The Janet Allured papers consist of research materials gathered by Dr. Janet Allured while writing her book, Remapping Second-Wave Feminism: The Long Women’s Rights Movement in Louisiana, 1950-1997. Many accounts of the women’s movement in the United States focus on Northern feminists and political activities at a national level. Allured’s research focuses on the often-overlooked work of Southern activists, whose regional and religious backgrounds — heavily influenced by the Civil Rights Movement — produced a grassroots movement that achieved many lasting results. Remapping Second-Wave Feminism was published in 2017 by the University of Georgia Press.
The records in the collection include interviews, clippings, transcripts, correspondence, resumés, biographical sketches, notes, and email correspondence gathered during Allured’s research. The records provide information on the activities of several feminist activists and organizations involved in the women’s movement from the early 1950s through the 1990s. A finding aid to the complete collection can be found online.
Around the time of the book’s publication, Allured collaborated with photographer Dr. Carrie Chrisco on an exhibit of portraits that served as a companion to the book, titled “The Personal is Political: Portraits of Louisiana Second-Wave Feminists. ”Digital files of the portraits and recorded interviews with the subjects are included here.
