The National Organization for Women (NOW) Whatcom County Chapter Records span the dates 1972-1977 and document the activities of a local feminist group and their pursuit of equal rights and improving women’s situation within society.

Administrative materials span the period of 1972-1977 and contain the bylaws of the Washington State Chapter of NOW, and documents regarding the formation of the Whatcom County Chapter, handwritten meeting minutes, membership applications and mailing lists, and instructions and sample stationary.

Program materials span the years 1974-1976 and contain correspondence, flyers and notices, questionnaires, interviews, instructions, and reports about the organization’s various advocacy efforts. The materials include records of the chapter’s Sexual Violence/Rape Task Force and documents related to their coordination with the Seattle Chapter in conducting workshops about sexual discrimination in educational systems. There are also materials related to the chapter’s work with NARAL to support the pro-choice movement and advocate for abortion and reproductive rights. Other materials include brochures advocating equal rights, improving the image of women in society, and efforts to create shelters for battered women and ensure adequate childcare for women in need.

Publications date from 1974-1977 and include an incomplete set of Women’s Newsletter, the official NOW Whatcom County Chapter publication. There is also one issue of the NOW Snohomish County Chapter newsletter, newspaper articles about NOW activities and other relevant women’s issues, various clippings and notes, and three non-NOW women’s newsletters: Priorities, Northwest Passage, and The Spokeswoman.