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Feminist, active in various women's rights organizations and causes; the files concerns her activities with American Association of University Women and the People's Campaign for Choice, 1987-1988; also included are Topical Files, 1972-1999 and Audiovisual Materials, 1986-1997

The papers of Patrice I. Elms, consisting of correspondence, reports, topical files and some organizational records, provide a fine overview of the state of abortion rights in Michigan in the later 1980s and other controversial issues such as school choice and parochiaid. The papers are arranged in four series: American Association of University Women, People's Campaign for Choice, 1987-1988, Topical, 1972-1999 and Audiovisual Materials, 1986-1997. These documents provide a fine overview of the state of abortion rights in Michigan in the later 1980s.

Organization formed to defeat 1988 Michigan ballot proposal prohibiting Medicaid funding for abortions. Campaign records, executive committee files, financial records, media materials, and consultants files; also photographs.

The Peoples Campaign for Choice record group covers the years 1987-1988 and divides into five series: Campaign Records, Executive Committee Records, Financial Records, Media Records, Consultants Records. The PCC record group can be useful for researchers of several topics of interest including reproductive freedom history, women's issues, health care policies, and campaign planning/organization.