]> org_women_in_stategov Finding Aid of the Women In State Government, General Records, 1978 - 1981 Processed by: Catherine J. Morris and James 0. Sorrell; machine-readable finding aid created by: Fran Tracy-Walls &hdrNcDncsa; 2007 Machine-readable finding aid derived from XML authoring program. Date of source: August, 2002 Description is in English June, 2007 Moved from v.1 to v.2002 by Ashley Yandle Finding Aid of the Women In State Government, General Records, 1978 - 1981 State Archives of North Carolina &tpNcDncsa; Descriptive Summary State Archives of North Carolina. Women in State Government. Women In State Government, General Records, 1978 - 1981 Org.196 Materials in English 1 For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Public Services Branch, State Archives of North Carolina. Women in State Government was organized as a result of the impetus of the 1978 Governor's Conference on Leadership Development for Women in order to support the professional development of all women in State Government. The general records of the Women in State Government reflect the organization's constituency and its activities in North Carolina between 1978 and 1981. A steering committee of seventeen (one member from each department of state government) and a series of task forces were initially established to govern the policies and programs of the organization as it endeavored to work with private and governmental organizations and agencies to assist women in education, career planning, counseling, upward mobility, recruitment, and other work-related issues. Administrative Information Access Restrictions

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 Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Org.196, Women In State Government, General Records, State Archives of North Carolina, Raleigh, NC, USA.

 Acquisitions Information

Received from Cynthia Ansell, Technical Services Branch, North Carolina State Library, Raleigh, in May, 1981; accessioned as a gift on June 26, 1981.

 Processing Information

Processed by Catherine J. Morris and James 0. Sorrell, June, 1998

Encoded by Fran Tracy-Walls, August, 2002

 Historical Note

Women in State Government was organized as a result of the impetus of the 1978 Governor's Conference on Leadership Development for Women in order to support the professional development of all women in State Government. Initially, Women in State Government included a steering committee of seventeen (one member from each department of state government) and a series of task forces.

 Collection Overview

The general records of the Women in State Government reflect the organization's constituency and its activities in North Carolina between 1978 and 1981. A steering committee of seventeen (one member from each department of state government) and a series of task forces were initially established to govern the policies and programs of the organization as it endeavored to work with private and governmental organizations and agencies to assist women in education, career planning, counseling, upward mobility, recruitment, and other work-related issues. Women in State Government also sought to review state government policies and procedures as they affected women employees. Meetings, alternating between a business meeting and an informal program, were held monthly.

 Collection Arrangement

Arranged topically and by record type.

 Online Catalog Headings

These and related materials may be found under the following headings in online catalogs.

Subject Terms Committees. Leadership. Women employees--North Carolina. Women in politics. Women in State Government. Related Collections

Additional information on topics found in this collection may be found in the Manuscript and Archives Reference System (MARS) http://www.ncarchives.dcr.state.nc.us.

 Container List General Records, 1978-1981 1 By-laws and tax exempt status materials Officers Monthly meetings Minutes, 1978-1980 Agendas, meeting announcements, etc., 1978-1981 Steering committee Minutes, 1978-1980 Agendas, 1979-1981 Suggested meeting topics and projects Correspondence, 1979-1980 Workshop materials, 1979-1981 Yoaerobic dance classes, 1980 Receptions, 1980 Stationary, logo, and membership forms Organizational meetings Newsletters, 1981-1982 Publicity, 1978-1981