Papers, 1921-1984.

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Papers, 1921-1984.

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Correspondence, lists, maps, memoranda, minutes, newsletters, notes, press releases, printed materials, programs, reports, and teaching materials relating to Dr. Ware's teaching career, government service, international, civic, and professional activities, research projects, and awards. Much of the material concerns the consumer movement and consumer issues; and her interest in Latin America, especially in regard to social welfare, community development, education, and women. Included in the latter, which are largely in Spanish or Portuguese, are her manuals on community organization and development. Other subjects include the American Association of University Women and their support of consumer legislation, social work, women's issues, housing, health, labor, worker's education, race relations, ethnic and cultural studies, the Washington Urban League, youth, social security, Puerto Rico, Mexico, India, Ceylon, InterAmerican Commission of Women, Overseas Education Fund of the League of Women Voters, National Defense Advisory Commission, Office of Price Administration, the President's Commission on the Status of Women, and her teaching activities. Included in the collection are some papers of Harriett Elliott, Consumer Commissioner for the National Defense Advisory Commission and Office of Price Administration.

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