| Collection |
| Title: |
Boston Women's Pentagon
Action (Cambridge, Mass.) records |
| Dates: |
1980-1986 |
| Call Number: |
M143 |
|
| Chronology |
| 1980 |
Northeast feminist conference draws activists concerned with the
threats of nuclear proliferation. |
| 1980 |
First Women's Pentagon Action march on the Pentagon is held in Washington,
D.C. |
| 1980 |
Boston Women's Pentagon Action is formed. |
| 1981 |
The second Women's Pentagon Action march on the Pentagon occurs
in Washington, D.C. |
| 1982 |
Boston Women's Pentagon Action participates in the Standing Up Against
the Klan social justice rally in Washington, D.C. |
| 1982 |
Boston hosts regional meeting of the Women's Pentagon Action. |
| 1983 |
Boston Women's Pentagon Action participates in the international
Campaign to Stop the Euromissles. |
| 1983 |
Anti-missile protesters stage a summer-long Seneca Falls Peace Encampment
in Seneca, New York. The event is supported by Women's Pentagon Action,
including the Boston chapter. |
| 1983 |
Boston Women's Pentagon Action members attend the march for Jobs,
Peace and Freedom in Washington, D.C. |
| 1983 |
Boston Women's Pentagon Action participates in a protest of the
Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc. in Cambridge, Massachusetts. |
| 1984 |
The Women's Pentagon Action "Not in Our Name" protest is held in
New York City. |
| 1984 |
The Women's School and the Boston Women's Pentagon Action partner
to host workshops on feminism and civil disobedience. |
| 1984 |
Boston Women's Pentagon Action members protest a defense contracting
conference at the Boston Park Plaza Hotel. |
| 1986 |
Boston Women's Pentagon Action disbands. The organization's assets
are transferred to the Boston Women's Fund. |
|
| Bibliography |
|
Epstein, Barbara. Political Protest and Cultural Revolution. California:
University of California Press, 1993. |
|
