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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)
1979-1983 (bulk)
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
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
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Historical Note

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.

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Content Description

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.

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Use of the Collection

Preferred Citation

[Item and date], Office of Women's Rights Affirmative Action Records, Record Series 8401-02. Box [number], Folder [number]. Seattle Municipal Archives.

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Administrative Information

Arrangement

The records are arranged into four subseries: Research and Background, Reports and Plans, Administrative Records, and Monitoring.

Related Materials

Other statistical data can be found in the Personnel Department Affirmative Action Reports (6002-01).

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Detailed Description of the Collection

The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.

  • Affirmative Action Research and Background

  • Affirmative Action Reports and Plans

  • Administrative Records

    • Description: Affirmative Action Task Force - Agendas and Minutes
      Dates: 1980
      Container: Box/Folder 2/5
      Location: Administrative Records
    • Description: Affirmative Action Task Force - Agendas and Minutes
      Dates: 1982
      Container: Box/Folder 2/6
      Location: Administrative Records
    • Description: Affirmative Action Task Force - Agendas and Minutes
      Dates: 1983-1984
      Container: Box/Folder 2/7
      Location: Administrative Records
    • Description: Automotive and Metal Trades Apprenticeship Committee Meetings
      Dates: 1981
      Container: Box/Folder 2/8
      Location: Administrative Records
    • Description: Awards
      Dates: 1981
      Container: Box/Folder 2/9
      Location: Administrative Records
    • Description: Budget - Affirmative Action Implications
      Dates: 1980
      Container: Box/Folder 2/10
      Location: Administrative Records
    • Description: Budget Summary for Affirmative Action Purposes
      Dates: 1983
      Container: Box/Folder 2/11
      Location: Administrative Records
    • Description: City Light - Unique Problems
      Dates: 1980-1981
      Container: Box/Folder 2/12
      Location: Administrative Records
    • Description: City Women Workshops
      Dates: 1980
      Container: Box/Folder 2/13
      Location: Administrative Records
    • Description: Civil Service Commission Exams (includes physical ability)
      Dates: 1980
      Container: Box/Folder 2/14
      Location: Administrative Records
    • Description: Contract Compliance
      Dates: 1978-1980
      Container: Box/Folder 2/15
      Location: Administrative Records
    • Description: Electrical Craft Apprenticeship Committee (ECAC)
      Dates: 1980-1981
      Container: Box/Folder 2/16
      Location: Administrative Records
    • Description: Economic Party Report
      Dates: 1981
      Container: Box/Folder 2/17
      Location: Administrative Records
    • Description: Equal Employment Opportunity Officer Training
      Dates: 1980
      Container: Box/Folder 2/18
      Location: Administrative Records
    • Description: Equal Employment Opportunity Officer Training
      Dates: 1981-1985
      Container: Box/Folder 2/19
      Location: Administrative Records
    • Description: Program Goals : Hiring and other goals
      Dates: 1978-1981
      Container: Box/Folder 2/20
      Location: Administrative Records
    • Description: Program Goals : Comparable Worth Goals
      Dates: 1980
      Container: Box/Folder 2/21
      Location: Administrative Records
    • Description: Program Goals : Goal Setting Workshops
      Dates: 1981
      Container: Box/Folder 2/22
      Location: Administrative Records
    • Description: Program Goals : Goal Setting
      Dates: 1981-1982
      Container: Box/Folder 2/23
      Location: Administrative Records
    • Description: Program Goals : Goal Setting
      Dates: 1983
      Container: Box/Folder 2/24
      Location: Administrative Records
    • Description: Program Goals : Goal Setting
      Dates: 1984
      Container: Box/Folder 2/25
      Location: Administrative Records
    • Description: Personnel Department
      Dates: 1980-1981
      Container: Box/Folder 2/26
      Location: Administrative Records
    • Description: Reagan Administration Policies
      Dates: 1981
      Container: Box/Folder 2/27
      Location: Administrative Records
    • Description: Special Availability Reports
      Dates: 1982
      Container: Box/Folder 2/28
      Location: Administrative Records
    • Description: Special / Protected Availability Rates
      Dates: 1983
      Container: Box/Folder 2/29
      Location: Administrative Records
    • Description: Speeches - includes "Affirmative Action as it Relates to Women and Human Rights Agencies by Mildred Henry and "Progress for Women in Seattle in 1979"
      Dates: 1979
      Container: Box/Folder 2/30
      Location: Administrative Records
    • Description: Target Department Status Criteria
      Dates: 1981
      Container: Box/Folder 2/31
      Location: Administrative Records
    • Description: Target Departments
      Dates: 1982
      Container: Box/Folder 2/32
      Location: Administrative Records
    • Description: Training Plans
      Dates: 1982
      Container: Box/Folder 2/33
      Location: Administrative Records
    • Description: US Department of Labor Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Policies (includes women in the trades and federal contractors)
      Dates: 1977-1982
      Container: Box/Folder 2/34
      Location: Administrative Records

  • Monitoring

    • Description: Monitoring : mid-1979 and progress report
      Dates: 1979
      Container: Box/Folder 3/1
      Location: Monitoring
    • Description: Monitoring : Departmental Profiles - 3rd Quarter
      Dates: 1979
      Container: Box/Folder 3/2
      Location: Monitoring
    • Description: Monitoring : Annual Analysis
      Dates: 1979
      Container: Box/Folder 3/3
      Location: Monitoring
    • Description: Monitoring : Departmental Profiles - 1st Quarter
      Dates: 1980
      Container: Box/Folder 3/4
      Location: Monitoring
    • Description: Monitoring : Departmental Profiles - 2nd Quarter
      Dates: 1980
      Container: Box/Folder 3/5
      Location: Monitoring
    • Description: Monitoring : Departmental Profiles - 3rd Quarter
      Dates: 1980
      Container: Box/Folder 3/6
      Location: Monitoring
    • Description: Monitoring : Departmental Profiles - 4th Quarter
      Dates: 1980
      Container: Box/Folder 3/7
      Location: Monitoring
    • Description: Monitoring : Citywide and Departmental Profiles 1st Quarter
      Dates: 1981
      Container: Box/Folder 3/8
      Location: Monitoring
    • Description: Monitoring : Departmental Profiles 1st Quarter
      Dates: 1981
      Container: Box/Folder 3/9
      Location: Monitoring
    • Description: Monitoring : Departmental Profiles 2nd Quarter
      Dates: 1981
      Container: Box/Folder 3/10
      Location: Monitoring
    • Description: Monitoring : Departmental Profiles 3rd Quarter
      Dates: 1981
      Container: Box/Folder 3/11
      Location: Monitoring
    • Description: Monitoring : Departmental Profiles 4th Quarter
      Dates: 1981
      Container: Box/Folder 3/12
      Location: Monitoring
    • Description: Monitoring : Year End Report
      Dates: 1981
      Container: Box/Folder 3/13
      Location: Monitoring
    • Description: Monitoring : Departmental Profiles 1st Quarter
      Dates: 1982
      Container: Box/Folder 3/14
      Location: Monitoring
    • Description: Monitoring : Departmental Profiles 2nd Quarter
      Dates: 1982
      Container: Box/Folder 3/15
      Location: Monitoring
    • Description: Monitoring : Departmental Profiles 3rd Quarter
      Dates: 1982
      Container: Box/Folder 3/16
      Location: Monitoring
    • Description: Monitoring : Departmental Profiles 4th Quarter
      Dates: 1982
      Container: Box/Folder 3/17
      Location: Monitoring
    • Description: Monitoring : Departmental Profiles 1st Quarter
      Dates: 1983
      Container: Box/Folder 3/18
      Location: Monitoring
    • Description: Mid-1983 and Annual Monitoring Reports
      Dates: 1983
      Container: Box/Folder 3/19
      Location: Monitoring
    • Description: Monitoring : Departmental Profiles 2nd Quarter
      Dates: 1983
      Container: Box/Folder 3/20
      Location: Monitoring
    • Description: Monitoring : Departmental Profiles 3rd and 4th Quarters
      Dates: 1983
      Container: Box/Folder 3/21
      Location: Monitoring
    • Description: Monitoring : Departmental Profiles 4th Quarter
      Dates: 1983
      Container: Box/Folder 3/22
      Location: Monitoring

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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

Finding aid prepared by Anne Frantilla
2004

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