Correspondence, 1970-1973

The records of Dayton Women's Liberation (DWL) provide primary source materials for studying the women's movement in Dayton during the early 1970's.

Series I is a nearly complete run of the Dayton Women's Liberation Newsletter, a monthly publication containing information about DWL's meetings and activities as well as short articles discussing politics and idealogy. The Newsletters cover the years 1970- 1975 and give a sense of the evolution of the group, its priorities, problems, and accomplishments.

The material in Series II is a mixed collection of correspondence, leaflets, newspaper clippings, papers concerning the establishment of the Women's Center in Dayton, a listing of the consciousness raising groups in Dayton, materials produced by DWL's Education Task Force, and other miscellaneous items. Of particular interest in this series is a copy of a special issue of the Dayton-based periodical, Here and Now. This special issue (July-August 1970) was a collective effort of several women from DWL and features a collection of locally produced poetry, graphics, photography, and political articles on subjects related to women and the women's movement.

Materials in this collection are arranged chronologically within each file folder.