Candace Widmer papers

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Identifier: 7858

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COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Collection contains minutes and agendas of the Women's Encampment for a Future of Peace & Justice mailed to Widner from January 1984 through May 1988, logistics for the July 29-August 1, 1983 action and protest, notes and correspondence of the Ithaca Women's Affinity Group, and 2 news stories about the camp (1983, 1984).

Dates

1983-1988.

Creator

Widmer, Candace. (Person)

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Member of the Ithaca Women's Affinity Group for the Women's Encampment for a Future of Peace & Justice. She lived on Swamp Hill Farm in Ithaca, earned a Ph.D. from Cornell in organizational behavior, and taught for 20 years at Elmira College where she helped create the Women's Studies Program and pass a nondiscrimination policy. She wrote about nonprofit boards and consulted with organizations. In addition to the feminist peace activism reflected in these papers, she worked to make the Ithaca school system responsive to the needs of African-American children and co-founded the Ithaca Cancer Network (ICaN) and the Tompkins County Working Group on Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgender Aging. She raised 3 children, and her life partner of 25 years was Sue Robinson. She died at age 62 on November 23, 2005.

Extent

.3 cubic feet. (.3 cubic feet.)

Additional Description

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RELATED MATERIALS

Similar topics in collection CU 5474, Feminism, pedagogy and the institution of intimacy.

Physical Description

Correspondence, reports.

General

Contact Information:: Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections 2B Carl A. Kroch Library Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-3530 Fax: (607) 255-9524rareref@cornell.edu http://rmc.library.cornell.edu
Compiled by:: RMC Staff
Date completed:: October 2018
EAD encoding:: Jude Corina, October 2018