 1 Folder 5 ] Health Strategy Proposal—Knauss notes, outline, manuscript and handout [ Box 1 Folder 6 ] International Women's Day March 9 Committee [ Box 1 Folder 7 ] Report and evaluation of International Women's Day with special steering committee evaluation of March 9th; schedule for International Women's Day. [ Box 1 Folder 7 ] Midwives Chapter of the CWLU [ Box 1 Folder 8 ] Program and strategy article (multiple copies) [ Box 1 Folder 8 ] Ms. O'Leary Chapter of the CWLU (Jenny Knauss' chapter) [ Box 1 Folder 9 ] Membership list; ideology presentation ( Dec. 1975); report to steering committee (2/27/75); Ms. O'Leary and publicity; CWLU press contact system for fundraisers and major events; news clippings; Knauss notes. [ Box 1 Folder 9 ] Planning Committee Paper ( October, 1975) [ Box 1 Folder 10 ] Planning Committee paper (10pp.); Planning Committee response from DARE; Planning Committee ideas (BH chapter); various steering committee agendas; financial report (1974); Planning Committee Ideology ( Jan. 1976, 73pp.) [ Box 1 Folder 10 ] Position Papers Anti-Imperialist Committee of the CWLU. Sexism and Imperialism. December 20, 1970. 4pp. [ Box 1 Folder 11 ] Fran Ansley. The Functions and the Theory and Practice of Male Chauvinism. 4pp. [ Box 1 Folder 11 ] Lorenz Boehm, Warren Friedman, Rich Rothstein. The Function of Men's Meetings. 5pp. [ Box 1 Folder 11 ] Conference Committee, Day Creamer for CWLU. An Attempt to Summarize. Overview of the 13 reports turned in to the Conference Committee (12 chapters and 1 rap group). 28pp. [ Box 1 Folder 11 ] Abby Marier. Some Thoughts on the Structure of the Steering Committee. 2pp. [ Box 1 Folder 11 ] Vivian Rothstein. What Is All the Hassle about YSA/SWP? 3pp. [ Box 1 Folder 11 ] Womankind Work-Group of the CWLU. Womankind article. 4pp. [ Box 1 Folder 11 ] Position Paper on Membership #2 (CWLU). 2pp. [ Box 1 Folder 11 ] Position Paper on Membership #3 (CWLU). 6pp. [ Box 1 Folder 11 ] Psychology-Biology rap (Weisstein). 1p. [ Box 1 Folder 11 ] Personalist basic wl rap (Weisstein). 1p. [ Box 1 Folder 11 ] Communications as Program. 3pp. [ Box 1 Folder 11 ] Speakers Bureau Speakers Bureau Report. 39pp. Includes reports from various chapters and committees from 1970-1971. [ Box 1 Folder 12 ] Speakers Bureau Policy; sample speech; Gimmicks for High School Age Audiences; some scenarios. [ Box 1 Folder 12 ] CWLU 1976. Steering Committee minutes; staff selection comm. report; financial report; draft of a national letter; National Planning Committee Evaluation form. [ Box 1 Folder 13 ] CWLU “Farewell”; Split in 1976 Two Lines in the Women's Movement. December, 1975. 14pp. [ Box 1 Folder 14 ] Flyer for farewell party; Steering Committee letter declaring split (3/19/76). [ Box 1 Folder 14 ] Copy of letter outlining split with petition asking for vote at upcoming meeting (Jenny Knauss among those listed). 8pp. [ Box 1 Folder 14 ] Copy of letter from supporters of a Marxist-Leninist direction for the CWLU. 2pp. [ Box 1 Folder 14 ] Broadsides. Miscellaneous broadsides and flyers from CWLU [ Box 1 Folder 15 ] Notes on the CWLU by Jenny Knauss; includes membership lists. [ Box 1 Folder 16 ]

Chicago Women's Liberation Union — Liberation School for Women, 1971-1975.

Liberation School for Women — General folder includes material organizing courses, course proposals, study groups. [ Box 2 Folder 1 ] Brochures, registration forms, etc. [ Box 2 Folder 2 ] A Tentative Proposal for a Liberation School for Women. 3pp. [ Box 2 Folder 2 ] Committee meetings, minutes, etc. (includes Knauss notes) [ Box 2 Folder 3 ] Summer, 1973: Course handouts, discussion questions, etc. [ Box 2 Folder 4 ] Summer, 1973: Jenny Knauss notes. [ Box 2 Folder 5 ] Photocopies of various periodical articles perhaps used in some classes. [ Box 2 Folder 6/7 ] Course descriptions [ Box 2 Folder 8 ] Liberation School for Women Poster (2 copies) [ Box 2 Folder 9 ] Mailing Lists for various women's groups and organizations to try as sponsors. [ Box 2 Folder 10 ] “Catalog”, spring, 1975 (16pp.). [ Box 2 Folder 11 ]

Topical files, including papers and reprints

Anthropology Judy Hicks. An Anthropological Approach to the Position of Women. 2pp. [ Box 3 Folder 1 ] Evelyn Reed. Women and the Family. 4pp. from The Militant, August 15, 1969. [ Box 3 Folder 1 ] Marilyn Salek. The Roots of Sexism. 57pp. Class paper for Jennifer Knauss, History of Women's Liberation Movements. [ Box 3 Folder 1 ] Black Women Frances M. Beal. Double Jeopardy: To Be Black and Female. 6pp. (2 copies) [ Box 3 Folder 2 ] Marlene Dixon. A Program for National Agitation for the Women's Liberation Front in Colleges and Universities. Working Draft. 7pp. [ Box 3 Folder 2 ] Patricia M. Robinson. The Position of Black Women. 4pp. [ Box 3 Folder 2 ] Equal Rights Amendment; Knauss notes and NOW flyers. [ Box 3 Folder 3 ] History. Jenny Knauss (?). Why Women's History? 4pp. Knauss notes and outlines. [ Box 3 Folder 4 ] Literature; books lists, catalogues. [ Box 3 Folder 5 ] Media; misc. clippings. [ Box 3 Folder 6 ] Psychology Knauss notes; clippings. [ Box 3 Folder 7 ] Matina Horner. Woman's Will to Fail. Psychology Today, November, 1969. 4pp. [ Box 3 Folder 7 ] Anne Koedt. The Myth of the Vaginal Orgasm. 6pp. [ Box 3 Folder 7 ] Judith Long Laws. The Social Psychology of Women: Shibboleths & Lacunae. 14pp. [ Box 3 Folder 7 ] Paul S. Rosenkrantz and Susan R. Vogel. Sex-role Stereotypes and Clinical Judgments of Mental Health. 1970. 7pp. [ Box 3 Folder 7 ] Naomi Weisstein. Kinder, Kuche, Kirche as Scientific Law. 8pp. (2 copies). [ Box 3 Folder 7 ] Small Group. Knauss notes. Ronnie Lichtman. Sisterhood and the Small Group. 2pp. [ Box 3 Folder 8 ] U.S. Dept. of Labor. Women's Bureau. Miscellaneous brochures. [ Box 3 Folder 9 ] Women and work/economy Anne Avise. A Semi-annotated Bibliography on Women and Work in America. 6pp. Class paper for Jenny Knauss, History of Women's Liberation, 1970. [ Box 3 Folder 10 ] Sandra Bem and Daryl Bem. Sex-Segregated Want Ads: Do They Discourage Female Job Applicants? 4pp. [ Box 3 Folder 10 ] Joan Jordon. The Place of American Women: Economic Exploitation of Women. 1968. 12pp. [ Box 3 Folder 10 ] Elinor Langer. The Women of the Telephone Company. 24pp. [ Box 3 Folder 10 ] On-the-Job Oppression of Working Women. A collection of articles. 10pp. [ Box 3 Folder 10 ] Ilene Winkler. Women Workers: The Forgotten Third of the Working Class. 16pp. [ Box 3 Folder 10 ] Women and Socialism. Women in the Liberation Struggle—and Overview. Ma Bell Has Fleas—and a Lot of Angry Workers. from Red Papers, no. 3. 15pp. [ Box 3 Folder 10 ] Miscellaneous “fact” sheets and news clippings [ Box 3 Folder 10 ] Knauss notes [ Box 3 Folder 11 ] Women and Higher Education Jo Freeman. Women on the Social Science Faculties since 1892. Draft of speech. 14pp. [ Box 3 Folder 12 ] Nancy H. McMillin. Position Paper on Women. 1969. 7pp. [ Box 3 Folder 12 ] Marcia Rothenberg. Working Paper for Structure of the Progress, Program Commission 4, and for Women's Workshop: Part-time Teachers in the University. 2pp. [ Box 3 Folder 12 ] Political Science Women's Caucus essay on teachers' comments about women students. 3pp. [ Box 3 Folder 12 ] Flyer on Trends in Higher Education Conference. Sponsored by New University Conference. March 11-12. [ Box 3 Folder 12 ] Women in Theater; Knauss notes. [ Box 3 Folder 13 ] Women's Liberation Plays Susie Goes to College. 5pp. [ Box 3 Folder 14 ] Up Against the Economy; the Story of Sharon America. 10pp. [ Box 3 Folder 14 ] Women Under Socialism Judith Musick. Kibbutz Women and Children. 30pp. Class paper for J. Knauss, History of Women's Liberation, 1970. [ Box 3 Folder 15 ] Bibliography for Women in Socialist Countries. By Jenny Knauss and colleagues, perhaps for Liberation School for Women of the CWLU. [ Box 3 Folder 15 ] Miscellaneous clippings and a few Knauss notes. [ Box 3 Folder 15 ]

Chicago Women's Health Movement

History, 1969-1975 Jenny Knauss. The Women's Health Movement in the Windy City. 15 pp. Draft. [ Box 4 Folder 1 ] Helen Marieskind and Barbara Ehrenreich. The Women's Health Movement: A Political and Historical Perspective. 24pp. Draft. [ Box 4 Folder 1 ] Miscellaneous summaries of groups: health centers, WATCH (Women Act to Control Healthcare), abortion movement. [ Box 4 Folder 1 ] Alice Hamilton Women's Health Center. Description, flyers, mailing lists, history in a letter to J. Knauss. [ Box 4 Folder 2 ] American Public Health Association, 1977-1978. Clippings, etc. [ Box 4 Folder 3 ] Bilingual Health Project Description, flyers, brochure, meeting minutes. [ Box 4 Folder 4 ] Part of a paper on sterilization abuse which was part of project. 9pp. [ Box 4 Folder 4 ] Sterilization as Social Control—outline. 7pp. [ Box 4 Folder 4 ] C.E.S.A. (Committee to End Sterilization Abuse) Handout; J. Knauss notes; clippings. [ Box 4 Folder 5 ] Minutes of September 15, 1975 meeting. 4pp. [ Box 4 Folder 5 ] Public Citizen's Health Research Group. Sterilization Without Consent: Teaching Hospital Violations of HEW Regulations. 1975. 10pp. [ Box 4 Folder 5 ] Chicago Health Systems Agency Lauren Crawford. Testimony on the City of Chicago Health Systems Agency Plan for the Chicago Women's Health Task Force. November 8, 1977. 3 pp. [ Box 4 Folder 6 ] David Simmons. Testimony of the Chicago Area Committee on Occupational Safety and Health (CACOSH). November 8, 1977. 3pp. [ Box 4 Folder 6 ] Mary Wozniak. Association of Health Care Consumers Testimony on the Health Systems Plan. November 8, 1977. 6pp. [ Box 4 Folder 6 ] Chicago Women's Health Center: J. Knauss notes and draft [ Box 4 Folder 7 ] Chicago Women's Health Task Force Mailing List (May 1978). [ Box 4 Folder 8 ] History of Chicago women's health in flyers, memos, on various topics. [ Box 4 Folder 9 ] J. Knauss notes and drafts of descriptions of: health centers, WATCH, Abortion Task Force, Women's Hospital Project. [ Box 4 Folder 9 ] Committee to Save Cook County Hospital Sample letters; flyers; clippings [ Box 4 Folder 10 ] R.L. Cohen. Hard Times at the Cooker. 7pp. [ Box 4 Folder 10 ] The Committee…Statement to Chicago Health Systems Agency Hearing on the Proposed Health Systems Plan (November 8, 1977). 4pp. [ Box 4 Folder 10 ] J. Knauss notes. [ Box 4 Folder 11 ] Concerned Rush Students [ Box 4 Folder 12 ] Concerned Medical Students. (In) human Experimentation: How It Happens at Pres-St. Luke's. 5pp. [ Box 4 Folder 12 ] Concerned Medical Students. Issues of Quality and Inequality: a Critical Look at Ob-Gyn Care. 5pp. [ Box 4 Folder 12 ] Naomi Kistin and Gordy Schiff. Health Mini-Plenary Talk. March 14, 1977. 3pp. [ Box 4 Folder 12 ] Flyers and J. Knauss notes. [ Box 4 Folder 12 ] Consumer Health Planning and Development Association of Illinois (CHPDA) Proposal. 6pp. [ Box 4 Folder 13 ] Cook County Hospital Nurses' Strike. 1972. [ Box 4 Folder 14 ] Pat Girczyc, R.N. and Lauren Crawford (CWLU). History. Draft and copies. 3pp. [ Box 4 Folder 14 ] Cook Country Hospital Nurses' Strike. J. Knauss notes. [ Box 4 Folder 15 ] Emma Goldman Women's Health Center; J. Knauss notes and description draft [ Box 4 Folder 16 ] Fritzi Englestein Health Fair [ Box 4 Folder 17 ] Gwynne Seminar Sessions; list of topics, J. Knauss notes. [ Box 4 Folder 18 ] Health Group (1976); Minutes; mailing lists. [ Box 4 Folder 19 ] Health Professions Special Projects Grant; draft, 6pp. [ Box 4 Folder 20 ] HealthRight: Mailing list. Correspondence with Jenny Knauss and Lauren Crawford 1976-1977, 9pp. from Heleena van Raan or Naomi Fatt. [ Box 4 Folder 21 ] H.E.R.S. (Health Evaluation and Referral Service of C.W.L.U.) [ Box 4 Folder 22 ] Description; news release of HERS Healthy Kit; draft of HealthRight article; clippings; J. Knauss notes. [ Box 4 Folder 22 ] Illinois Nurses Association (INA); flyers, J. Knauss notes. [ Box 4 Folder 23 ] I.P.A.C. (Illinois Public Action Coalition) [ Box 4 Folder 24 ] Memos distributed describing plan of operation for a health care coalition (1979). [ Box 4 Folder 24 ] “Manpower Comparative Teams” [ Box 4 Folder 25 ] J. Knauss notes [ Box 4 Folder 25 ] Courtney B. Wood, et al. An Experiment to Reverse Health-Related Problems in Slum Housing Maintenance. AJPH, May, 1974. 3pp. [ Box 4 Folder 25 ] E. Maurice Backett. review of Milton I. Roemer, The Organization of Medical Care under Social Security. The Milbank Memorial Fund Quarterly, October, 1970. 4pp. [ Box 4 Folder 25 ] Mujeres Latinas en Accion (Latin Women in Action). Flyers and some correspondence, 6pp., 1976. [ Box 4 Folder 26 ] National Health Insurance. National Health Insurance Issues. n.d. G.P.O. 7pp. [ Box 4 Folder 27 ] Jennifer Knauss. Testimony Before DHEW on National Health Insurance, Chicago. October 27, 1977. 2pp. Also correspondence from DHEW with J.K., 1977, 3pp. [ Box 4 Folder 27 ] Shrew. Women's Liberation Workshop. [ Box 4 Folder 28 ] ALS to Jenny Knauss from Sheila Rowbotham, London, England, n.d. 4pp. [ Box 4 Folder 28 ]

Women's Health Care and Abortion

W.A.T.C.H. (Women Act to Control Health Care). Draft of description; correspondence with Lauren Crawford about future of organization, 1974, 6pp. [ Box 5 Folder 1 ] W.I.C.C.A. (Women In Crisis Can Act). Working statement memo, 1974, 3pp. [ Box 5 Folder 2 ] Womancare Clinic [ Box 5 Folder 3 ] Open letter to San Diego Community: Decision to quit Womancare Clinic, January 15, 1976, 4pp. from Sharon Weremiuk. [ Box 5 Folder 3 ] A Woman's Place (Athol, New York) [ Box 5 Folder 4 ] Workshop Schedule for fall/winter 1976-1977; financial report. [ Box 5 Folder 4 ] Women's Health Network [ Box 5 Folder 5 ] Mailing lists; J. Knauss notes; minutes of meetings; notices; copies of correspondence from the Boston Women's Health Collective ( July, 1976). [ Box 5 Folder 5 ] Health Task Force questionnaire from Illinois Women's Agenda, 4pp. [ Box 5 Folder 5 ] Women's Information Exchange; mailing list from session on November 6-7, 1972. [ Box 5 Folder 6 ] Women's Liberation Center—Southside [ Box 5 Folder 7 ] Mailings, January-March, 1970; include information on JANE. [ Box 5 Folder 7 ] Women's Health Leaflets [ Box 5 Folder 8 ] Miscellaneous handouts prepared by CWLU Health Workgroup on hysterectomy, menopause, D.E.S., birth control, rape, etc. in English and in Spanish. [ Box 5 Folder 8 ] Women's Health Leaflets, manuscripts of Spanish translations. [ Box 5 Folder 9 ] Women's Health Care, J. Knauss typescripts [ Box 5 Folder 10 ] Women's Health Groups Testimony Ideas. 2pp. [ Box 5 Folder 10 ] The Health Care System—What's Wrong? 4pp. [ Box 5 Folder 10 ] Abortion General information—photocopies of articles; J. Knauss notes. [ Box 5 Folder 11 ] Abortion Crisis (typescript, 5pp.) [ Box 5 Folder 11 ] Jean Pakter and Frieda G. Nelson. Effects of a Liberalized Abortion Law in New York City. 1972 rpt. 9pp. [ Box 5 Folder 11 ] Jean Pakter. An 18 Month Experience in New York City with the Liberalized Abortion Law. 1972 rpt. 18pp. [ Box 5 Folder 11 ] Abortion newspaper clippings, mostly 1977. [ Box 5 Folder 12 ] Abortion Rights, J. Knauss notes and information on contacts for July 6 meeting. [ Box 5 Folder 13 ] Abortion reprints Lynn Phillips. Birth Control and Abortion: Some Things to Worry About. 15pp. [ Box 5 Folder 14 ] Nancy Stearns. Current Legal Status of Abortion Laws Throughout the Country. 1971. 2pp. [ Box 5 Folder 14 ] Wampole's 2-Hour Pregnancy UCG Test. 4pp. [ Box 5 Folder 14 ] Women's Health & Abortion Project. Saline Abortions. 8pp. [ Box 5 Folder 14 ] Abortion Demonstration. July 7, 1977. Newspaper clippings. [ Box 5 Folder 15 ] Abortion Rally. August 6, 1977. Flyers, newspaper clippings, J, Knauss notes, schedule for the day. [ Box 5 Folder 16 ] Ad Hoc Committee. August 11 (1977) Coalition. J. Knauss notes, flyers, handouts, position statements, list of contacts. [ Box 5 Folder 17 ] Abortion Task Force; membership list; fact sheets on Chicago area hospitals and abortions; Abortion Calendar—1973. [ Box 6 Folder 1 ] Street Theater—Abortion (play). 5pp. [ Box 6 Folder 1 ] Abortion Task Force reports on communities (including Evanston). 10pp. [ Box 6 Folder 1 ] Ad Hoc Committee on Abortion Rights, 1977-1978. J. Knauss notes; flyers; handouts; photocopies of clips. [ Box 6 Folder 2 ] Ad Hoc Committee on Abortion Rights, July 6, 1977 meeting. J. Knauss notes; flyers; letter drafts. [ Box 6 Folder 3 ] JANE. Counseling Service of the Chicago Women's Liberation Union organized by the Womens Liberation Center at 5406 S. Dorchester. Flyers, handouts. [ Box 6 Folder 4 ] Pauline Bart. Unalienating Abortion, Demystifying Depression, and Restoring Rape Victims. 30pp. [ Box 6 Folder 4 ] JANE. The Most Remarkable Abortion Story Ever Told. from Voices, June, 1973. 18pp. [ Box 6 Folder 4 ] On Learning to do the procedure ourselves… 2pp. draft. [ Box 6 Folder 4 ] JANE. Abortion 7 Defense Fund. Fact Sheet. [ Box 6 Folder 5 ] CWLU letter with petition, 5/30/72. More petition blanks. [ Box 6 Folder 5 ] Medical Center Coalition for Abortion Rights. 10/20/77 Rally. Flyers, handouts, news releases, sample letters. [ Box 6 Folder 6 ] New American Movement. Abortion proposal. [ Box 6 Folder 7 ] Abortion Surveillance—J. Knauss notes Connections Between Multinational Corporations and the Fiscal Crisis (specifically abortion cutbacks). Draft. 3pp. By Knauss? [ Box 6 Folder 8 ] Raye Hudson Rosen. The Patient's View of the Role of the Primary Care Physician in Abortion. 3pp. [ Box 6 Folder 8 ] State Center for Health Statistics. Induced Abortions in Illinois 1973 to 1975. 18pp. [ Box 6 Folder 8 ] Martha Robinson. Medicaid Coverage of Abortions in New York City: Costs and Benefits. 7pp. [ Box 6 Folder 8 ] Abraham Lash, et al. A Survey of over 20,000 Abortions at Cook County Hospital (1961-1965). 7pp. [ Box 6 Folder 8 ] Birth Control; flyers, notes. [ Box 6 Folder 9 ] Lynn Phillips. Birth Control and Abortion: Some Things to Worry About. 15pp. [ Box 6 Folder 9 ] A View from the Loop (The Women's Health Movement in Chicago). Article by J. Knauss and others on the history of JANE and other women's health groups in Chicago. [ Box 6 Folder 10 ] Typescript. 12pp. Printed sheet published by HealthRight. [ Box 6 Folder 10 ] Abortion Task Force. 2pp. [ Box 6 Folder 10 ] The Women's Hospital Project. 2pp. [ Box 6 Folder 10 ] Health Evaluation and Referral Service (HERS). 2pp. all used as background for article. [ Box 6 Folder 10 ] Miscellaneous Jenny Knauss notes on feminists, ERA, International Women's Day, abortion, etc. [ Box 6 Folder 11 ] More J. Knauss notes, including some from classes. [ Box 6 Folder 12/13 ]

Women's Liberation Materials

Cell 16 (Cambridge, Mass.). Position statement. 3pp. [ Box 7 Folder 1 ] Chicago Radical Women's Conference Proposal for October 31, November 1, 2, 1969. [ Box 7 Folder 2 ] National Organization for Women (NOW) Courtesy copy of Act Now vol. 2 #9, Oct. 1970 [ Box 7 Folder 3 ] Brochure and flyers [ Box 7 Folder 3 ] New University Conference (NUC) Women's Caucus [ Box 7 Folder 4 ] Mailing list of NUC women; flyers. [ Box 7 Folder 4 ] Pamphlets and position papers New University Conference. Free Women. 24pp. [ Box 7 Folder 4 ] Heather Booth, Day Creamer, Diane Horwitz. Socialist Feminism. 5pp. [ Box 7 Folder 4 ] CWLU and NUC. To: Organizers of the New American Movement. August 22, 1971. 5pp. [ Box 7 Folder 4 ] Evi Goldfield. Some Thoughts on the Women's Liberation Movement. (Marxist) 8pp. [ Box 7 Folder 4 ] Ann Kaplan. Organizing Women Students. 3pp. [ Box 7 Folder 4 ] Marge Piercy. The Grand Coolie Dam. 14pp. [ Box 7 Folder 4 ] Vanauken. Freedom for Movement Girls—Now. 1968. 8pp. [ Box 7 Folder 4 ] S.P.A.Z.M. (Berkeley, CA) [ Box 7 Folder 5 ] International Women's Day lists; bibliographies. [ Box 7 Folder 5 ] Women's Studies Courses, J. Knauss notes [ Box 7 Folder 6 ] Women's Studies Courses, miscellaneous syllabi, brochures and bibliographies from courses all over U.S., 1970-1971. [ Box 7 Folder 7 ] Position Papers Abortion—Birth Control—A Liberation for Women or Population Control? by March 8th Movement. 14pp. [ Box 7 Folder 8 ] Judi Berenstein et al. Sisters, Brothers, Lovers… Listen… 7pp. [ Box 7 Folder 8 ] Gloria Cowan and Loretta Moore. Female Identity and Occupational Commitment. 12pp. [ Box 7 Folder 8 ] CWLU. Population, Ecology, and Capitalism. 4pp. [ Box 7 Folder 8 ]