Strauss, Anna Lord, 1899-1979
Anna Lord Strauss, civic worker, was born in New York City on September 20, 1899, the daughter of Albert and Lucretia Mott (Lord) Strauss and the maternal great-granddaughter of the abolitionist and woman suffrage leader Lucretia Mott. She was educated in New York City and attended the New York School of Secretaries. In 1918 she became a secretary in the New York office of the Federal Reserve Board. She held several similar positions in state and federal government before joining the staff of Century Magazine in 1923; here she advanced from secretary to assistant to the editor, assistant editor, and managing editor, continuing in the last position until 1929.
In 1934 ALS became a member of the League of Women Voters, to which she devoted the major portion of her energies for the next sixteen years. She served as president of the LWV of New York City from 1937 to 1943, and was elected national president in 1944, having filled various national offices as a member of the National Board. After her presidential term ended (1950), ALS continued to work with the League in various capacities: president, Carrie Chapman Catt Memorial Fund, 1954-1959; trustee, Overseas Education Fund; and others.
Both Presidents Eisenhower and Truman appointed her to national and international boards and missions; the most prominent were the President's Commission on Internal Security and Individual Rights (1951), and the U. S. Delegation to the United Nations Sixth General Assembly, which met in Paris in 1951-1952. ALS continued her interest in the United Nations with the directorship of the American Association for the United Nations and membership in the United States Committee for the United Nations and the United Nations Association of the United States of America. During the 1960s she devoted much of her time to the Committee of Correspondence, New York City, a group of eighteen American women who exchanged ideas and experience with women leaders throughout the world in order to bring about better understanding and cooperation.
From the guide to the Papers, 1918-1977, (Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute)
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referencedIn | Sampson, Edith S. (Edith Spurlock), 1901?-1979. Papers, 1927-1979 (inclusive) 1934-1979 (bulk). | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
referencedIn | Bertha S. Adkins Papers. 1928 - 1983. Personal Files, 1928 - 1983 | Dwight D. Eisenhower Library | |
referencedIn | Papers of Clara Mortensen Beyer | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
referencedIn | Swanberg, W. A., 1907-. W. A. Swanberg Papers, ca.1927-1992. | Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries | |
creatorOf | Strauss, Anna Lord, 1899-1979. Correspondence with Marian Anderson, 1961. | University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library | |
referencedIn | Papers of Frieda S. Miller, 1909-1973 (inclusive), 1929-1967 (bulk) | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
referencedIn | Sophia Smith Collection. Biography collection, 1771-1995 (bulk 1920s-70s). | Smith College, Neilson Library | |
referencedIn | Audiovisual Collection. 1957 - 2006. Photographs Relating to the Administration, Family, and Personal Life of Harry S. Truman. 1957 - 2004. President Harry S. Truman with Members of the President's Commission on Internal Security | Harry S. Truman Library | |
referencedIn | Records, 1946-1966, 1978 | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
creatorOf | Stone, Kathryn H. (Kathryn Haeseler), 1906-. Papers of Kathryn H. Stone [manuscript], 1906-1983 (bulk 1943-1982). | University of Virginia. Library | |
referencedIn | Papers of Frieda S. Miller, 1909-1973 (inclusive), 1929-1967 (bulk) | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
referencedIn | Lee, Percy Maxim, 1906-. The reminiscences of Percy M. Lee. | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
referencedIn | Beard, Mary Ritter, 1876-1958. Papers, 1935-1958 | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
referencedIn | Lee, Dorothy McCullough, 1901-. Papers, 1905-1963 (inclusive), 1928-1963 (bulk). | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
referencedIn | Papers, 1928-1996 | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
referencedIn | Scott, Anne Firor, 1921-. Anne Firor Scott papers, 1939-2002. | Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library | |
referencedIn | Gellhorn, Edna Fischel, 1878-1970. Papers, 1919-1960 | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
referencedIn | Biography Collection MS 393., 1771-1995, 1920-1970 | Sophia Smith Collection | |
creatorOf | Papers, 1918-1977 | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
referencedIn | Records, 1951 | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
referencedIn | Papers of Ethel Sturges Dummer, 1689-1962 | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
referencedIn | Scott, Anne Firor, 1921-. Papers, 1939-2000. | Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library | |
creatorOf | Strauss, Anna Lord, 1899-1979. Papers, 1918-1977 (inclusive). | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
referencedIn | Papers, 1927-1979 | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
referencedIn | Gellhorn, Edna Fischel, 1878-1970. Papers, 1919-1960 | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
referencedIn | American Council on Education. Records, 1951. | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
creatorOf | Doty, Douglas Zabriskie, 1874-1935. Correspondence with Theodore Dreiser, 1899-1925. | University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library | |
creatorOf | Strauss, Anna Lord, 1899-1979. Reminiscences of Anna Lord Strauss : oral history, 1972. | Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries | |
creatorOf | Strauss, Anna Lord, 1899-1979. The reminiscences of Miss Anna Lord Strauss. | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
referencedIn | Parris, Guichard Auguste Bolivar, 1903-1990. Papers, ca. 1910-1987. | Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries | |
referencedIn | Stone, Kathryn H. (Kathryn Haeseler), 1906-. Papers of Kathryn H. Stone [manuscript], 1916-1995 (bulk 1941-1985). | University of Virginia. Library | |
referencedIn | Papers, 1905-1963 (inclusive), 1928-1963 (bulk) | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
referencedIn | National Council of Negro Women. Correspondence : with Marian Anderson, 1951-1980. | University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library | |
referencedIn | Wood, L. Hollingsworth (Levi Hollingsworth), 1874-1956. Papers, 1910-1953. | Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries | |
referencedIn | Papers, 1918-1960 (inclusive) | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America |
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referencedIn | Audiovisual Collection. 1957 - 2006. Photographs Relating to the Administration, Family, and Personal Life of Harry S. Truman. 1957 - 2004. President Harry S. Truman At Swearing In Of President's Commission On Internal Security and Individual Rights | Harry S. Truman Library |
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