Records, 1933-1976

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Records, 1933-1976

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Constitution, by-laws, minutes, correspondence, etc., of the Women's Travel Club (Boston, Mass.), which was patterned after the Harvard Travel Club and whose stated purpose was to help other women travelers.

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Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏

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Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏

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Society of Women Geographers

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The Society of Woman Geographers was established in 1925 at a time when women were excluded from membership in most professional organizations, such as the Explorers Club, who would not admit women until 1981. It is based in Washington, D.C., and has 500 members. Groups are located in Chicago, Florida, Los Angeles, New York, and San Francisco. The society was organized by four friends, Gertrude Emerson Sen, Marguerite Harrison, Blair Niles and Gertrude Mathews Shelby, to bring together women ...

Harvard Travel Club

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Women's Travel Club, 1935-

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The Women's Travel Club (WTC) credits Mrs. Arthur Hartt of Brookline, Massachusetts, with "starting up" the organization in October l934. The idea may, however, have originated with several women whose husbands belonged to the Harvard Travel Club, after which the WTC is patterned. The WTC's first formal meeting was held in Boston in January l935. The main purpose was to form a club for women who had taken unusual trips, "really something worthwhile--no cruises or casual ...