Expand All Collapse All Extent 129 folders, approximately 9,849 pages; 201 pages of electronic files Summary This collection contains the records of The President's Commission on the Celebration of Women in American History, established by President Clinton by Executive Order 13090 on June 28, 1998. The Commission was to make recommendations to the President on ways to recognize and celebrate the contributions and roles of American women throughout the history of the United States. The Commission submitted a report to the President on March 1, 1999. The President extended the Commission's term until December, 2000, for establishing public-private partnerships to implement the Commission's recommendations. Scope and Content Note The President’ Commission on the Celebration of Women in American History was established by President Clinton by Executive Order 13090 on June 29, 1998. The General Services Administration (GSA) became the federal partner in funding the Commission. The members served without compensation, but the GSA provided their travel costs. The Commission’s mandate was to make recommendations to the President on ways to recognize and celebrate the contributions and roles of American women throughout the history of the United States. The Commission submitted a report to the President on March 1, 1999. The President extended the Commission’s term until December, 2000, allowing the members to establish public-private partnerships for implementing the commission’s recommendations. The Commission was led by Co-Chairs Beth Newburger, Associate Administrator for Communications, GSA, and Ann Lewis, White House Director of Communications 1997-1999, and Counselor to the President 1999-2001. The members of the Commission included Dr. Johnnetta B. Cole, J. Michael Cook, Dr. Barbara Goldsmith, LaDonna Harris, Gloria Johnson, Dr. Elaine Kim, Dr. Ellen Ochoa, Anna Eleanor Roosevelt, and Irene Wurtzel. The Commission held ten meetings during its tenure in regions around the country, with the last meeting being held November 15, 2000, in Washington, DC. The records in this collection include letters, email, reports, notes, clippings, pamphlets, travel vouchers, pictures, and books. Record Type Textual System of Arrangement This collection is arranged alphabetically. Folder titles that begin with a date regarding meetings in U.S. cities are filed alphabetically by the city. Otherwise, they are filed alphabetically by topic. In these Commission files there were several 3½” diskettes containing various documents and reports. The materials from these disks have been processed electronically and are available for research in an electronic format. Access Collection is open to all researchers. Access to Clinton Presidential Records is governed by the Presidential Records Act (PRA) (44 U.S.C. Chapter 22, as amended) and the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) (5 U.S.C. 552, as amended) and therefore records may be restricted in whole or in 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 (17 U.S.C. Chapter 1) 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, 2017. Previously restricted materials are added as they are released. Container List The following is a list of folders processed: Federal Records: President’s Commission on the Celebration of Women in American History Box 1 A Hand Up: Women Mentoring Women in Science [book] [OA/ID 40570] September 25, 1998, Albuquerque, NM Second Meeting [OA/ID 40576] Albuquerque Travel Vouchers 9-24-26, 1998 [OA/ID 40567] America’s Commitment: Women 2000 [report] [OA/ID 40569] American Woman 1999-2000: A Century of Change – What’s Next? [book] [OA/ID 40570] Box 2 Annual Reports 1998, 1999, 2000 [OA/ID 40568] Appointment Affidavits [OA/ID 40567] Atlanta Travel Vouchers 1/21/99 [OA/ID 40567] AWIS [Association for Women in Science] Magazine – Volume 25, Number 3, May/June 1996: 25th Anniversary [OA/ID 40569] AWIS [Association for Women in Science] Magazine – Volume 26, Number 5, September/ October 1997: Patents, Protecting Intellectual Property [OA/ID 40569] AWIS [Association for Women in Science] Magazine – Volume 27, Number 1, Winter 1998: Women in Computer Science: Past and Present [OA/ID 40569] AWIS [Association for Women in Science] Magazine – Volume 27, Number 4, Fall 1998: Diversity in Science Careers [OA/ID 40569 AWIS [Association for Women in Science] Mentoring Means Future Scientists [report] [OA/ID 40569] Bridge to the Future: The History of Diversity in Girl Scouting [publication] [OA/ID 40569] Budget (Receipts) [OA/ID 40568] July 16, 1998, Canandaigua, NY First Meeting [OA/ID 40567] Celebrate ’98: Celebrating the 150th Anniversary of the First Women’s Rights Convention – Seneca Falls, New York [OA/ID 40569] [Celebrating Women of Excellence Through Music: A Tribute to the 150th Anniversary of Seneca Falls] [OA/ID 40569] Celebrating Women’s History in the Workplace [publication] [OA/ID 40569] Century of the Woman [newspaper] [OA/ID 10569] Charter 1998-1999, 1999-2000, Executive Order 1998-1999 [OA/ID 40568] Box 3 October 19-20, 1998 Chicago Cultural Center Third Meeting [1] [OA/ID 40567] October 19-20, 1998 Chicago Cultural Center Third Meeting [2] [OA/ID 40567] [Chicago Women of Note] [OA/ID 40570] [Clinton Presidential Materials Project] [OA/ID 40570] [CLUW [Coalition of Labor Union Women] Celebrates Women’s History Month] [poster] [OA/ID 41229] Commission Member Address/Bios [OA/ID 40568] Commission on the Celebration of Women in American History [poster] [OA/ID 41230] [Commissions Report Requests] [1] [OA/ID 40569] [Commissions Report Requests] [2] [OA/ID 40569] Commissions Reports [1] [OA/ID 40568] Commissions Reports [2] [OA/ID 40568] February 3, 1999 Conference Call [OA/ID 40567] CRM [Cultural Resource Management] – Volume 20, No. 3, 1997: Placing Women in the Past [publication] [OA/ID 40569] CRM [Cultural Resource Management] – Volume 23, No. 3, 2000 [publication] [OA/ID 40569] Box 4 [Ellen Ochoa] [OA/ID 40569] Exploring a Common Past: Interpreting Women’s History in the National Park Service [publication] [OA/ID 40569] Fact Finding Meeting December 10, 1998 Berkeley, CA [OA/ID 40567] Fact-Finding San Francisco, CA 12/10/98, (2) Travel Vouchers [OA/ID 40567] Federal Register Notice [OA/ID 40568] November 12-13, 1998 2nd Folder Fourth Meeting [1] [OA/ID 40567] November 12-13, 1998 2nd Folder Fourth Meeting [2] [OA/ID 40567] Foundation for Women’s Resources [OA/ID 40569] GFWC [General Federation of Women’s Clubs] Clubs [OA/ID 10568] Guide to Women’s History Materials in Manuscript Collections at the Indiana Historical Society [publication] [OA/ID 40569] Illinois Women: 75 Years of the Right to Vote [publication] [OA/ID 40569] Incoming [1] [OA/ID 40568] Box 5 Incoming [2] [OA/ID 40568] International Training in Development Project Application Packet [OA/ID 40569] Jewish Women’s Archive [OA/ID 40569] [Jewish Women’s Archive] [loose] [OA/ID 40569] [Katya Miller] [OA/ID 40569] Labor’s Heritage – Vol. 10, No. 1 [publication] [OA/ID 40569] Legacy of New York Women 1848-1998 [publication] [OA/ID 40569] Letterhead Paper [OA/ID 40568] [Library/Web Sites for Women] [newspaper] [OA/ID 40569] [Lillian Garland and Maternity Leave] [OA/ID 40569] January 22, 1999, Martin Luther King Jr. Ct. [Center], Atlanta, GA Fifth Meeting [1] [OA/ID 40567] January 22, 1999, Martin Luther King Jr. Ct. [Center], Atlanta, GA Fifth Meeting [2] [OA/ID 40567] January 22, 1999, Martin Luther King Jr. Ct. [Center], Atlanta, GA Fifth Meeting [3] [OA/ID 40567] Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historic Site [OA/ID 40569] Mason Tillman Associates, Ltd. [OA/ID 40569] Box 6 Meeting Minutes [1] [OA/ID 40568] Meeting Minutes [2] [OA/ID 40568] [Miscellaneous Audio/Visual Materials] [loose] [OA/ID 40570] [Miscellaneous National Women’s History Project] [OA/ID 41229] [Miscellaneous Women’s History Brochures] [loose] [OA/ID 40569] [Miscellaneous Women’s History Newsletters] [loose] [OA/ID 40569] Museum of Women: The Leadership Center [OA/ID 40569] [National Monument Proclamations] [OA/ID 41229] [National Museum of the American Indian] [OA/ID 40569] National Museum of Women’s History [Folder 1] [OA/ID 40569] National Museum of Women’s History [Folder 2] [OA/ID 40569] National Women’s Hall of Fame [OA/ID 40569] National Women’s History Month March 1999 [poster] [OA/ID 41229] National Women’s History Project [OA/ID 40569] [National Women’s History Project] [loose] [OA/ID 40569] [National Women’s History Project Programs] [OA/ID 40569] January 18, 2000 New York Public Library Seventh Meeting [1] [OA/ID 40567] Box 7 January 18, 2000 New York Public Library Seventh Meeting [2] [OA/ID 40567] New York State Archives [newspaper] [OA/ID 40569 New York, Travel Voucher Jan. 18, 2000 [OA/ID 40567] New York Travel Vouchers July 28 [OA/ID 40567] Not for Ourselves Alone: The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony [OA/ID 40569] Not for Ourselves Alone: the Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony [poster] [OA/ID 41225] 2000 Outgoing Letters [OA/ID 40568] 1999 Outgoing Letters [1] [OA/ID 40568] 1999 Outgoing Letters [2] [OA/ID 40568] Outgoing 1997-1998 Letters [OA/ID 40568] Box 8 Portland Travel Vouchers 9-20-1999 [OA/ID 40567] Registration Information, GFWC [General Federation of Women’s Clubs] Certificates [OA/ID 40568] Request for Reports [OA/ID 40568] Seat of Justice; Witness to History: A History of the Ontario County Court House [publication] [OA/ID 40569] Seneca Falls, NY 1848-1998 [poster] [OA/ID 41225] Seneca Falls, NY 1848-1998 [poster] [OA/ID 41229] September 8, 1999, Portland Marriott, Portland, OR Sixth Meeting [OA/ID 40567] This Constitution – Winter 1986, No. 13 [publication] [OA/ID 40569] Travel Authorization for 1998-2000 [OA/ID 40567] Travel Voucher Nov. 15, 2000 [OA/ID 40567] Travel Vouchers (Chicago) 10-19-20, 1998 [OA/ID 40567] Travel Vouchers June 6, 2000 New York [OA/ID 40567] Box 9 United States Department of State Art in the Embassies Program [OA/ID 40569] United States Sanitary Commission Records [OA/ID 40569] June 6, 2000 U.S. Custom House, NY Ninth Meeting [1] [OA/ID 40567] June 6, 2000 U.S. Custom House, NY Ninth Meeting [2] [OA/ID 40567] Washington 1998 State Department Travel Vouchers [OA/ID 40567] November 12-13, 1998, Washington, DC State Department Fourth Meeting [1] [OA/ID 40567] November 12-13, 1998, Washington, DC State Department Fourth Meeting [2] [OA/ID 40567] March 16, 1999 Washington, DC State Plaza Hotel [OA/ID 40567] November 15, 2000 Washington, DC Tenth Meeting [OA/ID 40567] November 15, 2000 Washington, DC Tenth Meeting [diskettes] [OA/ID 40567] Washington, DC March 15, 1999 Travel Vouchers [OA/ID 40567] Box 10 Where Women Made History [poster] [OA/ID 41225] March 21-22, 2000, White House Conf. Ct. [Conference Center], Washington, DC Eighth Meeting [OA/ID 40567] Women 2000: Beijing Plus Five [OA/ID 40569] Women in Business Yellow Pages [directory] [OA/ID 40569] [Women’s Equality Day] [OA/ID 40570] Women’s Movement/Source Material [OA/ID 40569] [Women’s Museum: An Institute for the Future - Articles] [loose] [OA/ID 40569] Women’s Museum: An Institute for the Future [publication] [OA/ID 40569 [Women’s Rights National Historical Park] [OA/ID 40569] Women in Transportation: Changing America’s History [poster] [OA/ID 40569] Women’s Voices from the Mother Lode [book] [OA/ID 40570] Women’s Voices from the Oregon Trail [book] [OA/ID 40570] Box 11 Women’s Voices from the Western Frontier [book] [OA/ID 40570] Women of the West Museum [OA/ID 40569] Worcester Women’s History Project: Celebrating the 150th Anniversary of the First National Woman’s Rights Convention [OA/ID 40569] Write Women Back Into History! National Women’s History Project [Folder 1] [OA/ID 40569] Write Women Back Into History! National Women’s History Project [Folder 2] [OA/ID 40569] Electronic Records [Electronic Media] [Washington, DC Tenth Meeting] [disc]