Box 3

Scope and Contents From the Collection: Three boxes of correspondence, awards, memorabilia, photographic slides, speeches, sermons, and conference/meeting and marketing/publicity materials document Sherry Merfish's activism from 1971 to 1993 to end the negative stereotyping of Jewish women in the guise of the "Jewish American Princess" and, to a lesser extent, her work with EMILY'S List. Of particular interest is correspondence from Merfish to individuals and organizations that had employed the JAP stereotype, a number of JAP...