Sheli Lulkin Papers cover the activities of Sheli Lulkin from 1962-1978. Lulkin was a special education teacher in Chicago Public Schools and active member of the Chicago Teachers Union in which she served as an officer. Lulkin was also a founder and leader of the Coalition of Labor Union Women (CLUW) and served as editor of Chicago Education News. Lulkin also advocated for the Equal Rights Amendment and was active in various women's committees advocating the amendment. She was later President of the Association of Sheridan Condo-Coop Owners in Rogers Park and then Executive Director of the Edgewater Chamber of Commerce.
In December 1976, Lulkin was identified as an informant for the Chicago Police Department's "red squad," the intelligence unit founded in the 1930s and used against labor and later, in the 1960s, against critics of the Daley administration. Exposure of Lulkin's role forced her resignation as an officer from the Chicago Teachers Union, though she remained involved in the union's women's committee.
The Sheli Lulkin Papers include minutes, correspondence, notes, agendas, leaflets, legislation, broadsides, press releases, newsletters, reports, and political campaign ephemera related to her involvement with the CLUW, CTU, and ERA from 1970-1972.
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Series I
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| Box | Folder |
| 1 | 1 | Chicago Historical Society,
1976 |
| 2 | Personal file,
ca. 1973-1976 |
| 3 | Correspondence,
1975-1978 |
| 4 | Correspondence,
1977-1978 |
| 5 | Progressive Caucus Agenda,
1972-1976 |
| 6 | Women Media Contacts,
undated |
| 7 | Women's songs and chants,
undated |
| 8 | Editorial replies,
1976-1977 |
| 9 | News Correspondence,
1965-1975 |
| 10 | Women's Campaign Literature,
ca. 1973-1976 |
| 11 | Political Campaign Materials,
ca. 1973-1976 |
| 12 | Professional Accomplishment Programs,
1964-1975 |
| 13 | Educon,
1971-1972 |
| 14 | Israel,
1965-1975 |
| 15 | Jewish United Fund,
1976 |
| 16 | Education,
1962-1978 |
| 17 | Mallory Millett,
ca. 1970 |
| 18 | Chicago Education Association,
1964-1967 |
| 19 | Political Correspondence,
1975 |
| Box | Folder |
| 2 | 20 | Lulkin - Illinois Vocational Home Economics Teachers Talks,
1976 |
| 21 | Women's Rights and Welfare,
ca. 1972 |
| 22 | Women and Affirmative Action,
1975 |
| 23 | Title IX Guidelines,
1973-1974 |
| 24 | Women's Athletics - Higher Education Committee,
1976 |
| 25 | Political Honesty Initiative,
1976 |
| 26 | Illinois Commission on the Status of Women,
1976-1977 |
| 27 | Illinois Commission on the Status of Women,
1976-1977 |
| 28 | Illinois Commission on the Status of Women,
1976 |
| 29 | Illinois Democratic Women's Caucus,
1975 |
| 30 | Illinois Women's Agenda,
1976 |
| 31 | International Women's Year,
1974 |
| 32 | International Women's Year,
1975 |
| 33 | How to Organize Women,
undated |
| Box | Folder |
| 3 | 34 | AFT-INY insert,
undated |
| 35 | Lulkin application,
1976 |
| 36 | Coalition of Labor Union Women,
1974-1976 |
| 37 | Coalition of Labor Union Women,
1974-1976 |
| 38 | Coalition of Labor Union Women,
1974-1976 |
| 39 | Coalition of Labor Union Women,
1975-1976 |
| 40 | Coalition of Labor Union Women,
1975-1976 |
| 41 | Coalition of Labor Union Women - Child and Family Services Act,
1975 |
| 42 | Coalition of Labor Union Women,
1975 |
| 43 | Coalition of Labor Union Women - CLUW Task Force,
1976 |
| 44 | Coalition of Labor Union Women - Founding Convention,
1975 |
| 45 | Coalition of Labor Union Women - National Elections,
1976 |
| 46 | Coalition of Labor Union Women newsletter,
1976 |
| 47 | Coalition of Labor Union Women,
1974-1976 |
| 48 | Coalition of Labor Union Women,
1974-1976 |
| 49 | Disability income sexism,
1975 |
| 50 | Women's labor history,
1976 |
| 51 | Women's Rights Conference,
1973 |
| Box | Folder |
| 4 | 52 | Equal Rights Amendment,
1975-1976 |
| 53 | Equal Rights Amendment,
1976-1977 |
| 54 | Equal Rights Amendment - AFL-CIO Labor Studies Center Committee,
1973 |
| 55 | Equal Rights Amendment - Anti-ERA statements and Phyllis Schlafly,
1975 |
| 56 | Equal Rights Amendment,
1975 |
| 57 | American Teacher - Women's Rights Article,
undated |
| 58 | African American women,
1975 |
| 59 | Chicago Coalition on Women's Employment,
1975 |
| 60 | Chicago Women's Groups,
1975 |
| 61 | Women's Employment,
1971-1978 |
| 62 | Women in Education,
1972-1978 |
| 63 | Women's Share in Public Service,
ca. 1976 |
| 64 | Lulkin - Illinois Senate testimony and articles,
1976 |
| 65 | New Dawn,
1976 |
| 66 | Rape,
1975 |
| 67 | Miscellaneous - Women's issues,
ca. 1973-1974 |
| 68 | Women - politics,
1973-1976 |
| Box | Folder |
| 5 | 69 | Day Care crisis,
1975 |
| 70 | IFT - Women's Rights Committee,
1972-1976 |
| 71 | IFT - Women's Rights Committee,
1974-1976 |
| 72 | IFT Convention,
1974 |
| 73 | IFT Convention,
1976 |
| 74 | Chicago Teachers Union - correspondence,
1975-1977 |
| 75 | Chicago Teachers Union - contracts and constitution,
1971-1975 |
| 76 | Chicago Teachers Union - contracts and manual,
1975-1977 |
| Box | Folder |
| 6 | 77 | Chicago Teachers Union - history,
1976 |
| 78 | Chicago Teachers Union - House of Delegates,
1976-1977 |
| 79 | Chicago Teachers Union - Pension and Retirement Fund,
1975-1976 |
| 80 | Chicago Teachers Union - correspondence, memos, minutes,
1967-1978 |
| 81 | Chicago Teachers Union - Executive Board - minutes,
1966-1976 |
| 82 | Chicago Teachers Union - Executive Board - minutes,
1972-1976 |
| Box | Folder |
| 7 | 83 | Chicago Teachers Union - miscellaneous,
1975 |
| 84 | Chicago Teachers Unions - Women's Rights Committee,
undated |
| 85 | Chicago Teachers Unions - Women's Rights Committee,
1972-1977 |
| 86 | Chicago Teachers Unions - Women's Rights Committee,
1972 |
| 87 | Chicago Teachers Unions - Women's Rights Committee,
1974 |
| 88 | Chicago Teachers Unions - Women's Rights Conference,
1972 |
| 89 | Chicago Teachers Unions - Women's Rights Committee,
1974-1975 |
| 90 | Chicago Teachers Unions - Discrimination Lawsuit,
1976 |
| 91 | Chicago Teachers Unions - grievances and correspondence,
1965 |
| 92 | Joint Union Board Committee on Inner City Schools,
1971 |
| 93 | American Federation of Teachers,
1976-1977 |
| 94 | American Federation of Teachers - correspondence,
1976 |
| 95 | American Federation of Teachers/Illinois Federation of Teachers,
1973 |
| 96 | Illinois Federation of Teachers - women's rights,
1976 |
| Box | Folder |
| 8 | 97 | Chicago Education News,
1965 |
| 98 | Illinois Education Association - Chicago Education News,
1966-1974 |
| 99 | Illinois Education Association,
1963 |
| 100 | Illinois Education Association,
1962-1963 |
| 101 | Illinois Education Association,
undated |
| 102 | National Education Association - film,
1964 |
| 103 | Miscellaneous,
1973-1976 |
| Box | Folder |
| 9 | 104 | Film strip [National Education Association?],
undated [ca. 1964] |
