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Ann Arbor-area women’s rights activist; research files, records related to her involvement in Safe House, an Ann Arbor women’s shelter, and papers related to her involvement in United Auto Workers-Technical Office Professionals Local 1976.

The collection consists of seven series: Tom Monaghan, University of Michigan, Women’s Crisis Center, Safe House, United Auto Workers, Rape Law Task Force and Posters. The papers include both research files, notes, collected materials, and records of local organizations of which BenDor was a member. The collection’s strength lies in its documentation of BenDor’s activities on behalf of women’s rights.

Ann Arbor, Michigan, women's center founded in 1977 to help women cope with adjusting to life after widowhood or divorce. Soundings' main focus has been on job readiness, but it has offered workshops, programs, and individual and group counseling sessions on such topics as reentry into the workforce, assertiveness training, personal finance, and physical and emotional health and well-being. Records include background and history materials, administration, board of directors, grants and fundraising activities, finances, and audiovisual materials. Also includes the records of the Domestic Violence Project, Inc., a separate agency.

The collection is divided into seven series: Background, Administrative, Domestic Violence Project, Board of Directors, Grants and Fundraising, Financial, and Audiovisual. Types of materials and information include audio tapes and videotapes (primarily featuring interviews with Soundings staff and members), albums, photographs, slides, clippings, newsletters, annual reports, program files, client letters, workshop files, board meeting minutes, financial summaries, funding information and grant proposals, background and miscellaneous information, and files from the Domestic Violence Project, Inc. (a related agency).