Patricia Hrycyszyn Collection
Women’s Museum of California
Archives
Finding guide to The Patricia Hrycyszyn Papers
1972 – 2012
Title: Patricia Hrycyszyn Papers, National Organization for Women (NOW) San Diego Chapter President 1979-1980
Accession Number: AC-020
Creator: Patricia Hrycyszyn
Head Archivist : Bonnie Domingos
Prepared By: Frances Wolven
Date Acquired: April, 2nd 2010
Patricia Hrycyszyn
5190 Abuela Dr. San Diego, Ca 92124
(858) 292-5259
Date Processed: November 17, 2013
Location: Women’s Museum of California
2730 Suite #103 Historic Decatur San Diego, Ca 92106
Access Terms
This Collection should be indexed under the following controlled access subject terms.
Feminism -- California -- San Diego
Feminists -- California -- San Diego -- Sources
Women -- California -- San Diego
Women -- California -- San Diego County -- Societies and clubs
Women -- Legal status, laws, etc
Women -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- California -- San Diego County
Women's rights
Women's rights -- California -- San Diego County
Conditions Governing Use
The copyright interests in these materials have not been transferred to San Diego State University. Copyright resides with the creators of materials contained in the collection or their heirs. The nature of historical archival and manuscript collections is such that copyright status may be difficult or even impossible to determine. Requests for permission to publish must be submitted to the collections manager at the Women’s Museum of California. When granted, permission is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical item and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder(s), which must also be obtained in order to publish. Materials from our collections are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study. The user must assume full responsibility for any use of the materials, including but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials.
Use Restrictions: This collection is open for research.
Provenance: unknown
Historical Note
The National Organization for Women (NOW), San Diego Chapter, was formed in 1970 to lobby for the enforcement of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and works toward the elimination of discrimination against women in job and educational opportunities as well as to advocate for safe reproductive access, promoting diversity, marriage equality and to education the public on issues such as abortion, sexual assault, employment discrimination, and the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA).
Biographical Note
Patricia Hrycyszyn, as the 1979 chapter president of NOW San Diego, was highly involved in supporting and rallying for the ratification of the ERA. San Diego County NOW and the League of Women Voters established an active drive for the ratification of the ERA by opening an ERA resource center. The fight for the ERA continued with writing letters to newspapers and politicians, rallies, workshops, and fund raising events. Patricia utilized her presidency to work effectively and actively towards ratifying the ERA by urging influential politicians to recognize the magnitude and significance of the ERA. After her presidency and the unsuccessful conclusion to ratify the ERA in 1982, Patricia continued to reflect on the ERA through newsletters addressed to the chapter in which she reframed the issue by questioning and highlighting the problems and shortcomings of the ratification deadline. Patricia used her leadership and dedicated herself to further advance and make recognizable the efforts of the NOW San Diego Chapter in advocating for women to gain equality and to demand rights based on women’s humanity.
Scope and Contents of Material
The collection documents local civil rights; local government and politics; state government and politics; national government and politics; health services; reproductive rights; pregnancy and civil rights; abortion; law and legal profession; organized labor; decriminalization of prostitution; sex-work industry; rape; and women-in government/politics. The majority of records include newspapers from leading organizations such as the National NOW Times 1975-1980, Women’s Political Times 1979-1980, The Longest Revolution 1976-1981, and Spokeswoman 1972-1978. Also NOW San Diego County newsletters from 1977-1981, National Women’s Political Caucus 1978-1981, National Abortion Rights and Action League 1974-1980, and the Feminist Alliance against Rape & National Communication Network 1977-1987.
Related Collections
San Diego State University Special Collections & University Archives has a collection “Guide to the National Organization for Women (NOW), San Diego Chapter Records” Collection MS-0045. Access via http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt7199r88w/dsc/#c01-1.3.7.3
CONTAINER LIST:
*Note: Subseries V consists of an item-level arrangement and it is therefore organized differently based on its contents.
Series I: Publications
Subseries I: Newspapers
Box 1 Folder 1 of 20: National N.O.W. Times 1975
Folder 2 of 20: National N.O.W. Times Jan.-Dec. 1976
Folder 3 of 20: National N.O.W. Times Jan.-Dec. 1977
Folder 4 of 20: National N.O.W. Times Jan.-Dec. 1978
Folder 5 of 20: National N.O.W. Times Jan.-Dec. 1979
Folder 6 of 20: National N.O.W. Times 1980/1981
Folder 7 of 20: Misc. Conference Publications 1977-1979
Folder 8 of 20: The N.O.W. Times (Calif. Based) 1979-April-Sept.
Folder 9 of 20: Women’s Political Times 1979-1980-June-Dec.
Folder 10 of 20The Longest Revolution (T.L.R.) 1976-1977
Folder 11 of 20: The Longest Revolution (T.L.R.) 1978-1979
Folder 12 of 20: The Longest Revolution (T.L.R.) 1980-1981
Folder 13 of 20: Spokeswoman 1972-1973
Folder 14 of 20: Spokeswoman 1974
Folder 15 of 20: Spokeswoman 1975
Folder 16 of 20: Spokeswoman 1976
Folder 17 of 20: Spokeswoman 1977
Folder 18 of 20: Spokeswoman Jan.-Dec. 1978
Folder 19 of 20: Spokeswoman March-Dec. 1979- Feb. /June 1980
Folder 20 of 20: Misc. Publications
Subseries II: Newsletters
Box 2 Folder 1 of 26: California Feminist Federal Credit Union (FCU), 2000 – 2007
Folder 2 of 26: California Feminist FCU Postcards, March 2003 – Nov. 2010
Folder 3 of 26: Women’s Southwest FCU, 2009 – 2012
Folder 4 of 26: Misc. CA Fem FCU Resources
Folder 5 of 26: Feminist Alliance Against Rape and National Communication
Network, July / Aug. – Nov. / Dec. 1978
Folder 6 of 26: Feminist Alliance Against Rape and National Communication
Network, Jan. / Feb. 1979 – Summer / Autumn 1980
Folder 7 of 26: Feminist Alliance Against Rape and National Communication
Network, Summer – Winter / Spring 1981
Folder 8 of 26: Feminist Alliance Against Rape and National Communication
Network, Spring – Autumn 1982
Folder 9 of 26: Feminist Alliance Against Rape and National Communication
Network, 1983 – 1984
Folder 10 of 26: Feminist Alliance Against Rape and National Communication
Network, 1985 – 1987
Folder 11 of 26: National Abortion Rights Action League, Dec. 1974 – Dec. 1975
Folder 12 of 26: National Abortion Rights Action League, April – Dec. 1976
Folder 13 of 26: National Abortion Rights Action League, March – Dec. 1977
Folder 14 of 26: National Abortion Rights Action League,
Jan. / Feb. – March / Dec. 1978
Folder 15 of 26: National Abortion Rights Action League, July – Dec. 1979
Folder 16 of 26: National Abortion Rights Action League, Jan. – March 1980
Folder 17 of 26: NOW California, Dec. 1976 – March 1981
Folder 18 of 26: NOW San Diego County, Oct. 1977 – Nov. 1978
Folder 19 of 26: NOW San Diego County, Jan. 1979 – Nov. 1980
Folder 20 of 26: NOW San Diego County, Jan. 1981 – May 1981
Folder 21 of 26: NOW San Diego County Chapter, Feb. 1980 – March 1981
Folder 22 of 26: NOW San Diego County Chapter, no dates
Folder 23 of 26: National Women’s Political Caucus, June 1978 – Dec. 1979
Folder 24 of 26: National women’s Political Caucus, Feb. 1980 – June 1981
Folder 25 of 26: Misc. Publications, Nov. 1974 – Aug. / Sept. 1983
Folder 26 of 26: Misc. Publications, no dates
Subseries III: Rape and Prostitution Publications
Box 3 Folder 1 of 14: California State Statistics
Folder 2 of 14: Criminal Justice Profiles & Survey Reports
Folder 3 of 14: Correspondence; Prostitution Task Force & the Sexual Assault Task Force
Folder 4 of 14: National Center for the Prevention & Control of Rape. U.S. Dept. of Health, Education, and Welfare Bibliography
Folder 5 of 14: Newspaper Clippings, 1974 – 1979
Folder 6 of 14: Newspaper Clippings, 1980
Folder 7 of 14: Newspaper Clippings, 1981
Folder 8 of 14: Newspaper Clippings, 1982
Folder 9 of 14: Newspaper Clippings, 1983
Folder 10 of 14: Misc. Newspaper Clippings and Articles
Folder 11 of 14: Magazines, 1970 – 1985
Folder 12 of 14: Pamphlets
Folder 13 of 14: Conferences
Folder 14 of 14: Miscellaneous Resources
Subseries IV: Misc. Education & Equality in the Workplace Publications
Box 4 Folder 1 of 12: Newsletter Clippings, Sept. / Oct. 1973 – Winter 1980
Folder 2 of 12: Newsletter Clippings, Feb. 1981 – Winter 1982
Folder 3 of 12: Misc. articles, no dates
Folder 4 of 12: Magazines, Jan. 1958 – Aug. 1982
Folder 5 of 12: Magazines, Sept. 1970 – June 1980
Folder 6 of 12: Misc., no dates
Folder 7 of 12: Newspaper Clippings, 1973 – 1979
Folder 8 of 12: Newspaper Clippings, 1980 – 1982
Folder 9 of 12: Misc. Newspaper Clippings, no dates
Folder 10 of 12: Pamphlets
Folder 11 of 12: Reference Resources: Booklets, Handbooks, Manuals
Folder 12 of 12: Miscellaneous Resources
Subseries V: Abortion and Pro-Life Publications
Box 5 Folder 1 of 39: Brochures & Pamphlets
Folder 2 of 39: Letters to Editors, 1975 – 1990
Folder 3 of 39: Letters to Editors, no dates
Folder 4 of 39: Letters to Politicians, 1975 – 1993
Folder 5 of 39: Letters by Readers to newspapers, 1978 – 1983
Folder 6 of 39: Misc. notes, letters, and drafts – no dates
Folder 7 of 39: Newspaper Clippings, 1973 – 1978
Folder 8 of 39: Newspaper Clippings, 1979 – 1982
Folder 9 of 39: Newspaper Clippings, 1983 – 1984
Folder 10 of 39: Newspaper Clippings, 1985 – 1987
Folder 11 of 39: Newspaper Clippings, 1988 – 1989
Folder 12 of 39: Newspaper Clippings, 1990 – 1991
Folder 13 of 39: Newspaper Clippings, 1992 – 1994
Folder 14 of 39: Newspaper Clippings, 1995 – 1999
Folder 15 of 39: Newspaper Clippings, 2000 – 2001
Folder 16 of 39: Misc. Newspaper Clippings, no dates
Folder 17 of 39: NOW Public Service Announcements & Bulletins, 1976 – 1979
Folder 18 of 39: Misc. Announcements & Bulletins, no dates
Folder 19 of 39: NOW Speeches, 1973 – 1980
Folder 20 of 39: NOW Legislation Correspondence
Item 1. Federal Defense of Anti-abortion Amendments Correspondence, 1978 – 1979
Item 2. Federal Funding of Medicaid on Abortion Correspondence, 1977 – 1978
Item 3. Federal Pregnancy Disability Bill Correspondence, 1978
Item 4. Hyde Amendment Correspondence, 1977 – 1978
Item 5. Notes on State & Federal Anti-Abortion Legislation House Correspondence, 1978
Item 6. Public Health Legislation Correspondence, 1978
Item 7. State Funding of Medicaid on Abortion Correspondence, 1978
Item 8. Misc. drafts, no dates
Folder 21 of 39: Misc. Correspondence, 1978 – 2000
Folder 22 of 39: NOW v. Scheidler press release & news articles, 1998 (F8)
Folder 23 of 39: Operation Rescue California, Feb. 1994 – May 1995
Folder 24 of 39: Operation Rescue California, no dates
Folder 25 of 39: Operation Rescue National, Nov. 1996 – Nov. 1997
Folder 26 of 39: Operation Rescue National, 1998
Folder 27 of 39: Operation Rescue National, Jan. 1999 – May 2000
Folder 28 of 39: Operation Rescue West, Oct. 1994 – April 1999
Folder 29 of 39: Pro-Life Editorials & Op-Eds, 1980 – 1995
Folder 30 of 39: Pro-Life Editorials & Op-Eds, 1996
Folder 31 of 39: Pro-Life Editorials & Op-Eds, 1997 – 2000
Folder 32 of 39: Pro-Life Editorials & Op-Eds, no dates
Folder 33 of 39: Pro-Life Literature, no dates
Folder 34 of 39: Pro-Life Newspaper Clippings, 1977 – 1980
Folder 35 of 39: Pro-Life Newspaper Clippings, 1981 – 1983
Folder 36 of 39: Pro-Life Newspaper Clippings, 1987 – 1992
Folder 37 of 39: Women’s Reproductive Rights
Item 1. American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) Reproductive Freedom Project, no date
Item 2. NOW Reproductive Rights Amendments – Legislative Proposals, Sept. 1979
Item 3. NOW Women’s Reproductive Rights Resource Kit, 1980
Item 4. NOW Women’s Reproductive Rights Resource Kit, 1989
Item 5. Misc. resources, no dates
Box 6 Folder 38 of 39: Reference resources: Handbooks, Manuals, Reports
Folder 39 of 39: Miscellaneous resources
Subseries VI: Stickers and Apparel
Box 6 Folder 1 of 2: Feminist and political stickers
Folder 2 of 2: Apparel – Pro-choice shirt