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(2002)
Former CWLU health activist Jenny Knauss was Executive Director
of the Caucus from 1983-2002, working tirelessly on behalf of
Illinois young people. The Caucus is a good example of the kind
of grassroots health organization that CWLU health activists
had advocated.
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(1986) Jenny Knauss donated her personal
files of the Chicago Women's Liberation Union (CWLU) and feminist health-related
material to the McCormick Library at Northwestern University in 1986.
You may browse through an inventory of the 9 boxes of documents. The
inventory is in Adobe Acrobat format. You may obtain the free Acrobat
Reader HERE.
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( Late 1970's)
An excellent introduction to the women's health movement in Chicago
from 1969-1975.
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by the Committee for Puerto
Rican Decolonization (undated-but probably late 1970's) An expose of
the
reproductive policies pursued by the Puerto Rican authorities in collusion
with the US government and US corporations.
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by The Chicago Committee
to End Sterlization Abuse (January 1977) A working paper written to
mobilize the women's movement to demand an end to forced sterlization.
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by Jenny Knauss, Janet M., Kathy M., Lauren
C. & Sharon M.(circa 1976) A proposal to launch an ambitious
CWLU healthcare organizing project.
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(1975) Outlines the program of the Committee
to End Sterilization Abuse (CESA).
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by Dr. Helen Rodriquez-Trias (1974) Dr. Rodriquez-Trias was a leader
in the public health field and a founder of the movement against sterilization
abuse. Her ideas helped to guide CWLU healthcare strategy.
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(1973) Women in Chicago still faced problems even after Roe v. Wade effectively
legalized abortion in 1973.
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(1973) The Abortion Task
Force challenged the City's new regulations in the wake of Roe v. Wade.
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(1973) The Abortion Task Force
was organized to ensure that abortions were safe and affordable in the
wake of the Roe v. Wade decision.
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(1973) The Chicago Women's Liberation
Union's health programs were some of its best known and successful projects.
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(1972) An understanding
of the politics of biology was essential to women's liberation.
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(1972) Rape became a major feminist issue and anti-rape
programs sprang up across the country.
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(1972) WATCH- Women Act To Control Healthcare,
led a campaign to try to save the Chicago Maternity Center which offered
safe home birth services to Chicago's impoverished west side. These
were their demands.
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by WATCH (1972) WATCH- Women
Act To Control Healthcare, led a campaign to try to save the Chicago
Maternity Center which offered safe home birth services to Chicago's
impoverished west side.
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by Pat (1972) A woman describes having
her baby at home with the help of the Chicago Maternity Center, the
legendary home birthing center formerly located on Chicago's Westside.
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by
Alice (1972) An article from Womankind which traces the history
of the Chicago Maternity Center, a unique home birth clinic on Chicago's
Westside threatened with closing by powerful financial interests.
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by Laura Green (1971) Women faced deepseated
and often outrageous discrimination both as patients and as healthcare
providers.
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(1971) A leaflet distributed by the
CWLU to bring attention to the problem of sterilization abuse.
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(circa 1970-71) A statement
from the CWLU calling for an end to restrictive abortion laws, and the
reform of our entire healthcare system.
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(undated: probably 1970)
A bold radical paper that exposed racism in America's
health
system.
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Visit this section of our website to learn more
about the CWLU's Abortion Counseling Service, better known by its nickname
"Jane".
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This section
of the on-line archive contains the Chicago Maternity Center struggle,
pregnancy testing, the fight against sterilization abuse, abortion rights,
sexism in the medical field and more. Please visit the Featured History of our website to learn more
about the CWLU's Abortion Counseling Service, better known by its nickname
"Jane".
