Association for Feminist Anthropology records
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content: Association for Feminist Anthropology
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content: American Anthropological Association
topic: label: Topic
content: Feminism
creator: label: Creator
content: Association for Feminist Anthropology
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content: American Anthropological Association
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: The Association for Feminist Anthropology (AFA) is a section of the American Anthropological Association (AAA). It was formed in 1988 to sponsor and coordinate panels presented at AAA meetings and support a variety of efforts within the AAA to promote equity, inclusiveness, and human rights. The following working commissions were established and form the central interests of the association: Women's Body Control (later renamed Women's Reproductive Rights and Bodily Autonomy); Women and Human Rights; and Gender and the Curriculum. Voices is the official journal of the association and is published annually.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 3.5 Linear feet (3 record storage boxes)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1988-2007
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.2010-27
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
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content: Archival materials
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content: Correspondence
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content: Reports
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content: Photographs
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content: Membership lists
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Accession 2010-27 is organized chronologically by year with materials for each year divided into the following categories: AFA Business, AAA Program Correspondence; Abstracts/Proposals for Sessions/Papers; Budget Reports; AFA Awards.
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content: Correspondence
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content: Reports
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content: Photographs
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content: Membership lists
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: These records consist of correspondence between AFA members, reports on meetings and projects, budget reports, committee reports, lists of officers and members, conference abstracts and papers, award submissions and applications, surveys, and photographs.
relatedmaterial: label: Related Materials
content: The records of AFA's parent association, the American Anthropological Association, are also held at the National Anthropological Archives.