Collection 10-075 - Deborah Yaffe collection

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Deborah Yaffe collection

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CA ON0034 10-075

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17.3 cm of textual records

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(1943-)

Biographical history

Debby (Deborah) Yaffe is a feminist, activist and retired University of Victoria Department of Women’s Studies senior instructor. Yaffe (née Frisch) was born in 1943 and grew up in Southern California. She attended University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) in the 1960s. Taking her husband’s last name, Gregory, she and her husband lived in Europe with their son, moving to London in the 1970s. It was there, while working as a teacher, that Yaffe became involved in the women’s movement through her attendance at consciousness-raising group meetings. She subsequently formed her own group and took part in feminist actions. Yaffe later returned to the United States on her own and eventually settled in Victoria, British Columbia, with her family. After her divorce, she took her mother’s maiden name, Yaffe. In Victoria, she volunteered with Everywomen's Books, worked as a paid staff member for the local office of the Victoria Status of Women Action Group, from 1986 to 1988, and was involved in organizing around key issues such as abortion rights. Yaffe was approached to teach Introduction to Women’s Studies at the University of Victoria in 1990 and she retired in 2004. She holds a master’s degree in Women’s Studies and is a 2001 recipient of UVic Alumni Association’s award for excellence in teaching. Yaffe is one of the founders, along with former university archivist Jane Turner, of the Victoria Women’s Movement Archives at UVic Archives.
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Debby (Deborah) Yaffe est une féministe, une militante et une enseignante principale à la retraite du département d'études féminines de l'université de Victoria. Yaffe (née Frisch) est née en 1943 et a grandi dans le sud de la Californie. Elle a fréquenté l'université de Californie à Los Angeles (UCLA) dans les années 1960. Prenant le nom de famille de son mari, Gregory, elle et son mari ont vécu en Europe avec leur fils et se sont installés à Londres dans les années 1970. Alors qu'elle travaillait comme enseignante, Yaffe s'est impliquée dans le mouvement des femmes en participant à des réunions de groupes de sensibilisation. Elle a ensuite formé son propre groupe et a participé à des actions féministes. Plus tard, Yaffe est retournée seule aux États-Unis et s'est finalement installée à Victoria, en Colombie-Britannique, avec sa famille. Après son divorce, elle reprend le nom de jeune fille de sa mère, Yaffe. À Victoria, elle fait du bénévolat pour Everywomen's Books, travaille comme employée rémunérée pour le bureau local du Victoria Status of Women Action Group, de 1986 à 1988, et s'implique dans l'organisation autour de questions clés telles que le droit à l'avortement. Yaffe a été pressentie pour enseigner l'introduction aux études féminines à l'université de Victoria en 1990 et a pris sa retraite en 2004. Elle est titulaire d'une maîtrise en études féminines et a reçu en 2001 le prix de l'association des anciens élèves de l'UVic pour l'excellence de son enseignement. Yaffe est l'une des fondatrices, avec l'ancienne archiviste de l'université Jane Turner, des archives du mouvement des femmes de Victoria aux archives de l'UVic.

Custodial history

Donated in 2004.

Scope and content

This collection consists of publications, periodicals and textual records related to the women's liberation movement which was a main interest of Deborah Yaffe. The textual records part of the collection mostly consists of papers and articles, conferences materials, essays on projects and actions for women, various records on groups, organizations and women's issues subjects, such as abortion, rape, sexual assault, unions, and working women.
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Cette collection se compose de publications, de périodiques et de documents textuels liés au mouvement de libération des femmes, qui était l'un des principaux centres d'intérêt de Deborah Yaffe. La partie textuelle de la collection se compose principalement de documents et d'articles, de documents de conférences, d'essais sur des projets et des actions en faveur des femmes, de divers documents sur des groupes, des organisations et des sujets relatifs aux femmes, tels que l'avortement, le viol, les agressions sexuelles, les syndicats et les femmes dans le monde du travail.

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  • English
  • French

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  • Latin

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Open

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CA

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ON0034

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Final

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Dates of creation, revision and deletion

January 2017

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