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TheLouisianaWomanandHerChangingSociety.pdf
Pamphlet produced by the Louisiana Committee for the Humanities outlining a series of programs and seminars concerning "The Louisiana Woman and Her Changing Society."

JMR_Women'sRightsInTheLouisianaMatrimonialRegime.pdf
Article by Janet Mary Riley, reprinted from Tulane Law Review, acting as a call to action on part of the Louisiana Legistator for equality amoung the sexes. Riley is especially concerened with the "Head and Master" rule and Louisiana's legislation in…

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Janet Mary Riley campaigned for change in the Community Property Law of Louisiana, speaking to women’s groups, presenting at conferences, and literally wrote the casebook on the subject.

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Cover for a case book by Janet Mary Riley concerning Louisiana property laws of marriage.

JMR_CommissiononHumanRightsCatholicChurch.pdf
A pamphlet produced by the Commission on Human Rights of the Catholic Committee of the South. Q&A about the Commission itself as well as Catholicism and the treatment of African Americans.

Article concerning McCroy's sit in published in the Chicago Daily Defender, December 22, 1960.

JMR_NAACPbigpamphlet.pdf
Call to action NAACP pamphlet addressing racial violence in the South.

JMR_NAACPtruthvuglylies.pdf
NAACP pamphlet addressing lies or common misconceptions about their organization.

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A pamphlet produced by the National Women's Party to answer questions concerning the possible effects of the Equal Rights Amendment.
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