National League of American Pen Women
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The first meeting of the League of American Pen Women was organized in 1897 by Marian Longfellow O'Donoghue, a writer for newspapers in Washington D.C. and Boston. Together with Margaret Sullivan Burke and Anna Sanborn Hamilton they established a "progressive press union" for the women writers of Washington."
Seventeen women joined them at first, professional credentials were required for membership and the ladies determined that Pen Women should always be paid for their work. By September 1898, members were over fifty members "from Maine to Texas, from New York to California."
In 1921 the association became The National League of American Pen Women with thirty-five local branches in various states.
The League's headquarters are located in the historic Pen Arts Building and Art Museum in the DuPont Circle area of Washington.
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creatorOf | American Academy of General Practice. St. Louis convention program collection, 1886-1964 | Missouri History Museum, Missouri History Museum; Missouri Historical Society | |
referencedIn | Angela Morgan Papers, 1893-1957 | Bentley Historical Library | |
referencedIn | Anne Marx papers, ca. 1914-2004 | New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division | |
referencedIn | Arno, May. Papers, 1890-1998. | Denver Public Library, Central Library | |
referencedIn | Beals, Jessie Tarbox. Photographs, 1896-1941 (inclusive). | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
referencedIn | Boyd, Rosamonde Ramsay. Rosamonde Ramsay Boyd papers, 1924-1975. | University of South Carolina, System Library Service, University Libraries | |
referencedIn | Brown, Marel, 1899-. Marel Brown papers, 1919-1991 (bulk 1931-1968). | Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library | |
referencedIn | Carrie Jacobs-Bond Collection, circa 1896-circa 1944 | Library of Congress. Music Division | |
referencedIn | Clyde Robertson's professional affiliations newspaper clippings [undated]. | Boulder Public Library | |
referencedIn | Elliot, Harry, Mrs. Scrapbook on the Pacific Opera Company, 1953-1954. | California historical society |
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associatedWith | Arno, May. |
associatedWith | Beals, Jessie Tarbox, 1870-1942 |
associatedWith | Berkeley League of American Pen Women. |
correspondedWith | Bianchi, Martha Dickinson, 1866-1943 |
associatedWith | Boyd, Rosamonde Ramsay. |
associatedWith | Brown, Marel, 1899- |
associatedWith | Busch, Bonnie, 1884- |
associatedWith | Crow, Martha Foote, 1854-1924 |
associatedWith | Ferber, Edna, 1887-1968. |
associatedWith | Floyd, Marmaduke Hamilton, 1888-1949 |
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