Nichole Aguiar studied Psychology and Women’s Studies at Rhode Island College and earned her bachelor degree in 2007. Aguiar was president of the Rhode Island College Women’s Studies Organization during her time at the college.
The collection contains a copy of Nichole Aguiar’s Rhode Island College Women’s Studies Organization (RIC WSO) scrapbook. The scrapbook includes flyers and pamphlets regarding the organization and their events, as well as photographs of members. The scrapbook also includes newspaper clippings, correspondence, and press releases surrounding the RIC WSO event “Keep Your Rosaries Off Our Ovaries,” the removal of the signs on campus relating to the event, and the subsequent court case, Women’s Studies Organization of Rhode Island College v. Rhode Island College.
Researchers are advised to contact Rhode Island College Special Collections for questions regarding permissions to reproduce, distribute, or otherwise publish material from this collection. Although Rhode Island College has physical ownership of the collection, it does not necessarily hold literary rights. It is up to the researcher to determine the owners of the literary rights and to obtain any necessary permissions from them.
The collection is open for research.
Nichole Aguiar RIC Women’s Studies Organization scrapbook, MSS-0059, Special Collections, James P. Adams Library, Rhode Island College.
The collection is arranged in original order.
The digital reproduction of the scrapbook was donated by Nichole Aguiar in 2024. A deed of gift was signed at the time of donation.
The collection was described by Veronica L. Denison, Digital Archivist and Special Collections Librarian at Rhode Island College, in 2024.
Special Collections holds another collection relating to the court course Women’s Studies Organization of Rhode Island College v. Rhode Island College: MSS-0088, Women’s Studies Organization, Feminist United, of Rhode Island College v. Rhode Island College records
The collection contains a digitized copy, which is available both electronically and physically, of the original scrapbook created by Nichole Aguiar. Aguiar retained the original scrapbook.
The digital version of the scrapbook is available in the Special Collections Reading Room.