Task Force on Chemically Dependent Women Records
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence, memoranda, minutes, and reports of the Task Force formed to advocate for appropriate, affordable, gender-specific services for chemically dependent women. Among its activities were lobbying for pre-treatment programs to bring women into treatment, lobbying to expand outreach services to chemically dependent pregnant women, and to increase social services and housing for its constituents.
Dates
- Creation: 1988-1993
Creator
- Seattle (Wash.). Office for Women's Rights (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access note
Records are open to the public.
Historical Note
The Office for 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.
Full Extent
1 Cubic Feet
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Records of a task force that advocated for appropriate services for chemically dependent women.
Subject
- Seattle (Wash.). Office for Women's Rights (Organization)
- Task Force on Chemically Dependent Women (Seattle, Wash.) (Organization)
- Title
- Guide to the Task Force on Chemically Dependent Women Records 1988-1993
- Date
- 2023
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
- EAD Location
- https://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:80444/xv123177
Repository Details
Part of the Seattle Municipal Archives Repository