Katherine Moore Cushman Papers 1950-1970

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Katherine Moore Cushman Papers 1950-1970

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Local and state League of Women Voters official, Dearborn, Michigan, civic activist. Papers relating to her organizational involvements, especially Church Women United, 1962-1969; the Citizens Committee for Equal Opportunity, 1963-1969; the Governor's Special Conservation Study Committee, 1963-1964; the state office and Dearborn chapter of the League of Women Voters, 1950-1970; the Michigan Constitutional Convention, 1961-1963; the Michigan Council of Churches, 1963-1969; the Northwestern Child Guidance Clinic, 1962-1966; also files relating to her opposition to parochiaid, or public funding of private schools; and photograph.

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League of Women Voters of Dearborn-Dearborn Heights.

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The League of Women Voters is a nonpartisan, volunteer organization whose purpose is to promote political responsibility through the informed and active participation of citizens in government. Its major concern is voter education, and before most elections, it publishes a voters guide with information about the candidates and the various ballot proposals. The League also sponsors public forums, interviews candidates, and otherwise works to get out the vote. As a nonpartisan group, ...

Cushman, Katherine Moore, 1916-

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Local and state League of Women Voters official, Dearborn, Michigan, civic activist. From the description of Katherine M. Cushman papers, 1950-1970. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34422342 Katherine Moore Cushman, an active member of many civic, school, and church organizations, is a lifelong resident of Dearborn. She is a graduate of the Dearborn Public Schools and received an A.B. degree in psychology from The University of Michigan in 1938. ...

Michigan. Constitutional Convention (1961-1962)

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Church Women United in Michigan.

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Church Women United in Michigan grew out of efforts of various Protestant women's organizations to establish an annual day of prayer. As interdenominational ties grew, the value of a permanent coordinating body was seen. In 1929, four local interdenominational women's organizations and about forty World Day of Prayer groups formed the Michigan Council of Federated Church Women. The Michigan group was the first state organization under the new National Council of Federated Church Wom...

Citizens Committee for Equal Opportunity.

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Michigan. Governor's Special Conservation Study Committee.

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Michigan Council of Churches.

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League of Women Voters of Michigan

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Papers of the state office of the League of Women Voters. From the description of League of Women Voters of Michigan records, 1924-1985. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34422497 From the description of League of Women Voters of Michigan records, 1926-1992. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 85778387 The national organization of the League of Women Voters was founded in Chicago in 1920 at the Victory Convention of the National Wo...

Northwestern Child Guidance Clinic.

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