mnsss12 Dori Jacobson's Women's Rights Portfolio, 1977-1986 Finding Aid Finding aid prepared by Susan Boone. Encoding funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Sophia Smith Collection, Smith College

Northampton, MA

2003

Finding aid encoded using Perl scripts and edited in XMetal 2.0. Encoded by Brook Hopkins. 2003-06-05 Finding aid written in English. 2005-09-23 mnsss12 converted from EAD 1.0 to 2002 by v1to02-5c.xsl (sy2003-10-15). Sophia Smith CollectionSmith College Dori Jacobson's Women's Rights Portfolio, 1977-1986 Finding Aid MS 279 Susan Boone 1997 Encoding funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Collection Overview Jacobson, Dori Dori Jacobson's Women's Rights Portfolio1977-1986 MS 279 1 box (.25 linear ft.) Sophia Smith Collection

Smith College Northampton, MA

Photographer and feminist. Includes photos of individual women and events, including women's rights actions in Illinois, the Equal Rights Amendment movement in Illinois, the National Organization for Women, New York anti-pornography rally, abortion rights and antinuclear events, and the March for Women's Lives, Washington, D.C. English. Biographical Note

Dorothea (Dori) Jacobson was a freelance photographer who documented women's rights actions in Illinois, New York, and Washington, D.C. from 1977 to 1986.

Scope and Contents of the Collection

This collection consists of twenty-eight photographs by Dori Jacobson, including images of ERA rallies and marches held in June 1982, a 1984 Nuclear Freeze Rally in Chicago, and the 1986 March for Women's Lives in Washington D.C. Jacobson has captured several well-known women in her photographs, including Betty Ford, Helen Caldicott, Gloria Steinem, and Sonia Johnson.

Arrangement of the Collection

The photographs are arranged chronologically.

Information on Use Terms of Access and Use

The collection is open for research according to the regulations of the Sophia Smith Collection.

Dori Jacobson owns copyright to her works. and permission must be obtained to reproduce or display her photographs.

Preferred Citation

Please use the following format when citing materials from this collection:

Dori Jacobson's Women's Rights Portfolio, Sophia Smith Collection, Smith College, Northampton, Mass.

Additions to the Collection

Periodic additions to collection are expected.

History of the Collection

These photographs were the gift of Dorothea Jacobson in 1986.

Processed by Susan Boone.

Search Terms Antinuclear movement--United States--Photographs Caldicott, Helen--Photographs Demonstrations--United States--Photographs Equal rights amendments--Illinois--Photographs Feminists--United States--Photographs Ford, Betty, 1918- --Photographs Johnson, Sonia--Photographs National Organization for Women--Photographs Pro-choice movement--United States--Photographs Steinem, Gloria--Photographs Women photographers--United States Jacobson, Dori 1 Contents 1 Photocopies of photographs (for research use) Photographs 2 1-2 Gloria Steinem, March for ERA and International Women's Year Conference, 1977 3 3 Gloria Steinem, New York, New York: Anti-pornography March, October 29, 1979 4 4 Gloria Steinem, Chicago, Illinois: National March for ERA, June 1980 5 5-6 Springfield, Illinois: ERA march and "Nott Rally," 1981 6 7-18 Springfield, Illinois: ERA Demonstration, June 1982 7 19-22 Helen Caldicott, Chicago, Illinois: Nuclear Freeze Rally, October 13, 1984 8 23 Chicago, Illinois: Nuclear Freeze Rally, October 1984 9 24-27 Washington, D.C.: March for Women's Lives, 1986