Feminist challenge to Nuclear Freeze campaigners

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Title

Feminist challenge to Nuclear Freeze campaigners

Subject

Nuclear Freeze campaign, women's liberation movement, anti-nuclear movement

Description

A handwritten comment at the bottom of a guide for Triangle-area NC Nuclear Freeze campaign canvassers that reflects an instance of tension over sexism within mainstream anti-nuclear organizing.

Creator

War Resisters League Southeast/Durham Nuclear Freeze campaign

Source

National Nuclear Freeze campaign

Date

ca. 1981

Contributor

Kimber Heinz

Rights

From the War Resisters League Southeast Regional Office Records #5213, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Format

.jpg

Language

English

Type

organizational record

Coverage

Durham County, North Carolina, Cold War, anti-nuclear movement, Reagan administration

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Text

At the bottom, a hand-written note scrawled in cursive reads: "*Note: This was written up by someone who is unaware of the fact that 1/2 of the people in Durham are women ("women" is underlined multiple times). Excuse the sexist language."

Files

Type-written list of numbered instructions, titled: "Durham Campaign for Nuclear Freeze: Suggestions for Canvassers." At the bottom, a hand-written note scrawled in cursive reads: "*Note: This was written up by someone who is unaware of the fact that 1/2 of the people in Durham are women ("women" is underlined multiple times). Excuse the sexist language."

Citation

War Resisters League Southeast/Durham Nuclear Freeze campaign, “Feminist challenge to Nuclear Freeze campaigners,” War Resisters League Southeast, accessed November 24, 2024, https://resistwarsoutheast.com/items/show/20.

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