Letter from the University Women's Forum, University of Maine Orono to Sisters Item Info
- Title:
- Letter from the University Women's Forum, University of Maine Orono to Sisters
- Creator:
- University of Maine Orono, University Women's Forum
- Date Created:
- March 30, 1977
- Description:
- This letter, which Reckitt filed under "Ageism and Women and Wage Discrimination," urges people to support LD842, which would establish state programs to help displaced homemakers, that is women left without financial support due to divorce or death of a spouse. There is a great deal in Reckitt's papers about displaced homemakers and the wage discrimination women faced.
- Subjects:
- gender discrimination, employment age discrimination
- Location:
- Portland, Maine
- Source:
- Lois Galgay Reckitt Papers
- Source Identifier:
- LG-MS0083
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
Source
- Preferred Citation:
- "Letter from the University Women's Forum, University of Maine Orono to Sisters", Lois Galgay Reckitt Papers, Special Collections, University of Southern Maine
- Repository Link:
- https://digitalcommons.usm.maine.edu/spclgms_reckitt_documents/6
Rights
- Rights:
- In copyright - Educational use permitted
- Standardized Rights:
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/