American Association of University Women

AAUW North Carolina

Report from SAR 2002: History

 

Back to the Future
Facilitator: Helen Landers, SAR Historian
June 8, 2002, AAUW SAR Conference, Tampa, FL
reported by: Mary Jo Pribble, AAUW Hendersonville

A look at the 50's, 60's, 70's, 80's and 90's and in each decade consider what happened in the US
and in the World, what was AAUW supporting and emphasizing and what was happening in your life?

A good source for AAUW information is Susan Levine's Degrees of Equality published by Temple
University Press, Philadelphia in 1995. This book was comissioned by AAUW.

This workshop produced a lot of interesting discussion. The format would make a good branch program. I have copies of the Nation and World events for the 5 decades. I will be glad to send copies to anyone who is interested.


Example: The 1980s: A Time for Healing

The Nation and the World AAUW You

Iran freed 52 hostages US Embassy Tehran

Vietman War Memorial Maya Ying Lin; 58,000 names engraved in black granite.

Americans faced two Epidemics: AIDS and Fear

Challenger Explosion, 1986

Stock Market Recession October 19, 1987

Dismantling of Soviet Union, 1985

Berlin Wall crumbled, November 1989

ERA failed to receive 3/4 vote of states for ratification in 1982. Congress voted a 3 year extension, but amendment still failed.

 Developed Lobby Corp working with Congress

1981 Convention voted to establish LAF

1983 voted to change organizational structure

Educational Foundation with Mary Griefe as its first President

Supported ERA

Supported EEOC

  

 

Last updated: 21-Jun-2002
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