Papers, 1881-1955 (inclusive).

United States. Office of War Information

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Lacey-Baker, Marjory, 1888-1971

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Marjory Lacey-Baker (1888 - March 11, 1971) was an American playwright and actress with the Provincetown Players ("the most important innovative moment in American theatre") and long time companion and biographer of Lena Madesin Phillips. Marjory Lacey-Baker was born in Philadelphia, PA, the daughter of Arthur Lacey Baker (born 1863) and Emma Clementi Smith (born 1851). Her siblings are: Cecilia Theodora Baker (1887–1970), Florence Lacey Baker (1890–1966), Arthur Clementi Lacey Baker Jr (1894...

National Council of Women

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National Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs (U.S.)

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Phillips, Lena Madesin, 1881-1955

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Lena Madesin Phillips (September 15, 1881 - May 22, 1955) was a lawyer and clubwoman from Nicholasville, Kentucky, who founded the National Business and Professional Women's Clubs in 1919. She enlarged her circle, traveling also to Europe, and in 1930 she founded the International Federation of Business and Professional Women. Phillips served years as a president of each organization, and continued to work as an activist to the end of her life. She wrote numerous articles and pamphlets in the...

World Center for Women's Archives (New York, N.Y.)

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World Center for Women's Archives was an organization established by Rosika Schwimmer and Mary Ritter Beard in the hopes of creating an educational collection which women could consult to learn about the history of women. The center was located in the Biltmore Hotel at 41 Park Avenue in New York City. It closed in 1940, but the efforts made to establish a center to collect records encouraged several colleges and universities to begin develop similar archives of women's history. It was one of the...

Haslett, Caroline

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International Council of Women.

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International Council of Women (ICW) founded in Washington, D.C., in 1888, as an international federation of national women's organizations. Later affiliated with the United Nations with headquarters in Paris. From the description of International Council of Women records, 1931-1957. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70981886 The International Council of Women, founded in 1888, is one of the pioneer women's international organizations. From the outset its aim was to form a Nati...

Young Women's Christian Association

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The YWCA of Washington State College was established in 1895. It provided the women of the college a place to worship, held bible classes, and located housing and employment. It also served as a social organization that participated with the YMCA of Washington State College. A popular social event in the 1910s-1930s were the conferences held at Seabeck, Washington. Topics at Seabeck focused on issues of the YWCA and the YMCA of the Pacific Northwest. During the 1940s, th...

United Nations

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In 1945, four individuals who had worked on the Manhattan project-John L. Balderston, Jr., Dieter M. Gruen, W.J. McLean, and David B. Wehmeyer-formed a committee and wrote a letter to 154 public figures asking for their opinions about the possibility of the creation of a world government. Over the next year, as the various public figures responded to the letter, the responses were correlated into a report that was released in 1947. From the guide to the Balderston, John L., Jr. Colle...

Beard, Mary Ritter, 1876-1958

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Historian, feminist, and author. Married historian Charles Beard. From the description of Papers, 1935-1958 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 232006703 From the description of Letters, 1937-1942 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 232008676 Beard was an American author and historian. From the description of Correspondence: [1938?]-1959. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155180912 Mary Ritter Bear...

International Federation of Business and Professional Women.

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Holmes, Gordon, Sir, 1876-1965

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Myrdal, Alva, 1902-1986

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Diplomat; interviewee married Gunnar Myrdal; interviewee d.1986. From the description of Reminiscences of Alva Reimer Myrdal : oral history, 1976. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122441312 ...