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Civic Section, 1915-1932

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 3

Scope and Contents

From the Series:

The series contains many handwritten and typed meeting minutes and reports of sections/committees. The sections carried out the many charitable and educational activities where were typical of women’s clubs of the period. Activities included sewing children’s garments for orphanages; collecting food and clothes for the poor, offering lectures on women’s suffrage and homemaking; conducting poetry readings, book discussions, neighborhood beautification projects; forming a visiting home nurses group; and lobbying for the Petworth schools, a branch library, and less car pollution. Also included in the series are meeting minutes of the Executive Committee of the Club in the early 1920s. The folders are arranged alphabetically by the name of the committee.

Dates

  • Creation: 1915-1932

Creator

Language of Materials

From the Collection:

English

Extent

From the Collection: 3.5 Linear feet

From the Collection: 10 Boxes

Repository Details

Part of the The People's Archive, Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library Repository

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