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Volunteers work the phones representing multiple businesses and non-profit organizations during the Save Autistic Children telethon, circa 1978.

Connie and Harvey Lapin of Northridge became advocates for children and adults with autism after the diagnosis of their son, Shawn. Their advocacy work is documented in the Harvey and Connie Lapin Collection in the University Library archives.

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Fabric pattern including with the book/kit, Chicks on speed : it's a project. N6497 .M87 2004

Feminist music and fine art, anyone? We've got you what you need in Special Collections & Archives. In honor of the last week of Women's History month let's take a look at a unique collective of female artists and the scrapbook-esque publication they produced in 2004.

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Detail of an illustration from The Ladies Medical Guide

The nineteenth century often invokes flowery images of romanticism and heavily-embellished architecture. By today's standards, it can also be seen as an oppressive era for women especially with regards to society, marriage, and the household. The Vern and Bonnie Bullough Collection on Sex and Gender spans many topics including birth control, abortion, homosexuality, cross dressing, sex education, and prostitution, and includes numerous works demonstrating popular public opinion and more subversive, revolutionary ideas about appropriate roles for women during the 19th century...

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Detail of Anatomy Plate 1, AE25.E551 Vol. 2

The Encyclopédie, ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers (translated to Encyclopedia, or a Systematic Dictionary of the Sciences, Arts, and Crafts) is an embodiment of the Enlightenment, the 17th and 18th century European intellectual and philosophical movement. The University Library’s copy of the Encyclopédie is the third edition that was published in Switzerland in 1778 and 1779.

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