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Summary Information
Wisconsin. Governor (1979-1983 : Dreyfus): Women and Family Initiatives Office Records
1979-1982
- Wisconsin. Governor (1979-1983 : Dreyfus)
Series 1849; Tape 1069A
2.2 c.f. (2 record center cartons and 1 archives box) and 22 tape recordings
Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)
Records of Marlene Cummings, advisor on women and family initiatives to Governor Lee S. Dreyfus. This position within the governor's office, which replaced the Commission on the Status of Women in 1979, was meant to reflect a new focus on action rather than investigation. In 1979 Dreyfus authorized a general advisory committee and five voluntary task forces to plan legislation and programs in selected areas of concern to women and children. In 1983 the position was replaced by Governor Anthony Earl by the Wisconsin Women's Council. Included are memoranda and evaluations of pending legislation; constituent letters and information on the ERA and the WERA; 22 tape-recorded sessions of “Strengthening the Services for Women in the 80s,” a 1981 Wingspread Conference sponsored by the Women and Family Initiatives Office; minutes, reports, and reference material of the Governor's Advisory Council on Women and Family Initiatives, the Displaced Homemaker Task Force, the Domestic Abuse Council, the Homemaker Task Force, the Single Parent--Single Woman Task Force, and the Violence Against Women Task Force; and subject files on the Affirmative Action Council and public policy issues concerning families. The recordings feature Wingspread Conference talks by Gene Boyer, Sarah Harder, and Kenneth Lindner, secretary of DOA. A few files, such as those on the Easter Seal Society of Wisconsin and the North Amercan Council for Adoptable Children document Cummings' voluntary activities.
English
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