Women In The Society Of American Archivists By Michele F. Pacifico

Michele F. Pacifico, in her article, “Women in the society of American Archivists, 1936-1972”, talks about women participating in such society. How once again they were seen as invisible sources. This was because of the inequalities and obstacles that women needed to face. Even in a society that was formed in 1936, women were not part of the formal activities. It seemed as if the women, were not part of the society, that only the men, were the face of the society. It was not like the society was paying the women to participate, it was something that they wanted to do because they believe in archives. “Furthermore, until the 1970s little thought was given by the Society to the interest of Women,” it took more than thirty years for the society
to recognize the role the women played. Even though the main focus of this article is of role of women in the society of archivist, the author make it very clear, that we can see the treatment of women as less capable beings can apply to any other profession. “ Deutrich concluded that the significance of the role of women in the SAA in the 1970 was not in proportion to their membership,”. These women were doing all of the work in the society, but the society failed to recognize them.