COLLECTION
Women's Center archive, University of Virginia
Summary Statistics
Number of Records: 469Year Range: 1979 - 2024
DESCRIPTION
The documents in this Collection cover issues of race, gender, sexuality, and their relation to sexual violence. Covering a wide range of item types, from posters and news articles to letters and websites, this Collection creates a model for including artifacts of race relations alongside artifacts of gender and sexual violence. Thanks to Claire Kaplan, Director of the Gender Violence and Social Change program at the Maxine Platzer Lynn Women's Center at the University of Virginia, who graciously donated some of her personal archives to Take Back the Archive.
The documents in this Collection cover issues of race, gender, sexuality, and their relation to sexual violence. Covering a wide range of item types, from posters and news articles to letters and websites, this Collection creates a model for including artifacts of race relations alongside artifacts of gender and sexual violence. Thanks to Claire Kaplan, Director of the Gender Violence and Social Change program at the Maxine Platzer Lynn Women's Center at the University of Virginia, who graciously donated some of her personal archives to Take Back the Archive.
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Abuses Encountered by Resident Assistants During an Academic Year
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1983-09
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Understanding Violence between Intimate Partners: The Effects of Personal Experience and Victim Reactions on Labeling it "Battering" and Allocating Blame
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1984-08-28
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Attitudes toward Women as a Function of Subject's Experience with Family Violence
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1985-04
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Gender Differences: Effects of Stress on Expressed and Received Abuse
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1985-08
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Gender Differences in the Use of Conflict Tactics across Eight Levels of Emotional Commitment
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1986-11
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Social Factor and Victim-Offender Differences in Courtship Violence
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1987-01
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Courtship Violence: The Patterns of Conflict Resolution Strategies Across Seven Levels of Emotional Commitment
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1987-07
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The Efficacy of a Spouse Abuse Model in Accounting for Courtship Violence
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1987-09
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The Marriage License as a Hitting License: A Comparison of Assaults in Dating, Cohabiting, and Married Couples
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1988-01-22
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The Incidence of Violence and Acquaintance Rape in Dating Relationships Among College Men and Women
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1988-07
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Gender Identity, Self-Esteem, and Physical and Sexual Abuse in Dating Relationships
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1989
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The Help-seeking Behavior of Physically and Sexually Abused College Students
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1989
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Test of an Argumentative Skill Deficiency Model of Interspousal Violence
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1989-06
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The Continuation of Violent Dating Relationships Among College Students
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1989-09
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The Predictive Power of Abuse in the Family of Origin for Sexual Abuse in Dating
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1990
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Sex Role, Group Affiliation, Family Background, and Courtship Violence in College Students
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1990-05
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The Dominance Motive in Abusive Partners: Identifying Couples at Risk
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1990-07
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Psychological Resources, Coping Strategies, and Negotiation Styles as Discriminators of Violence in Dating Relationships
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1991-01
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Dating Relationships of Entering Freshmen: A Baseline Study of Courtship Violence
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1991-02
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Victims of Rape: Should their names be kept secret? Privacy, the Media and the Kennedy Case
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1991-04-29
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Delayed Lawsuits of Sexual Abuse on the Rise, Alleged Victims of Abuse Wait Years to Sue
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1991-08-14
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Being gay or lesbian in college, Gay students face higher risk of depression, suicide
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1991-09-04
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Sexual Assault Education Month poster and Article- Week highlights survivors of assault
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1991-10-19
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'A Sure-Fire Winner Is to Tell Her You Love Her; Women Fall for It All the Time': Men Talk Frankly With Counselor to Assess Harassment and Acquaintance Rape
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1991-11-13
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At George Mason U., Frank talk about Sex Harassment and Date Rape
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1991-11-13
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Task force suggests Virginia's colleges aggressively fight drugs, sexual assault
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1991-11-20
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"Deciphering the writing on the wall," "'Don't let the bastards get you down,'" and "Brown U. rape graffiti at U.Va." Date:
1991-11-21
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To name or not to name: Media struggle with identifying rape survivors
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1991-12-01
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The Continuum of Violence Against Women: Psychological and Physical Consequences
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1992-01
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Reported Childhood Sexual Abuse in University Counseling Center Clients
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1992-01-23
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A Typology of College Students who Use Violence in their Dating Relationships
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1992-09
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Community confronts increase in violence/Assault on Rugby Road classified attempted murder
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1992-09-09
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Escort Service to provide safer night transportation for students
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1992-09-10
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Escort Service to provide safer night transportation for students
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1992-09-10
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University, community unity urged in forum, UVA President Casteen Creates Council on Community
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April 9, 1993 Letter from the Committee for Constructive Reform to President John Casteen III
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1993-04-09
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Letter to John Casteen regarding the Jefferson Society and women
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1993-04-09
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"Jefferson Society members allege environment hostile to women" and "Committee's letter urges response from U.Va. administration, police"
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1993-04-12
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The Experience of "Forgetting" Childhood Abuse: A National Survey of Psychologists
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1993-04-27
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BSA to sponsor awareness program, BSA Responds to sexual assault
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1993-05-01
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Report of the Hearing Panel for the Investigation of the Jefferson Literary and Debating Society, May 7, 1993
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1993-05-07
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New Laws relating to the Reduction of Sexual Assault victimization adopted in Virginia in 1993
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1993-05-12
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Intervention Strategies for Treating Women in Violent Dating Relationships
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1993-10
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Students react to recent increase in violence on Grounds, Student abducted near Tuttle
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1993-10-20
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University of Virginia Procedures for Cases Involving Sexual assault (amended in 1993, 1991)
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1993, 1991
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House Bills and House Joint Resolutions from the 1994 Session of VA Legislature- relating to rape
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1994
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Bills of Concern to UVA that passed both Houses- 1994 General Assembly Session
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1994
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Recent assaults cause concern among students, County police report case of local date rape
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1994
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Educational, Occupational, and Relationship Histories of Men who were Sexually and/or Physically Abused as Children
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1994
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B-GLAD increases awareness, and Gay rights supporter advocates equality
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1994-04-07
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Recall of Childhood Trauma: A Prospective Study of Women's Memories of Child Sexual Abuse
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1994-04-15
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Abuse During Pregnancy: Effects on Maternal Complications and Birth Weight in Adult and Teenage Women
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1994-09
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Virginia Department of Social Services, 1995 Domestic Violence Services, APS Fact Sheet
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Communications and Public Education: Effective Tools to Promote a Cultural Change on Domestic Violence
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1995-03-31
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Mothers and Children: Understanding the Links Between Woman Battering and Child Abuse
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1995-03-31
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Commission on Family Violence Prevention: Final Legislative Update
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1995-04-17
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Effects of a Sexual Assault Peer Education Program on Men's Belief in Rape Myths
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1997-02
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LGBU fights homophobia with Day of Silence Protest, Forced Silence
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1997-04-10
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Inter-Fraternity Council and Inter-Sorority Council- Petition against Date-Rape drugs
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1997-04-14
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Judge Upholds law making Gender-motivated crimes a Civil-Rights violation
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1997-07-10
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Male and Female Adolescents' Perceives Interpersonal Communication Skills According to History of Sexual Coercion
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1998-02-24
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Former UJC subcommittee sets sexual assault policy, procedures
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1998-09-17
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Former UJC subcommittee sets sexual assault policy, procedures
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1998-09-17
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Sexual Assault & Domestic Violence Awareness Month 2002 Poster
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2002-10-29
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Seven Society makes generous donation to Women’s Center for Gender, Violence and Social Change
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2015-04-07
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Women’s Center announces new full-time counselor, thanks U.Va. for funding
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2015-05-01
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Communities in Transition: Crises and Design for Change (Take Back The Night March & Rally)
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No Safe Haven: Male Violence Against Women at Home, at Work, and in the Community
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Awareness of assault stressed, and Second Speak Out provides confidential assault forum
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Fraternity members officials student system, Speakers: UVA must address sexual attacks
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Police request Radford's help in investigation, Radford angle pursued in UVA attack
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Police request Radford's help in investigation, Radford angle pursued in UVA attack
