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The exhibit from UH Special Collections, "100 Years of Progress," is on display at MD Anderson Library featuring original, primary source, historical documents commemorating 100 years of Women’s Suffrage and the Women’s Movement.
Its online exhibit is viewable at:
https://exhibits.lib.uh.edu/s/100-years/page/welcom

The exhibit from UH Special Collections, "100 Years of Progress," is on display at MD Anderson Library featuring original, primary source, historical documents commemorating 100 years of Women’s Suffrage and the Women’s Movement.

Its online exhibit is viewable at https://exhibits.lib.uh.edu/s/100-years/page/welcome

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UH Celebrates Class of 2020 🎓

University of Houston Celebrates Class of 2020 Resilient and determined are two ways to describe the University of Houston Class of 2020. UH will honor their accomplishments during a virtual University-wide commencement ceremony at 7 p.m., Thursday, Dec. 17. when 11,071 degrees will be conferred for graduates of the 2020 spring, summer and fall....

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2020 Impact Report | Texas Digital Library

Today in 1977, over 20,000 women, including 3 first ladies, attend the National Women’s Conference in Houston.

The 1977 National Women’s Conference, held in Houston November 18-21, was the first conference of its kind since the Seneca Falls Convention of New York in 1848. Dubbed Seneca Falls South, over 2,000 delegates representing 50 states and 6 territories as well as over 20,000 other participants gathered in Houston during this historic event in November. The conference was supported by $5 million in federal funding and charged under federal law to assess the status of women across the U.S. and identify barriers that prevented women from full participation in national life.

Leading up to the National Conference, a team of relay runners carried a torch to Houston from Seneca Falls, New York. This was a symbolic gesture of honoring the site of the first U.S. women’s rights convention in 1848 and the passing of the torch to Houston to carry on the work.

During that historic weekend, the Conference’s goal was to create a national plan of action for gender equality. As a result of discussions during the pre-conferences, 26 issues or planks were created for consideration at the Conference, including abortion, le***an rights, minority rights, education, healthcare, r**e, and the Equal Rights Amendment.

At the conclusion of the conference, the assembly of delegates submitted their recommendations and a report to the President and Congress on means by which barriers to women’s equality could be removed. Although, the Equal Rights Amendment ultimately failed to pass in 1982, the conference’s legacy resulted in increased political activism and membership by women across the spectrum, and expanded the dialogue of women regarding reproductive rights and sexual identity that persists to this day.

This digital collection contains approximately 150 items documenting the planning and activities leading up to, during, and after the 1977 National Women’s Conference and includes brochures, flyers, newsletters, invitations, correspondence, and publications. Materials in the collection date from 1974-1982, with the bulk of the collection dated 1977.

https://digital.lib.uh.edu/collection/1996_007

Today in 2000, DJ Screw, creator of chopped & screwed, dies at 29.

Selections are from our DJ Screw Photographs and Memorabilia and Pen & Pixel collections. (https://digital.lib.uh.edu/collections/subject/11)

This week in 1947, Foley’s opens its six-story department store on Main Street.

(https://digital.lib.uh.edu/collection/franz/item/141/show/103)

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Estimating Energy Use for Digital Preservation, Part I by Bethany Scott This post is part of our BloggERS Another Kind of Glacier series. Part II will be posted next week. Although the University of Houston Libraries (UHL) has taken steps over the last…

Flashing back to the 1950s with this vintage digitized reel featuring an overview of the University of Houston, available at the UH Libraries AV Repository.

https://av.lib.uh.edu/media_objects/5712m657h

100 Years of Progress: The Fight Marches On | Special Collections Blog As we unveil our new digital exhibit, 100 Years of Progress: The Fight Marches On, celebrating the centennial of the passage and ratification of the 19th amendment in these times of COVID-19 and amidst a national call for social justice and equality all across the nation, let’s not forget that the...