Research

Scope and Content Note

These background and research files were kept by Lois Wilson, a Deputy Secretary to the Governor, in carrying out her duties as a member of the Task Force. The files include materials directly related to Task Force activities as well as general background materials on employment discrimination against women.

The series contains: rough data on the number and percentage of males and females in various job categories; annotated texts of statements made and background materials for a seminar held for agency liaisons to the Task Force; material concerning a meeting (December 4, 1974) of a planning committee on equal opportunity for women in local government, including lists of local government representatives invited and attending, and background material; Department of Civil Service annual reports on occupations, job status, and ethnic characteristics of the state workforce; affirmative action plans developed by the equal opportunity offices of several agencies; publications and information from the Project on the Status and Education of Women (established by the Association of American Colleges in 1971); newsletters and fact sheets from the Women's Unit, established in the Governor's Office in 1967; correspondence, minutes, and a 1971 interim report of the Interdepartmental Committee on Human Rights (established by executive order in 1968); International Women's Year (1975) publicity materials, press releases, clippings, and correspondence; press releases, correspondence, and other information concerning Executive Order Number 11 regarding equal opportunity for women; draft and final copies of the August 1974 Task Force interim report;

and clippings, publications, regulations, and laws regarding women, the status of women in work and society in general, and equal opportunity for women and other minorities.