9 to 5 Baltimore Working Women Organization collection

Overview

Administrative/Biographical Note

9 to 5 Working Women originally formed as a national organization for women office workers in 1973, advocating for policy change around gender equity in the workforce and fair, inclusive workplaces. The larger organization is still active, and has expanded their reach to working women across industries and sectors. The Baltimore Chapter, which is credited as the creator of this collection, formalized in 1978 and remained active until 1987. During this time, they helped to organize major campaigns around issues and events, such as, National Secretary’s Week, video display terminal safety precautions, and family leave. The chapter functioned as a 501c3 non-profit with under 5 paid staff members from 1978-1985, and then switched to a volunteer-run organization until it disbanded in 1987.

Scope & Content

The collection has been kept in the original order and arranged in a single series across 28 folders, according to date and department or function in the organization.

Provenance Information

Accession MSS2023-21.

The Alternative Press Center donated the collection in November 2023, via their involvement at the now closed Progressive Action Center.

Access & Use

The collection is open for research. There are no restricted materials.

Permission is required for all reproduction requests. Copyright is maintained by the creator.

Subject Headings

• Nine to Five, National Association of Working Women (U.S)
• Working women– United States
• Family leave– Law and legislation– United States.
• Vocational education.

Series Description & Container List

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Series 1: Organizational Documents