ELWYN B. ROBINSON DEPARTMENT OF SPECIAL COLLECTIONS
CHESTER FRITZ LIBRARY
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA
GRAND FORKS, NORTH DAKOTA 58202

NITA FOX PAPERS

COLLECTION: OGL #311

DATES: 1971-1975

SIZE: 1.25 linear feet

INTRODUCTION

ACQUISITION: The Nita Fox Papers were deposited in the Orin G. Libby Manuscript Collection by Nita Fox, Grand Forks, North Dakota, in 1975.

ACCESS: Available for inspection under the rules and regulations of the Department of Special Collections.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH

Nita Fox was born in York, England. She emigrated to America to marry Cal V. Fox in 1956, and became an American citizen on December 20, 1957. She worked for many years as the personal assistant to the Wing Commander at the Grand Forks Air Force Base.

SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE

The Nita Fox Papers date from 1971-1975 and consist primarily of material from several organizations, mainly in relation to the Equal Rights Amendment. Fox was an active member in the North Dakota Business and Professional Women’s Club, serving as State President from 1972-1973. Material from this organization includes correspondence, resolutions, and notes for a panel discussion on the Amendment. Fox also served as President of the North Dakota Commission on the Status of Women; the collection includes correspondence, newspaper clippings, historical materials, and material from the (national) Citizens Advisory Council on the Status of Women.

A smaller amount of material from the North Dakota Coordinating Council for the Equal Rights Amendment, as well as several folders of miscellaneous publications, articles, and newspaper clippings, is also included.

BOX AND FOLDER INVENTORY

Box 1
Folder

North Dakota Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs

1. Correspondence as State President, and legislative correspondence on the Equal Rights Amendment: 1972-1973
2. Correspondence concerning BPW member and North Dakota State Representative Brynhild Haugland's vote against the ERA in the 1973 legislature
3. Correspondence on the ERA: 1973-1975
4. ERA correspondence, newspaper clippings, and resolutions; National BPW Annual Report: 1973 -1975
5. State legislative support file, correspondence and related documents; Material on the ERA and discriminatory legislation in North Dakota: 1974-1975
6. Handwritten notes for panel discussion on the ERA, Crookston, Minnesota: February 10, 1975

North Dakota Commission on the Status of Women

7. History, correspondence and related documents (primarily national): 1972-1975
8. Contents of three ring binder: ERA pamphlets, correspondence and related documents; Status Report on reactivation of the NDCSW; articles on "roles of women": 1972, 1975

North Dakota Coordinating Council for the Equal Rights Amendment

9. 1974-1975

Miscellaneous Equal Rights Amendment Files

10. Indexed notebook of ERA related documents, statements for and against the ERA, strategy files, and resource files on the ERA: 1971-1973
11. ERA related documents: 1973-1975
12. Articles, clippings, and correspondence on the ERA and sex discrimination: 1972 and 1973
13. Newspaper clippings on the ERA: January - February 1973
14. Newspaper clippings on the ERA: 1974, January - May 1975

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