Women
Found in 116 Collections and/or Records:
Oral history interview with Helen Nickum
Oral history interview with Helen Nickum, conducted by Gregory Karnes in seven sessions, from January 25 to April 7, 2011, as part of the Oregon Labor Oral History Program. Nickum talks about her career as a secretary in Portland, Oregon, and in Washington, D.C.; about her involvement in a sex-discrimination class action lawsuit; and about her work as executive secretary for Amalgamated Transit Union Local 757.
Northwest Women's History Project records and interviews
Records of the Northwest Women's History Project, primarily concerning its interviews with women who worked in shipyards in Portland, Oregon, and Vancouver, Washington, during World War II, and audio recordings of the interviews. The Northwest Women's History Project was founded in 1978, and in the early 1980s made a presentation based on interviews with women who had been shipyard workers in World War II, titled, "Good Work, Sister!"
Old Ladies' Home of Portland, Oregon records
Collection consists of a minute book, 1 volume, January 20, 1892-February 26, 1912, with by-laws and constitution; miscellaneous administrative records, 1892-1912, including house rules, blank applications, etc.
Oregon Federation of Women's Clubs records
Records of the Oregon Federation of Women's Clubs from the 1990s and scrapbooks of the Oswego Woman's Club.
Oregon Girls Conference records
Records and memorabilia of the Oregon Girls Conference, an interdenominational Christian gathering for high school and college-age women sponsored by the United Church Women of Oregon. Collection materials include conference planning records, programs, president's records, a record book, songbooks, and photographs. The conference, which began in 1913 and was held annually through the 1980s, was also known as the Oregon Older Girls' Conference and the Older Girls' Conference.
Oregon Press Women records
Correspondence, minutes, constitution, bylaws, membership rosters, and other records.
Oregon State Federation of Garden Clubs records
Records of an Oregon organization of local garden clubs founded in 1927. Materials include meeting minutes, files on Heritage Trees in Oregon, photographs of trees, a small amount of correspondence, and ephemera.
Overlook Woman's Improvement Club records
Bethenia Owens-Adair papers
Papers of Bethenia Owens-Adair (1840-1926), including letters from Jesse Applegate, a speech by Owens-Adair in support of women's suffrage, a pro-eugenics booklet by Owens-Adair, and a letter from Owens-Adair to Fred Lockley. Owens-Adair was one of the first women working as doctors in Oregon to hold a medical degree, and was active in the temperance, women's suffrage, and eugenics movements.
Roi Partridge portrait of Eve Mowrey
Photocopy of a drawing of Eve Mowrey by the artist and printmaker Roi Partridge.