Connecticut Women's Educational and Legal Fund Records
Scope and Content
The collection contains records of speaking engagements, films, referral lists, and legal testimony; as well as committee reports, outreach efforts and curriculum. Also included are conference and workshop materials, lists of contacts, flyers, worksheets, publications, and Title XX data.
Dates
- Creation: 1972-1988
Access
The collection is open and available for research.
Restrictions on Use
Permission to publish from these Papers must be obtained in writing from the owner(s) of the copyright.
History
The Connecticut Women's Educational and Legal Fund (CWEALF), a non-profit public interest law firm, was founded in 1973. CWEALF helps women gain equality under the law. Its establishment resulted from sex discrimination in mortgage lending, when attorneys from the Status of Women Committee of the Connecticut Bar Association joined forces and worked for the passage of the Connecticut Equal Credit Act.
CWEALF> focuses upon discrimination in such areas as education, employment, insurance, and health care. Other concerns include reproductive rights and lesbian and gay rights. The firms uses four different methods to achieve its goal of equal rights: speaking and training; education; counseling and referral services; and litigation.
Extent
2 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The Connecticut Women's Educational and Llegal Fund (CWEALF), a non-profit public interest law firm, was founded in 1973. CWEALF helps women gain equality under the law. Its establishment resulted from sex discrimination in mortgage lending, when attorneys from the Status of Women Committee of the Connecticut Bar Association joined forces and worked for the passage of the Connecticut Equal Credit Act.
Acquisition Information
The records were donated to the Historical Manuscripts and Archives department (now Archives & Special Collections) of the University Libraryies in March 1989.
Associated Bibliography
Barret Katuna & Elizabeth Holzer (2015): Unobtrusively Stretching Law: Legal Education, Activism, and Reclaiming Title IX, Social Movement Studies: Journal of Social, Cultural and Political Protest. http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14742837.2014.995079#.VNpVQebF98F
Genre / Form
Geographic
Topical
- Credit
- Discrimination in mortgage loans
- Economic history
- Law
- Legislation
- Medical care
- Practice of law
- Public interest
- Public interest law
- Sex discrimination against women
- Sex discrimination in consumer credit
- Sex discrimination in employment
- Sex discrimination in insurance
- Women
- Women--Legal status, laws, etc.
- Title
- Connecticut Women's Educational and Legal Fund Records
- Status
- Published
- Author
- Archives & Special Collections staff
- Date
- 1994 Fall
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Archives and Special Collections, University of Connecticut Library Repository
University of Connecticut Library
405 Babbidge Road Unit 1205
Storrs Connecticut 06269-1205 USA US
860-486-2524
archives@uconn.edu
