Brabant, Sarah (1932- ). Collection, 1976-1996, n.d.
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of correspondence, news clippings, public hearings, bylaws and resolutions, information on programs on the development of women, etc., plus an addition of Daughters of Sarah (Christian feminist) magazine issues, 1986-1996.
Dr. Sarah Brabant donated this collection.
Dates
- 1976-1996, n.d.
Creator
Conditions Governing Access
A patron can request only one (1) folder at a time.
Biographical / Historical
Sarah Brabant was born in LaGrange, Georgia on November 18, 1932. She married in 1953 and has three children. She attended Memphis State University in Tennessee and received her B.A. in 1966 majoring in Sociology. Dr. Brabant went on to receive her Masters and her Ph.D. in 1973. She was employed at the University of Southwestern Louisiana (now University of Louisiana at Lafayette) as a professor of sociology. She retired in 2001.
In 1997, Dr. Brabant and others founded the Grief Center in Lafayette. This Center allows children to share their grief with others. It provides networking opportunities for area professionals working with grieving persons and it creates awareness and education on grief issues. The Grief Center is the only one of its kind in the state.
Dr. Brabant was one of the founders of the Mayor’s Commission on the Needs of Women and designed and developed both the first battered women’s shelter and the first rape crisis center in the area.
Extent
0.83 Linear Feet (10 inches of materials contained in 2 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Source
- Daughters of Sarah (Organization) (Organization)
- Title
- Sarah Brabant Collection
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Zack Stein
- Date
- 11/13/2018
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
Revision Statements
- 2023-07-07: Additions processed and finding aid updated by Scott Jordan, July 2023
Repository Details
Part of the University Archives and Acadiana Manuscripts Collection Repository
Edith Garland Dupré Library
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
400 East St. Mary Blvd.
Lafayette LA 70503 United States
337-482-6031
speccoll@louisiana.edu