Alice Davis Menken Papers undated, 1882-1936

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Alice Davis Menken Papers undated, 1882-1936

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An important figure in the social welfare movement, Menken devoted much of her life to working with women in the penal system. The collection contains publications about social reform by Menken and others. Personal materials include scrapbooks and travel notebooks. Also includes correspondence, reports, etc. relating to activities with the Society of New York State Women, Jewish Welfare Board, Jewish Protectory and Aid Society (later called Jewish Board of Guardians), New York City Woman's Night Court, Hudson State Training School, New York State Reformatory for Women, Society for Political Study, Daughters of American Revolution, Progressive Party, Mayor's Committee of Women on National Defense, New York, Congregation Shearith Israel, Florence Crittendon League, Committee of Fourteen and the Inwood House; includes also journals, diaries and other material relating to personal life, and a biographical sketch submitted to the Jewish Biographical Bureau, and copies of published and manuscript articles. Contains a "Survey of Reformatory and Correctional Institutions and Agencies As Related To The Problem of Commercialized Vice" in manuscript, submitted in August 1919 and also material relating to program and activities of New York Training

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