"Trivial complaints": the role of privacy in domestic violence law and activism in the U.S.

NCADV First National Meeting t-shirt. Source: Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University, Yolanda Bako papers (including papers of the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence), 99-M80.

Woman’s Walk Against Rape Poster, Central Park, New York. Source: Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University, Yolanda Bako papers (including papers of the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence), 96-M117—96-M137.

Publicity for National Women’s Conference, Houston, Texas, 1977. Source: Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University, Andrea Dworkin papers, M196.

Early Take Back the Night T-Shirt. Source: Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University, Yolanda Bako papers (including papers of the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence), 99-M80.

Florence F. Noyes as “Liberty” in Congressional Union’s woman suffrage procession, Washington, D.C. March 3, 1913. Source: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division LC-USZ62-70382 DLC.

George Brenning explains how the case came about.

Kathleen Sullivan discusses Bowers’s links to the reproductive rights cases as well as her reaction to the Supreme Court’s ruling.

Women’s Walk Against Rape, New York. Source: Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University, Yolanda Bako papers (including papers of the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence), 96-M117—96-M137.

Early Anti-Domestic-Violence T-Shirt. Source: Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University, Yolanda Bako papers (including papers of the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence), 99-M80.

NCADV First National Meeting binder cover. Source: Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University, Yolanda Bako papers (including papers of the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence), 96-M117—96-M137.

Barbara Hart talks about recent and innovative work being done by anti-domestic-violence advocates to address racism and classism.

“Wifebeater” Definition T-Shirt. Source: Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University, Yolanda Bako papers (including papers of the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence), 99-M80.

Suffragists picketing the White House, 1917. Source: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division LC-USZ62-31799 DLC.

Barbara Hart speaks on the issues of race, class, and sexuality within the battered women’s movement.

Official program - Woman suffrage procession, Washington, D.C. March 3, 1913 / Dale. Source: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division LC-USZC4-2996 DLC.

Article on violence against women and its links to other women’s issues, National Women’s Conference, Houston, Texas, 1977. Source: Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University, Andrea Dworkin papers, M196.

Kathleen Sullivan talks about the upside of the Bowers ruling in the activist arena.

NCADV Second National Meeting binder cover. Source: Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University, Yolanda Bako papers (including papers of the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence), 96-M117—96-M137.

Barbara Hart discusses her experiences in the early days of the battered women’s movement.

Proposed National Plan of Action, 1977. Source: Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University, Andrea Dworkin papers, M196.