How Did Women's Groups within the American Library Association Promote Activism Around Women's Issues within Librarianship During the 1970s?

Ingold, Cindy

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Title

How Did Women's Groups within the American Library Association Promote Activism Around Women's Issues within Librarianship During the 1970s?

Author(s)

Ingold, Cindy

Issue Date

2014

Keyword(s)

• history of librarianship
• history of women
• history of feminism
• American Library Association
• Task Force on the Status of Women in Librarianship
• Committee on the Status of Women in Librarianship

Abstract

This talk provides an account of two pioneering women’s groups within the American Library Association, the Task Force on the Status of Women in Librarianship and the Committee on the Status of Women in Librarianship, and shows how both groups worked to promote feminist activism within librarianship, thus bringing about change for women within the profession.

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text

Language

en

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