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Algie Ballif Forum Records
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The Algie Ballif Forum
Records (1977-1981 and 1990) contains documents regarding this women's group
(founded 1977, originally called the Alice Louise Reynolds Women's Forum),
the main objective of which was to educate the community and discuss women's
issues. The Forum recruited speakers from within its ranks, but also invited
people from the community to address the organization. Included are brief
biographies of members, transcripts of speeches given at monthly meetings,
news clippings about forum events, a history about the origins of the forum,
a calendar of events, and brochures and correspondence concerning women
in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) and their
stand on the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA). A scrapbook presents news clippings
about forum events, but also includes some correspondence, photocopies of
photographs, and meeting calendars. The bulk of the information in the collection
concerns the monthly forum meetings and their topics: ERA, women's roles,
sex discrimination, polygamy, planned parenthood, rape, AIDS, homelessness,
the U. S. Constitution, and the environment, among others. Also included
are speeches by Sonia Johnson and letters written to the President of the
LDS church, Spencer W. Kimball, and responses by the LDS First Presidency
Secretary, Keith Hoopes, concerning ERA. Photographs have been removed from
the collection and transferred to the Multimedia Division of Special Collections
(P0731) Size: 1.25 lin. ft. An indexed register
is available.
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