Board of Lady Managers Records, 1892.

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Board of Lady Managers Records, 1892.

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Correspondence, flyers, brochures, circulars, prospectuses, newspaper clippings, by-laws and constitutions. The responsibility of the Board of Lady Managers was to promote the interests of the World's Columbian Exposition and to "assist the women representatives from various nations in obtaining a fuel and complete portrayal of the industrial and social conditions of woman, her achievements and capabilities in all the avenues and departments of life."

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American Periodical Series I

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