Women's Educational Aid Association 1871-2000

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Women's Educational Aid Association 1871-2000

http://findingaids.library.northwestern.edu/catalog/inu-ead-nua-archon-496

The Women’s Educational Aid Association (WEAA) was organized in 1871 as the Educational Association, founded by Evanston women to help promote the higher education of deserving students at the Evanston College for Ladies. The Women’s Educational Aid Association records document the activities and operation of the organization. The series fills twelve boxes, including one card file box and three drop front boxes, and spans the period 1871-2000. Records are arranged in nine categories: Historical Material; Board of Directors; Officer and Committee Reports; Meeting Lists, Minutes and Reports; Administrative Records; Financial Records; House Records; Scrapbooks; and Scholars (Beneficiaries) Information Cards.

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The Women's Educational Aid Association (WEAA) was organized in 1871 as the Educational Association, founded by Evanston women to help promote the higher education of deserving students at the Evanston College for Ladies. The founders' objective, according to the Association's records, was “to investigate the various systems of aiding needy students,…to canvass the claims of applicants for aid and to recommend to the College such as shall seem worthy of help; to have a friendly over...

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