Women's Overseas Service League records 1922-1991

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Women's Overseas Service League records 1922-1991

http://nwda.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv20495

Collection includes: Scrapbooks, 7 vols.; Membership lists; Newspaper clippings; Officer lists; Certificates; Organizational histories; Programs; Minutes; Correspondence; Obituaries; Financial records; Etc. The Women's Overseas Service League was a national women's organization founded in 1921 to "keep alive the spirit that prompted overseas service; to maintain the ties of comradeship born of that service and to assist and further any patriotic work; to inculcate a sense of individual obligation to the community, state, and nation; to work for the welfare of the armed services; to assist, in any way in our power, the men and women who served and were wounded or incapacitated in the service of their country; to foster and promote friendship and understanding between the United States and all other Nations of the World."

1.45 cubic feet (1 document case and 2 custom flat boxes)

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Oregon Historical Society Research Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6367568

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Women's Overseas Service League. Portland branch.

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The Women's Overseas Service League was a national women's organization founded in 1921 to "keep alive the spirit that prompted overseas service; to maintain the ties of comradeship born of that service and to assist and further any patriotic work; to inculcate a sense of individual obligation to the community, state, and nation; to work for the welfare of the armed services; to assist, in any way in our power, the men and women who served and were wounded or incapacitated in the service of thei...

Women's Overseas Service League

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The Women's Overseas Service League (WOSL) was founded in 1921 by women who had served in World War I. The group initially existed as local units, but soon became a national organization and began publishing the quarterly magazine "Carry On." An annual convention was also established in 1921, and has been held every year except during the World War II years of 1942-1945. WOSL was the first women's organization to contribute to UNICEF and was one of the first organizations to be an accredited obs...