Algie Ballif Forum records

Collection

Identifier: MS 0545

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The Algie Ballif Forum records (1976-1990) contain documents regarding this women's group (founded 1977, originally called the Alice Louise Reynolds Women's Forum), the main objective of which was to educate the community and discuss women's issues. Included are brief biographies of members, transcripts of speeches given at monthly meetings, news clippings about forum events, a history about the origins of the forum, a calendar of events, and brochures and correspondence concerning women in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) and their stand on the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA). A scrapbook presents news clippings about forum events, but also includes some correspondence, photocopies of photographs, and meeting calendars. The bulk of the information in the collection concerns the monthly forum meetings and their topics: ERA, women's roles, sex discrimination, polygamy, planned parenthood, rape, AIDS, homelessness, the U.S. Constitution, and the environment, among others. Also included are speeches by Sonia Johnson and letters written to the President of the LDS church, Spencer W. Kimball, and responses by the LDS First Presidency Secretary, Keith Hoopes, concerning ERA.

Dates

1976-1990

Creator

Algie Ballif Forum (Organization)

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Organizational History

The Algie Ballif Forum, founded in 1977, was originally called the Alice Louise Reynolds Women's Forum. The Forum recruited speakers from within its ranks, but also invited people from the community to address the organization concerning women's issues. The Forum changed their name in January 1985 to the Algie Balliff Forum in honor of Algie Eggertsen Ballif, one of the original members who had passed away the previous year. Ballif had been heavily involved in education throughout her life. She was named by Eleanor Roosevelt in the 1960s to the Education Committee of John F. Kennedy's Commission on the Status of Women, she was the president of the Provo Board of Education for twenty-three years, and headed the Women's Physical Education Department and taught English and Speech at Brigham Young University. In addition to these accomplishments, Ballif served as the director of the Utah Division of Public Welfare from 1967 to 1969.