- Collection:
- Donna Novak Coles Georgia Women's Movement Archives
- Title:
- Pro-Plan, Houston 1977 [button], 1977
- Publisher:
- Atlanta, Ga. : Georgia State University Library
- Date of Original:
- 1977
- Subject:
- National Women's Conference Committee (U.S.)
- Location:
- United States, Texas, Harris County, Houston, 29.76328, -95.36327
- Medium:
- information artifacts
buttons (information artifacts) - Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jp2
- Description:
- Jeannette (Janet) Cukor, nee Glavac, was born in 1924 in Detroit, Michigan. She attended Wayne State University, earning a Bachelor's of Science degree in education, with majors in elementary education and social studies, and minors in math, English, and science. She also did graduate work in the fields of guidance and counseling at Wayne State University and the University of Colorado. She would eventually complete a J.D. from Woodrow Wilson College of Law. Cukor married in 1953, and had two daughters, Pamela (1954) and Patricia (1956). Upon moving to Atlanta in 1965, she become active in local politics, joining the Democratic Party of DeKalb County, and serving on its Committee from 1975 to 1992. She also served two terms on the State Committee of the Democratic Party of Georgia. Cukor's involvement in the Equal Rights Amendment began when she became the administrative assistant for Eleanor Richardson who, in 1974, successfully ran for a seat in Georgia's House of Representatives. Representing ERA Georgia Inc., she served as an observer at the 1977 National Women's Conference in Houston, Texas. She also advocated on behalf of displaced homemakers (i.e., divorced or widowed housewives with little to no work experience), and called attention to property laws that unfairly discriminated against married women. After the Equal Rights Amendment failed to pass, Cukor continued to serve in a number of positions in local government, including the Advisory Committee on Aging(1988-), the Partnership for Community Action (1979-2004), and the DeKalb County Cable Access Television Citizen's Advisory Board (1980-1983).
- Metadata URL:
- http://digitalcollections.library.gsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/coles/id/1632
- IIIF manifest:
- https://digitalcollections.library.gsu.edu/iiif/2/coles:1632/manifest.json
- Language:
- eng
- Additional Rights Information:
- This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. In addition, no permission is required from the rights-holder(s) for educational uses. For other uses, you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s).
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: W064_artifacts_014, Janet Cukor papers, Donna Novak Coles Georgia Women's Movement Archives. Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University.
- Original Collection:
- Janet Cukor Papers
https://archivesspace.library.gsu.edu/repositories/2/resources/58
Donna Novak Coles Georgia Women's Movement Archives - Holding Institution:
- Georgia State University. Special Collections
- Rights:
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