Activism and Awards
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Stapleton, Jean, 1923-2013
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content: Jean Stapleton Papers
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content: Jean Stapleton Papers / Series 3: Personal Papers
unitdate: label: Date
content: undated
label: Date
content: 1930 - 2010
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.1424, Subseries 3.2
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Consists of materials relating to Stapleton's work outside of her acting career.  Stapleton was involved with a number of organizations particularly those concerned with women's issues including the National Women's Conference, Equal Rights Amendment, Pearl Buck Foundation, Women's Research and Education Institute, Congressional Caucus for Women's Issues, Legal Defense and Education Fund, World Federalist Association, Actors' Equity Association, United Nations, and Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Also found among these materials are the many awards she received including honorary degrees from Monmouth College, Emerson College, and Hood College, Kennedy Center Honors, Golden Globe, Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Award, Women in Film Crystal Award, Theater Hall of Fame and many more.  The materials are arranged in chronological order.