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Mabel E. Deutrich
BornBurns, Wisconsin
DiedJune 4, 1988
Santa Cruz, California
Alma materLa Crosse State Teachers College, American University
OccupationArchivist

Mabel E. Deutrich (- June 4, 1988) had a 29-year career as a government archivist and served as Assistant Archivist for the Office of the National Archive (predecessor of the National Archives and Records Administration) from 1975 to 1979.[1] The appointment made her the highest ranking woman, as of that time, in the history of the National Archives.[2] She was a specialist on the American Revolutionary War, who inventoried War Department collections of Revolutionary War records. She was particularly active in assessing the role and status of men and women archivists. She received the 1976 NARS Meritorious Service Award for “advancing the status of women in the archival profession."[3] After her retirement, she wrote a history of American women, Clio was a Woman: Studies in the History of American Women, focusing on the National Archives collections about women.[4]

Biography

Mabel E. Deutrich was born in Burns, Wisconsin and graduated from La Crosse State Teachers College (now known as the University of Wisconsin at La Crosse) in 1942.[1][3]

She became a clerk in the Mail and Record Division in the Office of the Chief Engineers during World War II. She served as a historian in the Department of the Army from 1947 to 1950. In 1950, she joined the National Archives in Washington, D.C. She received a Ph.D. in public administration from American University in 1960. She served as Assistant Archivist for the Office of the National Archive (predecessor of the National Archives and Records Administration) from 1975 to 1979. She retired from NARA in 1979.[3]

Professional surveys

Deutrich carried out a study of individual training and the rewards received by men and women archivists, entitled "Women in Archives: Ms. versus Mr. Archivist" in 1973.[5][6] She headed the Committee on the Status of Women in preparing The Report on the Status of Women in the Archival Profession (1974), which compared the "rank, salary and professional commitment" of men and women in the archival profession.[7] Responsibility for enforcing the Equal Pay Act and the Age Discrimination in Employment Act were transferred from the Labor Department to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) in 1979.[8] Deutrich carried out a major review of the archival profession in 1979, published in 1980 as "The Society of American Archivists: Survey of the Archival Profession—1979".[9]

Published works

Library resources about
Mabel Deutrich
By Mabel Deutrich
  • Deutrich, Mabel E. (1962). Struggle for Supremacy: The Career of General Fred C. Ainsworth. Washington, D.C.: Public Affairs Press.
  • Deutrich, Mabel E.; Purdy, Virginia Cardwell (1980). Clio was a Woman: Studies in the History of American Women. Washington: Howard University Press. ISBN 9780882582375.

Death

Mabel E. Deutrich died of cancer in Santa Cruz, California on June 4, 1988.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Obituaries". The Washington Post. June 20, 1998. Retrieved 3 August 2016.
  2. ^ "People and papers" (PDF). SAA Newsletter. November 1975. p. 4. Retrieved 9 November 2016.
  3. ^ a b c "Ms. Archivist". Pieces of History. The National Archives. March 1, 2016.
  4. ^ "Seneca Falls Convention and the Origin of the Woman's Movement" (PDF). 120. Retrieved 9 November 2016.
  5. ^ Owens, Irene (2003). Strategic marketing in library and information science. Binghamton: Haworth. p. 176. ISBN 978-0789021434. Retrieved 8 November 2016.
  6. ^ Deutrich, Mabel (April 1973). "Women in Archives: Ms. versus Mr. Archivist". The American Archivist. 36 (2): 171–181. doi:10.17723/aarc.36.2.x74vh77270228681. Retrieved 8 November 2016.
  7. ^ "Publications" (PDF). SAA Newsletter: 3. March 1978.
  8. ^ "REORGANIZATION PLANS REORGANIZATION PLAN NO. 1 OF 1978 RE: FEDERAL EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY ACTIVITIES". U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Retrieved 8 November 2016.
  9. ^ Deutrich, Mabel E.; Dewhitt, Ben; Cappon, Lester J. (1980). "The Society of American Archivists: Survey of the Archival Profession—1979". The American Archivist. 43 (4): 527–537. Retrieved 8 November 2016.
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