PASCHALL, ELIZA K.
Eliza K. Paschall papers, 1932-1988
Manuscript Collection No. 532Papers, 1932-1988; 53.75 linear feet
Paschall (1917-1990) was an Atlanta civic worker active in interracial organizations and women's groups. She served as associate director of the Office of Public Liaison in the White House (1984-1985), as liaison to the President's Task Force on Legal Equity for Women (1985), and as a participant in the U.S. Information Service Ampart Program. She also worked on the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (1966-1984), the Community Relations Commission (1967-1968), the Greater Atlanta Council on Human Relations (1961-1967), and the Atlanta office of the Equal Economic Opportunity Commission. The collection includes Paschall's files from the Greater Atlanta Council on Human Relations (Aug., 1961-Jan., 1967), the Community Relations Commission (1967-1968), the Atlanta EEOC, and the USIS Ampart Program. The files include correspondence, minutes, inter-office memoranda, reports, press releases, and clippings. The collection also contains a diary she kept while serving with the Red Cross in England during World War II, materials concerning Agnes Scott College, and the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). The collection includes extensive holdings concerning the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) debates from organizations including the League of Women Voters (LWV), the Eagle Forum and Phyllis Schlafly, STOP ERA, Women Who Want to be Women (WWWW), and the National Organization for Women (NOW).
Materials included here concern the League of Women Voters, the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, Women Who Want to be Women (WWWW), and an essay by Paschall titled "An Activist Woman's View of the Women's Movement."
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