Business and Professional Women's Club of East Cleveland.

Organized in 1956 to promote cooperation between business and professional women in East Cleveland, Ohio. Common goals included improved professional standards and opportunities, promotion of the common welfare, fellowship, and community service. The club disbanded in the late 1970s.

From the description of Records 1956-1977. (Rhinelander District Library). WorldCat record id: 17975589

The Business and Professional Women's Club of East Cleveland was organized in 1956 as an affiliate of the Ohio Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs of the National Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs, Inc. Its goals included the elevation of standards for women in business and the professions, promotion of the interests of and cooperation between business and professional women, and the extension of opportunities for women through education. Usually meeting in area restaurants, club members gathered monthly to offer one another fellowship, listen to programs, and tackle community projects such as the sponsorship of youth to Buckeye Girls' State, annual parties for the county nursing home patients, and collection of food for area welfare families. The club disbanded in the late 1970s.

From the guide to the Business and Professional Women's Club of East Cleveland Records, 1956-1977, (Western Reserve Historical Society)