Records of the Business Women'sLegislative Council of California 1927-1943

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Records of the Business Women'sLegislative Council of California 1927-1943

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The collection consists of letters anddocuments which formed a portion of the Business Women's Legislative Council ofCalifornia's records. The items in the collection pertain to the organization,maintenance and activities of the Council. The records span the years from 1927 to1943, although there is a general gap in the files before 1929 and from 1936 through1938. Grouped into folders, by document type, the folders are in alphabetical orderby and files within every folder are arranged chronologically. Notablecorrespondence includes letters from elected officials as well as candidates inCalifornia and the governors of nearly all states in response to questions abouttheir positions on "equal rights for women wage-earners."

1 box; 339 items

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The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens Manuscripts Department

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National Woman's Party

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National Woman’s Party (NWP), formerly (1913–16) Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage, American political party that in the early part of the 20th century employed militant methods to fight for an Equal Rights Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Formed in 1913 as the Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage, the organization was headed by Alice Paul and Lucy Burns. Its members had been associated with the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA), but their insistence that woman suffr...

Business Women's Legislative Council of California.

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Founded in 1927 under the leadership of Sue Brobst, the Business Women's Legislative Council of California worked to bring about and maintain equal rights for women in the workplace until the group folded in the mid 1940s. In its own words, the BWLCC's purpose was to "bring about and maintain equal opportunity under the law for men and women in the business world; and to oppose discriminatory legislation against women engaged in gainful occupations." At its start, the organization principally ad...