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Machine-readable finding aid derived from MARC record, created by Trenton Hizer, 25 January 2005, 30 March 2009 Description is in English 2013-11-21 Converted to schema conforming EAD by dtd2schema.vh.xsl. A Guide to the Zelda Kingoff Nordlinger Papers, 1970-2007 A Collection in the Library of Virginia 31719, 44035, 45329 Trenton Hizer

Library of Virginia 2005, 2009, 2011 Trenton Hizer Library of Virginia Descriptive Summary Library of Virginia Zelda Kingoff Nordlinger Papers, 1970-2007 31719, 44035, 45329 2.5 cubic feet English Administrative Information Access Restrictions

Collection is open to research.

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Preferred Citation

Zelda Kingoff Nordlinger Papers, 1970-2007. Accession 31719, 44035. Personal papers collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.

Acquisition Information

Gift of Zelda Kingoff Nordlinger, Richmond, Virginia, 21 January 1983. Gift of Samuel Markel, executor of the estate of Zelda Kingoff Nordlinger, Richmond, Virginia, 7 July 2008. Gift of Sharon Nordlinger, New York, New York 1 January 2011.

Biographical Information

Zelda Kingoff was born 19 January 1932 in Greenville, South Carolina, to Joseph Kingoff and Alice Heiner Kingoff. The family moved to Richmond while she was a teenager and she attended Richmond public schools. Kingoff graduated from Marjorie Webster Junior College in 1952 and from Sally Tompkins School of Nursing in 1963. She married Martin Stanford Nordlinger (1930-2002) 24 December 1963. Zelda Kingoff Nordlinger was a lobbyist to the Virginia general assembly from 1971 to 1976, a free lance writer, and active in the women's movement. She was a co-founder of the Richmond chapter of the National Organization for Women in 1971. Nordlinger was also active in the National Women's Political Caucus and the Virginia Women's Political Caucus. Nordlinger had two children from a previous marriage and two daughters with Martin Nordlinger. Zelda Kingoff Nordlinger died 18 March 2008 in Richmond, Virginia.

Scope and Content

Papers, 1970-2007, of Zelda Kingoff Nordlinger (1932-2008) of Richmond, Virginia, consisting of articles, bills, biographies, campaign buttons, church bulletins, circular letters, civil actions, clippings, essays, letters, lists, newsletters, newspapers, pamphlets, press releases, questionaires, resolutions, and speeches relating to Nordlinger's activities as a member of the Women's Liberation movement and the National Organization for Women (NOW).

Arrangement

This collection is arranged into the following series:

Series I: Personal Papers containing Correspondence, 1970-2006; Statements, Speeches, and Writings; Biographical Information; Notes; Financial papers, 1984-1989; and miscellaneous personal papers. Series II: Suits and Complaints. Series III: Subject files. Series IV: Articles. Series V: Newspaper and Magazine Clippings, 1937-2007. Series VI: Magazines and Newsletters. VII: Organization Papers. Series VIII: Miscellaneous Papers. Series IX: Political Campaign Buttons. Contents List Series I: Personal Papers, 1970-2006. 1 Extent: 1 box.

Series I: Personal papers consist of subseries A: Correspondence, 1970-2006; subseries B: Biographical Information; subseries C: Statements, Speeches, and Writings; subseries D: Notes; subseries E: Financial Papers, 1984-1989; and subseries F: Miscellaneous Personal Papers.

Subseries A: Correspondence, 1970-2006. 1 1-10 10 folders.

Correspondence, 1970-2006, contains letters between Zelda Nordlinger and other women active in the women's rights movement at the local, state and national levels, discussing meetings, demonstrations, and other plans to advance women's rights, including her successful efforts to integrate the Thalhimer's Soup Bar in Richmond. Also includes correspondence with businesses and individuals regarding women in the workplace and sexism in educational materials. Also contains correspondence with members of the Virginia general assembly and the United States Congress urging their support for the passage of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), and other legislation concerning women, including child care, rape, welfare, and abortion. Also includes letters to the Richmond Times-Dispatch, Playboy, and other publications concerning women's rights and issues.

Chronological.

Correspondence, 1970 . 1 1 Correspondence, 1971 . 1 2 Correspondence, 1972 . 1 3 Correspondence, 1973 . 1 4 Correspondence, 1974 . 1 5 Correspondence, 1975 . 1 6 Correspondence, 1976 . 1 7 Correspondence, 1977 . 1 8 Correspondence, 1978 . 1 9 Correspondence, 1982-2006 . 1 10 Subseries B: Biographical Information. 1 11 1 folder.

Biographical information contains information about Nordlinger written by her and others.

Subseries C: Statements, Speeches, and Writings. 1 12 1 folder.

Statements, Speeches, and Writings concern women's rights, the Equal Rights Amendment, abortion, the media, politics, sexism, and welfare, including stories on integrating the Thalhimer's Soup Bar and on Richmond mayor and Congressman Thomas J. Bliley.

Subseries D: Notes. 1 13 1 folder.

Notes consist of notes made by Nordlinger regarding women's rights, abortion, politics, as well as women and literature, religion, and psychology.

Subseries E: Financial Papers, 1984-1989. 1 14 1 folder.

Financial Papers, 1984-1989 consist of acounts of and copies of checks to Nordlinger from Metropolitan Communciations and the Virginian-Pilot and Ledger-Star.

Subseries F: Miscellaneous Personal Papers. 1 15-17 3 folders.

Miscellaneous Personal papers consist of medical information containing information on prescriptions for Martin and Zelda Nordlinger, as well as copies of the Folstein mini-mental state examination; Meyers-Briggs Test contains results for Zelda and Martin Nordlinger; and certificate, 29 June 2003, for Zelda Nordlinger as Correspondent of the Day for the Richmond Times-Dispatch.

Medical information and test. 1 15 Meyers-Briggs test and results. 1 16 Certificate, 29 June 2003, to Zelda Nordlinger as Correspondent of the Day for the Richmond Times-Dispatch. 1 17 Series II: Suits and Complaints. 1 Extent: 1 box.

Suits and Complaints contains lawsuit papers against the Southwestern General Life Insurance Company and the Richmond Times-Dispatch for sex discrimination, particularly the Times-Dispatch's policy of segregating want ads into male and female, and also a complaint against the Richmond City Public Schools for sex discrimination in athletics.

Suits and complaints. 1 18 Series III: Subject Files. 1-2 Extent: 2 boxes.

Subject files contain clippings and articles discussing the media and clippings, articles, and notes concerning feminism and militarism from the late 19th century until the present.

The Media, 1981, 1991-1995, and no date. 1 19 Feminism and militarism from the late 19th century to the early 20th to the present--notes and correspondence (folder 1 of 4). 1 20 Feminism and militarism from the late 19th century to the early 20th to the present--clippings, 1980-1983, (folder 2 of 4). 1 21 Feminism and militarism from the late 19th century to the early 20th to the present--articles, 1915-1972, (folder 3 of 4). 2 1 Feminism and militarism from the late 19th century to the early 20th to the present--articles, 1976-1982, and no date (folder 4 of 4). 2 2 Series IV: Articles. 2 Extent: 1 box.

Articles consist of journal and magazine articles, as well as book excerpts concerning women focusing on abortion, art, education, employment and labor, family relations, the feminist movement, literature, gender issues, politics, pornography, religion, reproductive issues, science, sex, and relationship between wives and husbands. Includes articles by Betty Friedan, Germaine Greer, and Shere Hite.

The Backlash Phenomenon by Helen B. Wolfe in Vital Speeches of the Day, June 1976. 2 3 Beyond the Feminist Mystique by Benjamin F. Barber in The New Republic, 11 July 1983. 2 4 Excerpts from The Book of Women's Achievements by Joan Macksey and Kenneth Macksey, 1976. 2 5 Book review by Shelly Errington in Signs, Spring 1982. 2 6 Bringing Women into the Curriculum by Dorothy J. Zuersher in Education Digest, February 1977. 2 7 Early Modern Fraternalism and the Patriarchal Family by Mary Ann Clawson in Feminist Studies vol. 6, no. 2, Summer 1980. 2 8 The End of Internationalization: Adorno's Social Psychology by Jessica Benjamin in Telos vol. 32, 1977. 2 9 Ev'ry Woman is at Heart a Rake by Patricia Meyer Spacks in Eighteenth Century Studies, Fall 1974. 2 10 Family Reform Movements: Recent Feminism and Its Opposition by Susan Harding in Feminist Studiesvol. 7, no. 1, Spring 1981. 2 11 Feminists and Religious Trailblazers by Dorothy Emerson and Men, Women, and Margaret Fuller by Faye Bayly in The World, March/April 1992. 2 12 A Five Dimensional Model for Change: Contradictions and Feminist Consciousness by Berit Ås in Women's Studies International Quarterly vol. 4, no. 1, 1981. 2 13 Forum on pornography in Harper's, November 1984. 2 14 Gender and Dichotomy by Nancy Jay in Feminist Studies vol. 7, no. 1, Spring 1981. 2 15 Girl Talk Boy Talk by John Pfeiffer in Science, February 1985. 2 16 Girls in Suits at Lunch by Deanne Stillman in GQ, October 1985. 2 17 God the Father in The Women's History of the World by Rosalind Miles, 1989. 2 18 The Greek Citizen Woman in Attic Vase Painting by Amy Swerdlow in Women's Studies vol. 5, no. 3, 1978. 2 19 How to Deal with the New Unemployment by Walter Guzzardi, Jr., in Fortune, February 1977. 2 20 How to Get the Women's Movement Moving Again by Betty Friedan in New York Times Magazine, 3 November 1985. 2 21 Article by Joan Walsh in In These Times, 11-17 December 1985. 2 22 Interview with Candace Pert in Omni, February 1982. 2 23 Is Female to Male as Nature Is to Culture? by Sherry B. Ortner in Women, Culture, and Society, 1974. 2 24 Excerpt from The Kinsey Institute New Report on Sex. 2 25 Excerpt from Libby Holman: Body and Soul by Hamilton Darby Perry, 1983. 2 26 Lilith: First Woman, First Feminist by Nella Fermi Weiner in International Journal of Women's Studies, November-December 1979. 2 27 Made for Man's Delight: Rousseau as Antifeminist by Victor G. Wexler in American Historical Review vol. 81, no. 1-3, 1976. 2 28 Monotheism and Gender Status: A Cross-Societal Study by Ronal Stover and Christine A. Hope in Social Forces, 1984. 2 29 Mother Maiden and the Marriage of Death: Women Writers and an Ancient Myth by Susan Gubar in Women's Studies vol. 6, no. 3, 1979. 2 30 Not for Women Only by Betty Friedan in Modern Maturity, April-May 1989. 2 31 An Ounce of Prevention by the Ad Hoc Committee for Contraception and Abortion Information. 2 32 The Politics of Housework by Pat Mainardi. 2 33 The Politics of Motherhood by Deborah Fallows in Washington Monthly, June 1985. 2 34 The Prejudice of Parents by Ellen Mints. 2 35 Reproductive Continuity: Capturing the Magic of Maternity from The Mother Machine by Gena Corea, 1985. 2 36 Requiem for the Women's Movement by Veronica Geng in Harper's, November 1976. 2 37 Re-reading Political Theory from a Woman's Perspective by Diana Coole in Political Studies vol. XXXIV, 1986. 2 38 Review of Women in Western Political Thoughtby Naomi Scheman in the Philosophical Review, July 1982. 2 39 The Sacrificial Lamb from Pornography and Silence by Susan Griffin, 1981. 2 40 Excerpt from Sexism and God-Talk by Rosemary Radford Ruether, 1993. 2 41 Excerpts from The Sisterhood: The True Story of the Women Who Changed the World by Marcia Cohen, 1988, (folder 1 of 2). 2 42 Excerpts from The Sisterhood: The True Story of the Women Who Changed the World, 1988, (folder 2 of 2). 2 43 The Subversive Sperm from The Mother Machine by Gena Correa, 1985. 2 44 Taking Stock: Is America In Decline? by Peter Schmeisser in New York Times Magazine, 17 April 1988. 2 45 Excerpts from The Total Man by Stan Gooch, 1972. 2 46 The Virgin and the State by Sherry B. Ortner in Feminist Studies vol. 4, no. 1, February 1978. 2 47 Excerpts from The War Against Women by Marilyn French, 1992. 2 48 What Turns Women On? by Germaine Greer in Esquire, July 1973. 2 49 When Are Interests Interesting by Virginia Sapiro and Beyond Interests in Politics by Irene Diamond and Nancy Hartsock in American Political Science Review vol. 75, no. 3, September 1981. 2 50 Why Marry?: The New Woman of 1918 by Judith L. Stephens in TJ, May 1982. 2 51 Wives Who Cheat by Shere Hite in New Woman, November 1987. 2 52 Excerpts from Women v Women by Tara Roth Madden, 1987. 2 53 Series V: Newspaper and Magazine Clippings, 1937-2007. 3-4 Extent: 2 boxes.

Newspaper and Magazine Clippings, 1937-2007, contains clippings from newspapers and magazines discussing Nordlinger, the feminist movement in Richmond, NOW, the Equal Rights Amendment, and sex discrimination. Articles also concern women's issues and women's rights at the national, state and local levels. Topics covered by these clippings include education, employment, feminism, gay and lesbian rights, marriage and spousal relations, pornography, religion, sex and sexuality, women in politics, women's history, women's rights, as well as the efforts to have women admitted into the Virginia Military Institute (Lexington, Virginia) and the Citadel (Charleston, South Carolina). Includes clippings from the Richmond Times-Dispatch, the New York Times, and the Washington Post.

Chronological

Clippings, 1937, 1958, 1968-1969. 3 1 Clippings, 1970-1973. 3 2 Clippings, 1974-1979, 197[-]. 3 3 Clippings, 1980-1983. 3 4 Clippings, 1984. 3 5 Clippings, January 1985. 3 6 Clippings, February-June 1985. 3 7 Clippings, November-December 1985, [no month] 1985. 3 8 Clippings, January-June 1986. 3 9 Clippings, July-December 1986, [no month] 1986. 3 10 Clippings, January-April 1987. 3 11 Clippings, May-November 1987, [no month] 1987. 3 12 Clippings, 1988. 3 13 Clippings, January-June 1989. 3 14 Clippings, July-December 1989, [no month] 1989. 3 15 Clippings, 198[-]. 3 16 Clippings, January-April 1990. 4 1 Clippings, May-August 1990, Summer 1990. 4 2 Clippings, September-December 1990. 4 3 Clippings, 1991. 4 4 Clippings, January-August 1992. 4 5 Clippings, September 1992. 4 6 Clippings, October-December 1992. 4 7 Clippings, January-May 1993. 4 8 Clippings, June-August 1993. 4 9 Clippings, September-December 1993. 4 10 Clippings, January-April 1994. 4 11 Clippings, May-July 1994. 4 12 Clippings, August-December 1994, [no month] 1994. 4 13 Clippings, January, April-June 1995. 4 14 Clippings, 199[-]. 4 15 Clippings, 1996, 1998. 4 16 Clippings, 2000-2007. 4 17 Clippings, no date. 4 18 Series VI: Magazines and Newsletters. 5 Extent: 1 box.

Magazines and Newsletters consist of magazines and newsletters related to the feminist movement, NOW, leftist politics, human rights, reproductive rights, and international peace organizations.

Bakerby's,September-October 1990. 5 1 BusinessWeek,24 September 1979. 5 2 The Capitol List (Democratic Socialist Organizing Committee), 1 March 1978. 5 3 Coalition Report (Richmond Human Rights Coalition), January-February 1978. 5 4 Do It NOW: Monthly Action Newsletter of the National Organization for Women,1972. 5 5 Ms., 1972. 5 6 NARAL News (National Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League), 1994-1995. 5 7 NCJW Journal (National Council of Jewish Women, Fall 1992. 5 8 Newsletter of the Democratic Left,1978-1980. 5 9 NOW Acts,Fall 1971. 5 10 NOW What? (Richmond Chapter, NOW), July 1976. 5 11 Off Our Backs: A Women's Liberation bi-weekly,31 December 1970. 5 12 Older Women's League newsletter, May 1987. 5 13 Options (Religious Coalition for Abortion Rights), 1978-1979, 1985. 5 14 Peace and Freedom (Women's International League for Peace and Freedom), Summer 2001. 5 15 Progress (Virginia League for Planned Parenthood), 1990-1994. 5 16 Richmond NOW newsletter, 1986-1994. 5 17 The Spokeswoman,15 April 1975. 5 18 UUWF Journal (Unitarian Universalist Women's Federation), 15 October 1985. 5 19 Veteran Feminists of America newsletter, Spring 2006. 5 20 Virginia NOW Choices,1988-1990. 5 21 Virginia Women (Virginia Council on the Status of Women), 1990. 5 22 Virginia Women (Virginia Foundation for Women), 1998. 5 23 The Woman Activist and The Woman Activist Extra,1973, 1989-1995. 5 24 Women in the Arts (The National Museum of Women in the Arts), Fall 1993. 5 25 Women's Liberation newsletter, 197[-]. 5 26 WPTF Newsletter (National Council for a World Peace Tax Fund), August 1978. 5 27 Series VII: Organization Papers. 5 Extent: 1 box.

Organization Papers contain circular letters, pamphlets, press releases, questionaires, and other printed materials from the ACLU, Coal Employment Project, Emily's List, the Feminist Majority Foundation, NOW, Planned Parenthood, Richmond Coalition for Choice, Richmond Human Rights Coalition, the Virginia Commission on the Status of Women, Virginia Equal Rights Amendment Ratification Council, Virginia Religious Coalition for Abortion Rights, the Virginia Women's Political Caucus, the Woman Activist, and the Women's Resource Center. Collection also contains a bulletin from a pro-choice service at the First Unitarian Church (Richmond, Virginia).

ACLU, 1970-1995. 5 28 American Association of University Women, [1994]. 5 29 Coal Employment Project, 1987. 5 30 Emily's List, 1993. 5 31 The Feminist Majority Foundation, no date. 5 32 First Unitarian Church (Richmond, Virginia) bulletin, 12 May 1985. 5 33 NOW miscellaneous papers, 1970-1973. 5 34 NOW miscellaneous papers, 1989-2007, no date. 5 35 NOW--Virginia state chapter and Richmond chapter, 1974-1991, no date. 5 36 Planned Parenthood, no date. 5 37 Richmond Coalition for Choice, 1994. 5 38 Richmond Human Rights Coalition--Human Rights Day Dinner, 10 December 1988. 5 39 Virginia Commission on the Status of Women, no date. 5 40 Virginia Equal Rights Amendment Ratification Council, 1984-1994. 5 41 Virginia Religious Coalition for Abortion Rights bulletin, 21 January 1983. 5 42 Virginia Women's Political Caucus, no date. 5 43 The Woman Activist, no date. 5 44 Women's Resource Center/Women's Resource Line, 1994, no date. 5 45 Women's Rights of Richmond, 1972[?]. 5 46 Series VIII: Miscellaneous Papers. 6 Extent: 1 box.

Miscellaneous Papers include copies of legislative bills and resolutions concerning possible legislation on women's issues; brochures on conferences for women's issues and studies, employment and business, education, prisons, and Cuba; brochures on women's programs at the University of Richmond and at Wellesley College; book catalogs and order forms; miscellaneous papers concerning women, politics, insurance, and self defense; EBay auction information for the July 1972 issue of Ms. Magazine; list of women activists in the Richmond area; ads for Seagram's wine coolers and for bondage and domination equipment and videos; an i.q. test; miscellaneous printed materials containing anecdotes and fliers concerning women's issues; bumber stickers that say "Crater;" and business and calling cards.

Printed bills and legislation--rape and child custody, 1973, 1973-1994, no date. 6 1 Conferences, exhibits, lectures, 1977-2006. 6 2 Women's programs--education. 6 3 Book order forms and book catalogs. 6 4 Miscellaneous political and women's issues material. 6 5 Miscellaneous printed materials. 6 6 Ads for wine coolers and for bondage and domination materials. 6 7 Information concerning EBay auction for issue 1 of Ms. magazine, May 2001. 6 8 Business and joke cards. 6 9 List of women activists in the Richmond area. 6 10 Bumper stickers--Crater. 6 11 I.Q. test booklet (2 copies). 6 12 Series IX: Political Campaign Buttons. Extent: 1 Frame.

Political Campaign Buttons contain political campaign buttons from the late 1960s to the 1990s for political campaigns at the state and national levels. Also contains buttons advocating various causes.