Dates

• Majority of material found within 1977 - 2011

Extent

1 box Linear Feet (The materials contain information that relate to the operations, members, activities and mission of the President’s Commission on the Status of Women on the Indiana University of Pennsylvania campus. These records date from 1977 to the present. More information about the President’s Commission on the Status of Women at IUP is available at http://www.iup.edu/womenscommission/. For more information about women organizations at IUP and in Pennsylvania, see Record Group 15 Women’s Advisory Council (1919-1994), Record Group 58 Women’s Judicial Board (1939-1967), Manuscript Group 20 American Association of University Women (1936-1993), Manuscript Group 149 Oral History Interview Projects of the Women at IUP, and Manuscript Group 211 Business and Professional Women’s Club of Indiana (BPW). The Pennsylvania Commission for Women was established by Executive Order in 1974, by Governor Milton J. Shapp. The President’s Commission on the Status of Women at IUP is part of a larger network of such commissions at all fourteen member universities of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education. While still a vehicle for change, today's Commission is an ardent advocate for health care, business and human rights legislation which encourages the formation of County Commissions for Women and facilitates coalitions among women's organizations across the State. Learn more about the commission by visiting Pennsylvania Commission for Women Website at: http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/pcw_home/4350 )

Language of Materials

English