Additional records of the Women's Educational and Industrial Union (Boston, Mass.), 1877-2004

Simmons University (Boston, Mass.)

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Simmons University (previously Simmons College) is a private university in Boston, Massachusetts. It was established in 1899 by clothing manufacturer John Simmons. In 2018, it reorganized its structure and changed its name to a university. Its undergraduate program is women-focused while its graduate programs are co-educational. Simmons is accredited by the New England Commission of Higher Education. As of 2020, 83 percent of applicants to undergraduate programs were accepted. The university ...

White, Eva Whiting, 1885-1974

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Eva Whiting was born in Webster, Mass., in 1880, daughter of Frederick Herbert and Marie Emma (Le Roy) Whiting. In 1902 she married Wesley Dunn Allen White. Having earned the first B.S. in social work from Simmons College in 1907, she pursued graduate studies in social work at the University of Wisconsin and Columbia University. Whiting was Headworker at Elizabeth Peabody House (EPH), 1909-1944; professor of social economy at Simmons College, 1922-1950; non-resi...

Women's Educational and Industrial Union (Boston, Mass.)

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The Women's Educational and Industrial Union (Boston, Massachusetts), a non-profit social and educational agency, was founded in 1877 by Dr. Harriet Clisby, and incorporated in 1880, "to increase fellowship among women and to promote the best practical methods for securing their educational, industrial and social advancement." In order to accomplish this mission, the organization was arranged in committees or departments which throughout its hist...

Orlacchio, Margaret

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Shalom, Beverly

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Shut-in Society

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Donham, S. Agnes 1871-

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Golden Swan Needlework Guild

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The Boston Foundation

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Rose, Laurie

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Brewer, Marcia

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Federation of Women's Exchanges

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White, Dorothy.

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Harris, Catherine, 1915-

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Epithet: daughter of East Riding Wegg British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000132.0x0003ce ...

Child, Julia, 1912-2004

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Julia Child, cookbook writer, cookery teacher, and TV personality, was born Julia Carolyn McWilliams, in Pasadena, California, on August 15, 1912. She attended the Katharine Branson School in Ross, California (1927-1930), and graduated from Smith College in 1934. She worked in public relations in New York City (1934-1941) and served in the Office of Strategic Services (OSS, 1941-1946). She was stationed in Ceylon, where she met her future husband, and in China. In 1946, sh...

Washington Cathedral

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Washington, Jeanne L.

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Bonfilio, Claire

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New England Kitchen

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Johnson, Jacqueline

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Wider Opportunities for Women, Inc.

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Wider Opportunities for Women was formed in the District of Columbia in 1964. Its early training programs focused on basic job skills for low-income women and included provisions for childcare. In 1990 WOW received federal funding to develop the National Employment Training (NET) Project and gained widespread recognition for its advocacy, leadership development, and technical training workshops, which were organized to meet the needs of trainees and employers. Subsequent funding enabled WOW to t...

Carrasquillo, Migdalia

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Guion, Janie

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Worth of Paris

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Hale, Robert D.

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Back Bay Association

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Crawford, Louise Lavell

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National Council on the Aging.

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