Download Page as PDF Expand All Collapse All Extent 153 folders, approximately 11,964 pages Summary This collection consists of records concerning Linda Cooper. Cooper was a secretary from the Department of Health and Human Services detailed to the Office of Policy Development’s Domestic Policy Council for two months in 1997. Records contain files concerning include abortion (including right to choose, legislation, partial birth, late term, RU-486, and the veto of HR 1833), affirmative action, child custody, domestic violence (including the Violence Against Women Act), education, enterprise development, entrepreneurship, Family and Medical Leave Act, family planning (Title X), Glass Ceiling Commission, health care reform, human embryo research, UN World Conference on Women (1996), urban policy, welfare reform, and women’s reproductive rights. The records include agendas, articles, books, informational packets, letters, legislation, memos, schedules, speech material, Statements of Administration Policy, talking points, and weekly reports. Scope and Content Note Linda Cooper was a secretary from the Department of Health and Human Services detailed to the Office of Policy Development’s Domestic Policy Council for two months in 1997. Although her assignment was to the welfare and health care reform domestic policy staff, the records retired under her name extend to virtually all spheres of the Clinton Administration’s work on behalf of women. Subjects include abortion (including right to choose, legislation, partial birth, late term, RU-486, and the veto of HR 1833), affirmative action, child custody, domestic violence (including the Violence Against Women Act), education, enterprise development, entrepreneurship, Family and Medical Leave Act, family planning (Title X), Glass Ceiling Commission, health care reform, human embryo research, UN World Conference on Women (1996), urban policy, welfare reform, and women’s reproductive rights. The records include agendas, articles, books, informational packets, letters, legislation, memos, schedules, speech material, Statements of Administration Policy, talking points, and weekly reports. Record Type Textual System of Arrangement Records of this series were found in Clinton Presidential Records: White House Staff and Office Files, Domestic Policy Council. Arrangement is alphabetical by subject. Access Collection is open to all researchers. Access to Clinton Presidential Records is governed by the Presidential Records Act (PRA) (44 USC 2201) and the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) (5 USC 552, as amended) and therefore records may be restricted in whole or part in accordance with legal exemptions. Copyright Documents in this collection that were prepared by officials of the United States government as part of their official duties are in the public domain. Researchers are advised to consult the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, USC) which governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material. Provenance Official records of William Jefferson Clinton’s presidency are housed at the Clinton Presidential Library and administered by the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) under the provisions of the Presidential Records Act (PRA). Processed by Staff Archivist, 2012. Previously restricted materials are added as they are released. Container List Following is a list of folders processed: Clinton Presidential Records: White House Staff and Office Files Domestic Policy Council Cooper, Linda Women’s Issues Box 1 1997 Budget Issues [1] [OA 10285] 1997 Budget Issues [2] [OA 10285] Abortion/Breast Cancer Linkage [OA 10284] [Abortion Rate Declination] [OA 10286] Abortion-States [OA 10287] AIDS [Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome] [OA 10284] ACIR [Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations]/FMLA [Family and Medical Leave Act] [1] [OA 10284] ACIR [Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations]/FMLA [Family and Medical Leave Act] [2] [OA 10284] [Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations (ACIR)] [OA 10284] Affirmative Action [OA 10286] [American School Health Association] [OA 10285] [An Income of Her Own] [OA 10284] Appropriations-Abortion 1996 [OA 10287] Appropriations-Choice 1997 [OA 10287] Appropriations-Family Planning 1996 [1] [OA 10287] Appropriations-Family Planning 1996 [2] [OA 10287] At the Table [Outreach Project] [OA 10286] Box 2 Beijing Follow Up: Environment [OA 10285] Beijing Follow Up: Women [1] [OA 10285] Beijing Follow Up: Women [2] [OA 10285] Beijing Follow Up: Women: Violence Against Women in South Africa [book][OA 10285] Budget Docs [Documents] By Group [OA 10285] Budget-EITC [Earned Income Tax Credit] [OA 10285] [Center for Policy Alternatives-Women and Economics] [Informational Packet][OA 10285] Child Custody/Domestic Violence [1] [OA 10285] Child Custody/Domestic Violence [2] [OA 10285] Child Custody/Domestic Violence [3] [OA 10285] Choice HR 1833 [1] OA 10286] Choice HR 1833 [2] OA 10286] Choice HR 1833 [3] OA 10286] Choice HR 1833 [4] OA 10286] Domestic Policy Council Cooper, Linda Women’s Issues Choice HR 1833 [5] OA 10286] Choice-Question/Answer, Talking Points [OA 10287] Choice Working Group Follow Up [OA 10287] Box 3 [Citations/Newsclips for Reproductive Rights Brief] [1] [OA 10286] [Citations/Newsclips for Reproductive Rights Brief] [2] [OA 10286] Clinton Accomplishments [OA 10286] [Collaboration and Community-Building New Approaches to Violence Prevention, Harvard Graduate School of Education, Summer 1995 [bound material] [OA 10285] [Crittenton Services for Women and Girls] [OA 10285] DOD-Osteoporosis/Bone Disease Research [OA 10284] D&E [Dilation and Evacuation] Partial Birth Abortion Bill [1] [OA 10287] D&E [Dilation and Evacuation] Partial Birth Abortion Bill [2] [OA 10287] [Domestic Violence] [1] [OA 10285] [Domestic Violence] [2] [OA 10285] [Domestic Violence and Athletes] [OA 10285] [Domestic Violence and Empowerment in Custody and Visitation, State Justice Institute Grant, April 1994] [Bound Material] [OA 10285] Education Equity [OA 10285] [Enterprise Development] [1] [OA 10283] [Enterprise Development] [2] [OA 10283] Box 4 [Fact Sheet Information] [OA 10284] Family Leave Act [1] [OA 10284] Family Leave Act [2] [OA 10284] Family Leave Act [3] [OA 10284] [Family Violence-A Guide to Research, The Urban Institute] [Bound Material][OA 10285] [Family Violence Project, National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges][1] [OA 10285] [Family Violence Project, National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges][2] [OA 10285] [Family Violence Project, National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges][3] [OA 10285] [Financial Women International] [Informational Packet] [OA 10285] [Foreign Operations-Population Assistance] [OA 10286] Freedom of Choice Act [S 25] [OA 10286] [Girls Inc.] [OA 10284] Glass Ceiling Commission [1] [OA 10284] Box 5 Domestic Policy Council Cooper, Linda Women’s Issues Glass Ceiling Commission [2] [OA 10284] Glass Ceiling Commission [3] [OA 10284] Glass Ceiling Commission [4] [OA 10284] HHS [Health and Human Services]/Labor Appropriations Riders for SAP [Statement of Administration Policy] [OA 10287] [HR 1833] [1] [OA 10287] [HR 1833] [2] [OA 10287] [HR 1833] [3] [OA 10287] HR 1833 Op-Ed [OA 10287] [HR 1833 Testimony] [1] [OA 10287] [HR 1833 Testimony] [2] [OA 10287] [HR 1833 Testimony] [3] [OA 10287] Box 6 [HR 1833 Testimony] [4] [OA 10287] [HR 1833 Testimony] [5] [OA 10287] [HR 1833 Testimony] [6] [OA 10287] [HR 1833 Veto] [1] [OA 10287] [HR 1833 Veto] [2] [OA 10287] [HR 1833 Veto] [3] [OA 10287] [HR 1833 Veto] [4] [OA 10287] [Human Embryo Research] [1] [OA 10286] [Human Embryo Research] [2] [OA 10286] [Hyde Amendment] [1] [OA 10286] [Hyde Amendment] [2] [OA 10286] Box 7 [Hyde Amendment] [3] [OA 10286]\ [Hyde Amendment] [4] [OA 10286] [Hyde Amendment] [5] [OA 10286] [Individual Development Account (IDA) Demonstration] [1] [OA 10283] [Individual Development Account (IDA) Demonstration] [2] [OA 10283] IDAs [Individual Development Accounts]/Microenterprise [OA 10283] Interagency Committee on Women's Business Enterprise [OA 10285] [International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) [OA 10286] Kassebaum-Kennedy [OA 10284] Late Term Abortion [Bill Veto] [1] [OA 10287] Late Term Abortion [Bill Veto] [2] [OA 10287] Late Term Abortion [Bill Veto] [3] [OA 10287] Late Term Abortions [State Positions] [OA 10287] Box 8 Domestic Policy Council Cooper, Linda Women’s Issues Legal Aid for Abused Women and Children [OA 10285] Legislation [OA 10285] [Little Rock Family Planning Services v Dalton] [OA 10286] Medicare and Medicaid [OA 10284] Ohio Ban On D&X [Dilation and Extraction] [OA 10287] Older Women/Health [OA 10284] [Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996] [1][OA 10283] [Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996] [2][OA 10283] [Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996] [3][OA 10283] Polling/Women [OA 10284] [POTUS on Choice] [1] [OA 10287] [POTUS on Choice] [2] [OA 10287] Box 9 [POTUS on Choice] [3] [OA 10287] POTUS [re] Women [OA 10284] Republican Budget [1] [OA 10285] Republican Budget [2] [OA 10285] Retirement [OA 10284] RU-486 [OA 10286] [RU-486, Mifepristone] [1] [OA 10286] [RU-486, Mifepristone] [2] [OA 10286] [RU-486, Mifepristone] [3] [OA 10286] [Rural Domestic Violence and Child Victimization Enforcement Grant Program, US Department of Justice, FY 1996] [Bound Material] [OA 10285] [Special Issue on Domestic Violence, Family Law Quarterly, Summer 1995] [Bound Material] [OA 10285] Taylor Report [OA 10285] [Title X-Family Planning Funding] [OA 10286] Underclass Behaviors in the United States-Measurement and Analysis of Determinants-Hill/O'Neill [OA 10284] Box 10 UN World Conference on Women [1] [OA 10285] UN World Conference on Women [2] [OA 10285] UN World Conference on Women [3] [OA 10285] Urban Policy [1] [OA 10283] Urban Policy [2] [OA 10283] Urban Policy [3] [OA 10283] Violence Against Women [OA 10285] Violence Against Women Act [OA 10285] Domestic Policy Council Cooper, Linda Women’s Issues Welfare Reform [OA 10284] Welfare Reform 1995 [OA 10284] [Welfare Reform] [1] [OA 10283] Box 11 [Welfare Reform] [2] [OA 10283] [Welfare Reform] [3] [OA 10283] [Welfare Reform] [4] [OA 10283] [Welfare Reform] [5] [OA 10283] [Welfare Reform] [6] [OA 10283] [Women and Business] [OA 10285] Women/Girls' Entrepreneurship [1] [OA 10284] Women/Girls' Entrepreneurship [2] [OA 10284] Women/Girls' Entrepreneurship [3] [OA 10284] Box 12 Women-Owned Businesses [1] [OA 10285] Women-Owned Businesses [2] [OA 10285] Women's Choice and Reproductive Health Protection Act [HR 1952] [OA 10286] [Women's Health] [1] [OA 10284] [Women's Health] [2] [OA 10284] Women's Issues-Current [1] [OA 10284] Women's Issues-Current [2] [OA 10284] Women's Issues-Current [3] [OA 10284] Women's Issues-Current [4] [OA 10284] Women's Vote [OA 10284]