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Office of Women's Rights Affirmative Action Records, 1972-1985
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Seattle (Wash.). Office of Women's Rights
- Title
- Office of Women's Rights Affirmative Action Records
- Dates
- 1972-1985 (inclusive)19721985
1979-1983 (bulk)19791983 - Quantity
- 2.4 cubic feet, (3 boxes)
- Collection Number
- 8401-02
- Summary
- Records documenting Seattle's voluntary affirmative action plan for increasing the number of women in City employment.
- Repository
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Seattle Municipal Archives
Seattle Municipal Archives
Office of the City Clerk
City of Seattle
PO Box 94728
98124-4728
Seattle, WA
Telephone: 2062337807
Fax: 2063869025
archives@seattle.gov - Access Restrictions
-
Records are open to the public.
- Languages
- English
Historical NoteReturn to Top
By the end of 1973, twenty-five percent of the City's employees were women, few of whom worked in management, protective services, and the trades. Through a 1972 executive order, Seattle's Mayor instituted a voluntary affirmative action plan for increasing the number of women and minorities in City employment. In response to the executive order, the Office of Women's Rights, the Human Rights Department, and City departments set overall City affirmative action goals. In 1978, the Mayor required that departments establish yearly departmental goals, by job category, for hiring women and minorities through an Affirmative Action Plan. The Office of Women's Rights was responsible for ensuring the success of the affirmative action program with respect to women; the Office worked with the Department of Human Resources, which was responsible for the disabled and elderly, and with the Human Rights Department, which was responsible of minorities. The Personnel Department assisted with recruitment, training, employee relations, and other issues relating to affirmative action.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
The records include a history of employment discrimination in Seattle and drafts of the 1972 executive order on affirmative action as well as the 1978 Affirmative Action Plan. Also included is information about apprenticeship programs, federal contracting, and goal setting. The largest volume of records are monitoring reports, quarterly reports by department on the number of women in the department, and analysis regarding how affirmative action goals were being met.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Preferred Citation
[Item and date], Office of Women's Rights Affirmative Action Records, Record Series 8401-02. Box [number], Folder [number]. Seattle Municipal Archives.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Arrangement
The records are arranged into four subseries: Research and Background, Reports and Plans, Administrative Records, and Monitoring.
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.
Affirmative Action Research and BackgroundReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
---|---|---|
Box/Folder | ||
1/1 | Executive Order drafts on
Affirmative Action |
1972 |
1/2 | Legal and Historical Basis
for Affirmative Action |
1972-1981 |
1/3 | Employment Discrimination in
Seattle (includes excerpts from Seattle Urban League Study, 1954 and University
of Washington Institute of Labor Economics Study, 1948) |
1948-1979 |
Affirmative Action Reports and PlansReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
---|---|---|
Box/Folder | ||
1/4 | Affirmative Action Plan for
Employment (includes minority women status report) |
1976-1977 |
1/5 | 1979 Affirmative Action
Report for Women |
1979 |
1/6 | Affirmative Action Plans for
Employment (includes drafts and amendments) |
1979-1980 |
1/7 | 1980 Affirmative Action Work
Plan |
1980 |
1/8 | Affirmative Action report and
Analysis |
1980 |
1/9 | 1981 Affirmative Action Work
Plan |
1980-1981 |
2/1 | 1982 Affirmative Action Work
Plan |
1981-1982 |
2/2 | Affirmative Action Work
Plan |
1982 |
2/3 | 1983 Affirmative Action Work
Plan |
1983 |
2/4 | 1984 Affirmative Action Work
Plan |
1984 |
Administrative RecordsReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
---|---|---|
Box/Folder | ||
2/5 | Affirmative Action Task Force
- Agendas and Minutes |
1980 |
2/6 | Affirmative Action Task Force
- Agendas and Minutes |
1982 |
2/7 | Affirmative Action Task Force
- Agendas and Minutes |
1983-1984 |
2/8 | Automotive and Metal Trades
Apprenticeship Committee Meetings |
1981 |
2/9 | Awards |
1981 |
2/10 | Budget - Affirmative Action
Implications |
1980 |
2/11 | Budget Summary for
Affirmative Action Purposes |
1983 |
2/12 | City Light - Unique
Problems |
1980-1981 |
2/13 | City Women
Workshops |
1980 |
2/14 | Civil Service Commission
Exams (includes physical ability) |
1980 |
2/15 | Contract
Compliance |
1978-1980 |
2/16 | Electrical Craft
Apprenticeship Committee (ECAC) |
1980-1981 |
2/17 | Economic Party
Report |
1981 |
2/18 | Equal Employment Opportunity
Officer Training |
1980 |
2/19 | Equal Employment Opportunity
Officer Training |
1981-1985 |
2/20 | Program Goals : Hiring and
other goals |
1978-1981 |
2/21 | Program Goals : Comparable
Worth Goals |
1980 |
2/22 | Program Goals : Goal Setting
Workshops |
1981 |
2/23 | Program Goals : Goal
Setting |
1981-1982 |
2/24 | Program Goals : Goal
Setting |
1983 |
2/25 | Program Goals : Goal
Setting |
1984 |
2/26 | Personnel
Department |
1980-1981 |
2/27 | Reagan Administration
Policies |
1981 |
2/28 | Special Availability
Reports |
1982 |
2/29 | Special / Protected
Availability Rates |
1983 |
2/30 | Speeches - includes
"Affirmative Action as it Relates to Women and Human Rights Agencies by Mildred
Henry and "Progress for Women in Seattle in 1979" |
1979 |
2/31 | Target Department Status
Criteria |
1981 |
2/32 | Target
Departments |
1982 |
2/33 | Training Plans |
1982 |
2/34 | US Department of Labor
Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Policies (includes women in the trades
and federal contractors) |
1977-1982 |
MonitoringReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
---|---|---|
Box/Folder | ||
3/1 | Monitoring : mid-1979 and
progress report |
1979 |
3/2 | Monitoring : Departmental
Profiles - 3rd Quarter |
1979 |
3/3 | Monitoring : Annual
Analysis |
1979 |
3/4 | Monitoring : Departmental
Profiles - 1st Quarter |
1980 |
3/5 | Monitoring : Departmental
Profiles - 2nd Quarter |
1980 |
3/6 | Monitoring : Departmental
Profiles - 3rd Quarter |
1980 |
3/7 | Monitoring : Departmental
Profiles - 4th Quarter |
1980 |
3/8 | Monitoring : Citywide and
Departmental Profiles 1st Quarter |
1981 |
3/9 | Monitoring : Departmental
Profiles 1st Quarter |
1981 |
3/10 | Monitoring : Departmental
Profiles 2nd Quarter |
1981 |
3/11 | Monitoring : Departmental
Profiles 3rd Quarter |
1981 |
3/12 | Monitoring : Departmental
Profiles 4th Quarter |
1981 |
3/13 | Monitoring : Year End
Report |
1981 |
3/14 | Monitoring : Departmental
Profiles 1st Quarter |
1982 |
3/15 | Monitoring : Departmental
Profiles 2nd Quarter |
1982 |
3/16 | Monitoring : Departmental
Profiles 3rd Quarter |
1982 |
3/17 | Monitoring : Departmental
Profiles 4th Quarter |
1982 |
3/18 | Monitoring : Departmental
Profiles 1st Quarter |
1983 |
3/19 | Mid-1983 and Annual
Monitoring Reports |
1983 |
3/20 | Monitoring : Departmental
Profiles 2nd Quarter |
1983 |
3/21 | Monitoring : Departmental
Profiles 3rd and 4th Quarters |
1983 |
3/22 | Monitoring : Departmental
Profiles 4th Quarter |
1983 |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Affirmative action programs--Washington (State)--Seattle
- Discrimination in employment--Washington (State)--Seattle
- Women's rights--Washington (State)--Seattle
- Women--Employment--Washington (State)--Seattle
- Women--Legal status, laws, etc.--Washington (State)--Seattle
Corporate Names
- Seattle (Wash.). Office of Women's Rights
Geographical Names
- Seattle (Wash.)--Politics and government