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      <titlestmt><titleproper>GOP FEMINIST CAUCUS OF MINNESOTA:</titleproper>
         <subtitle>An Inventory of Its Records at the Minnesota Historical
         Society</subtitle>
         <sponsor>National Historical Publications
            and Records Commission.</sponsor>
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            <address><addressline>St. Paul, MN.</addressline></address>
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     <profiledesc><creation>Finding aid encoded by David B. Peterson<date>January 2011</date></creation>
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   <archdesc level="collection" type="inventory" relatedencoding="MARC"><did><head id="a1">OVERVIEW</head><repository label="Label:"><corpname>Minnesota Historical Society</corpname></repository>
      <origination label="Creator:"><corpname role="creator" encodinganalog="110">GOP Feminist Caucus of Minnesota.</corpname></origination>
      <unittitle label="Title:" encodinganalog="245$a">Caucus records.</unittitle>
      <unitdate label="Date:" encodinganalog="245$f$g" type="bulk" normal="1971/2000">1971-2000 (bulk 1973-1979).</unitdate>
         
         
      <langmaterial label="Language of Materials">Materials in <language langcode="eng">English</language>.
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      <abstract label="Abstract:">Administrative and subject files of an organization founded in 1973 for the purpose of bringing together men and women who wanted to expand the platform of the Republican Party to include equal rights for women; protection of reproductive privacy rights for women; separation of church and state; and support for progressive Republican men and women choosing to run for public office or to advance within the political system.</abstract>
      
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         <head altrender="history" id="a2">HISTORICAL NOTE</head>
         <p>Founded in June 1973 as GOP Women for Political Effectiveness. The name was changed to GOP Feminist Caucus in January 1975, and to GOP Feminist Caucus of Minnesota in February 1986.</p>
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      <controlaccess><head id="a7">CATALOG HEADINGS</head><p>This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the
                  Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics
                  should <extref href="http://mnhs.mnpals.net/F" show="new" actuate="onrequest">search the catalog</extref> using these headings.</p>
         <controlaccess><head>Topics:</head><subject encodinganalog="650">Feminists -- Minnesota.</subject>
            <subject encodinganalog="650">Political campaigns -- Minnesota.</subject>
            <subject encodinganalog="650">Women -- Political activity -- Minnesota.</subject></controlaccess>
         <controlaccess><head>Organizations:</head>
            <corpname role="subject" encodinganalog="610">Republican Party (Minn.).</corpname></controlaccess></controlaccess>
      
      
      <descgrp type="admininfo"><head id="a8">ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION</head><prefercite encodinganalog="524"><head>Preferred Citation:</head><p><emph render="italic">[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. </emph>GOP Feminist Caucus of Minnesota. Caucus records.
                     Minnesota Historical Society.</p><p><emph render="italic">See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional
                     examples.</emph></p></prefercite><acqinfo encodinganalog="541"><head>Accession Information:</head><p>Accession number: 16,540</p></acqinfo>
         
         
         

      
      
      
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         <c01 level="series"><did><unittitle>Administrative Files</unittitle></did>
            <c02><did><physloc>147.F.1.8F</physloc><unittitle>Bylaws, </unittitle><unitdate>undated and 1975-1977. </unitdate></did></c02>
            <c02><did><unittitle>Constitution, </unittitle><unitdate>1973-1975. </unitdate></did></c02>
            <c02><did><unittitle>Annual meetings and reports, </unittitle><unitdate>1974-2000. </unitdate></did></c02>
            <c02><did><unittitle>Minutes and reports, </unittitle><unitdate>1974-1976, 1996. </unitdate></did></c02>
            <c02><did><unittitle>Minutes, reports and correspondence, </unittitle><unitdate>1974-1994. </unitdate></did></c02>
            <c02><did><unittitle>Organizational guidelines, </unittitle><unitdate>undated. </unitdate></did></c02>
            <c02><did><unittitle>Correspondence, </unittitle><unitdate>undated and 1971-1986. </unitdate><physdesc>7 folders. </physdesc></did></c02>
            <c02><did><unittitle>Membership, </unittitle><unitdate>1974-1992. </unitdate><physdesc>5 folders. </physdesc></did></c02></c01>
         <c01 level="series"><did><unittitle>Subject Files</unittitle></did>
            <c02><did><physloc>147.F.1.8F</physloc><unittitle>Abortion, </unittitle><unitdate>1977-1979. </unitdate><physdesc>2 folders. </physdesc></did></c02>
            <c02><did><physloc>147.F.1.9B</physloc><unittitle>Abortion Rights Council, </unittitle><unitdate>undated and 1975-1979. </unitdate></did></c02>
            <c02><did><unittitle>Battered women and children, </unittitle><unitdate>1977-1978. </unitdate></did></c02>
            <c02><did><unittitle>Campaign, </unittitle><unitdate>1974-1975. </unitdate></did></c02>
            <c02><did><unittitle>Campaign, </unittitle><unitdate>1978. </unitdate></did></c02>
            <c02><did><unittitle>Candidates, </unittitle><unitdate>1977-1979. </unitdate></did></c02>
            <c02><did><unittitle>Coalitions and other group relations, </unittitle><unitdate>undated and 1980-1986. </unitdate></did></c02>
            <c02><did><unittitle>Commission on the Economic Status of Women, </unittitle><unitdate>1975. </unitdate></did></c02>
            <c02><did><unittitle>Common Cause, </unittitle><unitdate>undated and 1976-1986. </unitdate></did></c02>
            <c02><did><unittitle>Crime and treatment, </unittitle><unitdate>1977-1978. </unitdate></did></c02>
            <c02><did><unittitle>DFL feminists, </unittitle><unitdate>undated and 1974-1976. </unitdate></did></c02>
            <c02><did><unittitle>Department of Human Rights, </unittitle><unitdate>undated and 1974-1976. </unitdate></did></c02>
            <c02><did><unittitle>Donations, </unittitle><unitdate>1993. </unitdate></did></c02>
            <c02><did><unittitle>Eagleton Institute, </unittitle><unitdate>1974. </unitdate></did></c02>
            <c02><did><unittitle>Elections, </unittitle><unitdate>undated and 1978-1980. </unitdate></did></c02>
            <c02><did><unittitle>Employment, </unittitle><unitdate>1978-1979. </unitdate></did></c02>
            <c02><did><unittitle>Endorsements, </unittitle><unitdate>1976, 1989 and undated. </unitdate><physdesc>2 folders. </physdesc></did></c02>
            <c02><did><unittitle>Equal Rights Amendment, </unittitle><unitdate>undated.</unitdate><physdesc>3 folders. </physdesc></did></c02>
            <c02><did><unittitle>Family and children, </unittitle><unitdate>undated and 1976-1979. </unitdate></did></c02>
            <c02><did><unittitle>Feminism and Houston, </unittitle><unitdate>undated and 1977-1979. </unitdate></did></c02>
            <c02><did><unittitle>Feminist bibliographies, </unittitle><unitdate>undated and 1973. </unitdate></did></c02>
            <c02><did><unittitle>Feminist philosophy and ideas, </unittitle><unitdate>undated and 1970-1975. </unitdate></did></c02>
            <c02><did><unittitle>Fund-raiser and mailing lists, </unittitle><unitdate>undated and 1993. </unitdate></did></c02>
            <c02><did><unittitle>Fund-raising campaign, </unittitle><unitdate>1975. </unitdate></did></c02>
            <c02><did><unittitle>Gays, </unittitle><unitdate>1977-1978. </unitdate></did></c02>
            <c02><did><unittitle>General file, GOP Feminist Caucus, </unittitle><unitdate>1981. </unitdate></did></c02>
            <c02><did><unittitle>GOP, </unittitle><unitdate>1977-1978. </unitdate></did></c02>
            <c02><did><unittitle>GOP Feminist Caucus working file, </unittitle><unitdate>1993. </unitdate></did></c02>
            <c02><did><unittitle>GOP history, </unittitle><unitdate>undated and 1973-1974. </unitdate></did></c02>
            <c02><did><physloc>147.F.1.10F</physloc><unittitle>International Women's Year, </unittitle><unitdate>1975. </unitdate></did></c02>
            <c02><did><unittitle>Law, </unittitle><unitdate>1977-1979. </unitdate></did></c02>
            <c02><did><unittitle>Legislation, </unittitle><unitdate>1973-1975. </unitdate></did></c02>
            <c02><did><unittitle>Lobbying, </unittitle><unitdate>1975-1985. </unitdate></did></c02>
            <c02><did><unittitle>Local, </unittitle><unitdate>undated and 1979-1980. </unitdate></did></c02>
            <c02><did><unittitle>Men's lingerie fashion show, </unittitle><unitdate>1975-1976. </unitdate></did></c02>
            <c02><did><unittitle>Military, </unittitle><unitdate>1978-1979. </unitdate></did></c02>
            <c02><did><unittitle>Minnesota Women's Political Caucus, </unittitle><unitdate>1973-1976. </unitdate></did></c02>
            <c02><did><unittitle>National Organization for Women [NOW], </unittitle><unitdate>1974-1976. </unitdate></did></c02>
            <c02><did><unittitle>National Women's Political Caucus, </unittitle><unitdate>1989. </unitdate></did></c02>
            <c02><did><unittitle>News clippings, </unittitle><unitdate>undated and 1973-1984. </unitdate></did></c02>
            <c02><did><unittitle>Newsletters, </unittitle><unitdate>1973-1993. </unitdate></did></c02>
            <c02><did><unittitle>Precinct caucus, </unittitle><unitdate>undated. </unitdate></did></c02>
            <c02><did><unittitle>Printed materials, </unittitle><unitdate>undated and 1974-1993. </unitdate></did></c02>
            <c02><did><unittitle>Public Education and Research Committee, </unittitle><unitdate>1975-1979. </unitdate></did></c02>
            <c02><did><unittitle>Publicity, </unittitle><unitdate>1973-1976. </unitdate></did></c02>
            <c02><did><unittitle>Rape, </unittitle><unitdate>1974-1975. </unitdate></did></c02>
            <c02><did><unittitle>Religion, </unittitle><unitdate>undated and 1978-1979. </unitdate></did></c02>
            <c02><did><unittitle>Reproductive issues, </unittitle><unitdate>undated and 1978-1980. </unitdate></did></c02>
            <c02><did><unittitle>Republican Women's Task Force, </unittitle><unitdate>undated and 1975-1978. </unitdate></did></c02>
            <c02><did><unittitle>Ripon Forum, </unittitle><unitdate>undated and 1973-1975. </unitdate></did></c02>
            <c02><did><unittitle>Rule 29 committee, </unittitle><unitdate>undated and 1974. </unitdate></did></c02>
            <c02><did><unittitle>Seminars and workshops for women, </unittitle><unitdate>undated and 1975. </unitdate></did></c02>
            <c02><did><unittitle>Sex Bias Task Force report, </unittitle><unitdate>1974-1975. </unitdate></did></c02>
            <c02><did><unittitle>Sports, </unittitle><unitdate>1977-1979. </unitdate></did></c02>
            <c02><did><unittitle>State convention, </unittitle><unitdate>1974. </unitdate></did></c02>
            <c02><did><unittitle>Statistics on women, </unittitle><unitdate>undated and 1974-1976. </unitdate></did></c02>
            <c02><did><unittitle>There oughta be a law, </unittitle><unitdate>undated and 1971-1974. </unitdate></did></c02>
            <c02><did><unittitle>United States Congress, </unittitle><unitdate>1974-1978. </unitdate></did></c02>
            <c02><did><unittitle>Willmar bank women strike, </unittitle><unitdate>1977-1979. </unitdate></did></c02>
            <c02><did><unittitle>Women in business and professions, </unittitle><unitdate>1977-1979. </unitdate></did></c02>
            <c02><did><unittitle>Women's Consultants, Inc., </unittitle><unitdate>undated and 1975. </unitdate></did></c02>
            <c02><did><unittitle>Women's Equity Action League [WEAL], </unittitle><unitdate>1972. </unitdate></did></c02>
            <c02><did><unittitle>Women's Lobby, </unittitle><unitdate>1973-1974. </unitdate></did></c02>
            <c02><did><unittitle>Women's network, </unittitle><unitdate>undated and 1974-1979. </unitdate></did></c02>
            <c02><did><unittitle>Workshop, </unittitle><unitdate>undated and 1970-1973. </unitdate></did></c02>
            <c02><did><unittitle>World population, </unittitle><unitdate>1974. </unitdate></did></c02></c01>
         
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