Feminist Women's Health Center Records, 1970-1997
Collection context
Summary
- Extent:
- 35 Linear Feet 23 boxes, 8 bound volumes, 3 framed images, 2 rolled posters, 1 plaque
- Language:
- English
- Preferred citation:
[Title of Item], [Date of Item], [Box and Folder number], Feminist Women's Health Center Records, MSS 2018-006, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida. https://purl.lib.fsu.edu/fa/MSS_2018-006
Background
- Scope and content:
Organizational records documenting the administration and research of the Feminist Women's Health Center, Inc. and the Women's Choice Clinic of Tallahassee, Florida.
Select materials from the Feminist Women's Health Center Records have been digitized and are available through the FSU Digital Library.
- Biographical / historical:
Feminist Women's Health Center, Inc. (FWHC) was incorporated as a nonprofit organization in Florida in 1974. It opened the Women's Choice Clinic in Tallahassee on June 29, 1974. It provided services, advocacy, and education in areas including general health, pregnancy and childbirth, birth control, abortion, sexuality, diabetes, and hypertension.
It was a member of the national Federation of Feminist Women's Health Centers. The Centers grew out of a national Self-Help movement that encouraged women to learn about and control their own bodies and health care.
In October 1975, FWHC of Tallahassee filed an anti-trust lawsuit against several local obstetricians and the Director of the Florida State Board of Medical Examiners, alleging a conspiracy to keep physicians from working with the Center. After five years of litigation the doctors agreed to settle out of court.
In 1983, the Center moved to a newly remodeled clinic at 505 West Georgia Street.
- Acquisition information:
- Donated by Maxine Jones, Director of FSU Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program, through SCA Deed of Gift, 2018
- Custodial history:
Purchased from Feminist Women's Health Center by Jean Gould Bryant around 2000. Held by the FSU Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program until 2018.
- Physical / technical requirements:
Content of audio, audiovisual, and digital media are not immediately available to researchers. Contact lib-specialcollections@fsu.edu for more information about access to these materials.
- Physical facet:
- total extent (paper files, audio cassettes, VHS cassettes, scrapbooks, photographs, Zip disk)
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Access and use
- Restrictions:
Except where noted otherwise, this collection is open to all researchers.
Boxes 1-23 may be accessed by researchers at the Claude Pepper Library (given that access has been granted to restricted materials). For more information on visiting, see https://www.lib.fsu.edu/special-collections/visit
Contents of Boxes 1-7, 15-16, and 22 are restricted pending further processing. Access will be reviewed upon request by Manuscripts Collections curators, screening for personal information and images of Center patients, as well as Center financial and legal records. Contact lib-specialcollections@fsu.edu for more information about access to these materials.
See also Technical Access note below regarding audio, audiovisual, and digital media.
- Terms of access:
Copyright restrictions may apply to works in this collection. Re-use or copying beyond Fair Use may require permission from the rights-holder. Please contact lib-specialcollections@fsu.edu for more information.
- Preferred citation:
[Title of Item], [Date of Item], [Box and Folder number], Feminist Women's Health Center Records, MSS 2018-006, Special Collections & Archives, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida. https://purl.lib.fsu.edu/fa/MSS_2018-006
- Location of this collection:
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116 Honors WayTallahasseeFL32306-2047USA
