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8400-00. Office of Women's Rights

 Record Group
Identifier: 8400-00
The Office of Women’s Rights was originally established in 1970 as the Women’s Division of the Office of Human Resources in the Executive Department. Its mission was the promotion of equality for women in Seattle and the monitoring and enforcement of ordinances relating to equal employment and housing, and to provide staffing to the Seattle Women’s Commission. In 1980, OWR was reorganized and its enforcement function was transferred to the Human Rights Department. OWR then assumed a broader role in advocacy, education and outreach, and policy development regarding women’s issues. In 1997, OWR was abolished and its functions were incorporated into the Office of Civil Rights.
Creator: Seattle (Wash.). Office for Women's Rights

Found in 10 Collections and/or Records:

Office for Women's Rights Subject Files

 Series
Identifier: 8401-01
Abstract

Records relating to the Office's projects and issues of concern.

Dates: 1971-1996

Office for Women's Rights Affirmative Action Records

 Series
Identifier: 8401-02
Abstract

Records documenting Seattle's voluntary affirmative action plan for increasing the number of women in City employment.

Dates: 1972-1985; 1979-1983

Project YES Records

 Series
Identifier: 8401-03
Abstract

Records of a project designed to assistance female heads of households residing in Yesler Terrace.

Dates: 1975-1990

Office for Women's Rights Annual Reports

 Series
Identifier: 8401-04
Scope and Contents note

Annual reports for the Office of Women's Rights, documenting each year's activities. The report for 1976 is missing from the series.

Dates: 1975-1994

Office for Women's Rights Departmental Publications

 Series
Identifier: 8401-05
Scope and Contents note

Newsletters and brochures published by the Office for Women's Rights, the Seattle Women's Commission, and the Seattle Commission for Lesbians and Gays.

Dates: 1980-1999

Office for Women's Rights Comparable Worth Records

 Series
Identifier: 8402-01
Abstract

Records relating to women's pay equity.

Dates: 1974-1983

Women Firefighters Project Records

 Series
Identifier: 8402-02
Abstract

Records (1974-1980) relating to monitoring of the Seattle Fire Department's pre-recruit training program for prospective women fire fighters.

Dates: 1974-1980

Office for Women's Rights Enforcement Unit Records

 Series — Box 1
Identifier: 8404-01
Scope and Contents note

Monthly reports, case logbooks, policies, and correspondence relating to OWR's monitoring and enforcement of City ordinances pertaining to sexual discrimination. This function was consolidated with the Human Rights Department in 1980.

Dates: 1973-1978

Task Force on Chemically Dependent Women Records

 Series
Identifier: 8406-01
Abstract

Records of a task force that advocated for appropriate services for chemically dependent women.

Dates: 1988-1993

Office for Women's Rights Annual Reports

 Series
Identifier: 1802-J3
Scope and Contents note

The annual reports include program overviews, Affirmative Action activities, enforcement activities of the Fair Employment Practices Ordinance, and a description of the activities of the Women's Commission.

Dates: 1975-1995

Placeholder text The Seattle Municipal Archives holdings document the history, development, and activities of the agencies and elected officials of the City of Seattle. Descriptions of selected records are also available through the Library of Congress National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections and through Archives West.

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