Career Action Files, 1971-1988
Series Scope and Content Summary
This series contains employment information focused on women's issues. The series is divided into six sections. The Government section includes job applications and information on government employers. The County section contains employment data from Santa Clara and San Mateo counties. Documents from the Legal section include pamphlets, articles, and handbooks with information on labor laws and other legislation. The Women in Careers section contains examples of women in different careers and statistics concerning women in various professions. The Re-Entry section contains information on women re-entering the job market or pursuing education after time away from those fields. Materials include a survey of re-entry women in California and a transcript of the hearing of the Joint Committee on Legal Equality. The Status section contains documents from the Santa Clara Commission on the Status of Women, as well as other reports on women in the workforce. The series also includes the Civil Rights Update newsletter published by the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights.
Dates
- Creation: 1971-1988
Access
Collection is open for research, with the exception of the following materials: financial documents in Boxes 1, 2, 3, and 4.
Extent
From the Collection: 53 boxes (87.58 linear feet)
From the Collection: 4 flat file drawers
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Arrangement
The series is arranged chronologically.
Repository Details
Part of the SJSU Special Collections & Archives Repository
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library
San José State University
One Washington Square
San José, CA 95192-0028
(408) 808-2062
(408) 808-2063 (Fax)
special.collections@sjsu.edu