Political women in Connecticut interview transcripts, 1980-1981 (inclusive).

American Association of University Women

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According to the The American Association of University Women's website, the AAUW is a nationwide network for the advancement of equity for women and girls through advocacy, education, philanthropy, and research. From the guide to the The American Association of University Women, 1937-1994, (Utah State University. Special Collections and Archives) Based in Washington, D.C. From the description of American Association of University Women records, 1935-1955. (Unkno...

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

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Organizational History and List of Officers Organizational History 1909 Issued the “Call,” a statement calling for a conference to protest discrimination and violence against African Americans Convened the National Negro Conference on May 31 and June 1, New York, N.Y. E...

League of Women Voters (U.S.)

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The League of Women Voters (LWV) is a nonprofit organization in the United States that was formed to help women take a larger role in public affairs after they won the right to vote. It was founded in 1920 to support the new women suffrage rights and was a merger of National Council of Women Voters, founded by Emma Smith DeVoe, and National American Woman Suffrage Association, led by Carrie Chapman Catt, approximately six months before the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution g...

Girl Scouts of the United States of America

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The Girl Scouts were founded by Juliette Gordon Low on March 12, 1912 when Low organized the first Girl Guide troop meeting of 18 girls at her home in Savannah, Georgia. By the next year they became the Girl Scouts of the United States. By the 1920s troops were forming overseas as well. Low was inspired to start the Girl Scouts after she met Robert Lord Baden-Powell, the founder of the Boy Scouts, in 1911. Beginning with Lou Henry Hoover, the incumbent First Lady has served as the Honorary Pr...

Green, Helen A., 1894-

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University of Connecticut. Women's Studies Program

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The Women's Studies Program at the University of Connecticut began in 1974 and was the first formal program of its kind in the state. The Women's Studies Program is a flexible interdisciplinary academic program devoted to the critical analysis of gender and the pursuit of knowledge about women. Combining methods and insights of traditional academic disciplines with the special insights of Women's Studies scholarship, our courses yield fresh perspectives, which illuminate...

Democratic National Committee (U.S.)

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Lee, Percy Maxim, 1906-

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Former president, League of Women Voters; interviewee married John Glessner Lee. From the description of Reminiscences of Percy Maxim Lee : oral history, 1973. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309734471 Lee was president of the National League of Women Voters and appointed chairman of the Consumers' Advisory Council by President Lyndon Johnson in 1964. From the description of Papers, 1900-1970 (inclusive). (Harvard University). W...

Rylander, Isabel Curtin

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Twentieth Century Club (New Haven, Conn.)

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Smith College.

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Since 1900, Christmas at Smith College has involved the sending of cards, the singing of carols and the annual Vespers. Smith College's Christmas Vespers has allowed religious and non-religious students alike to come together and appreciate the music and spirit of the holiday season. At this annual candlelight ceremony, Smith College choral groups perform seasonal songs and religious readings. From the description of Records of Christmas at Smith College, 1900-[ongoing]. (Smith Colle...

Pendery, Joyce S., 1930-

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Cook, Edith Valet, 1892-

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Parmelee, Alice

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Connecticut Child Welfare Association

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National urban league

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The National League on Urban Conditions Among Negroes, later the National Urban League, resulted from the 1910 merger of three welfare organizations in New York, N.Y.: the Committee for Improving Industrial Conditions among Negroes in New York, the Committee on Urban Conditions Among Negroes, and the National League for Protection of Colored Women. From the description of Records of the National Urban League, 1910-1986 (bulk 1930-1979). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71130941 ...

Rostow, Celia Duhan

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Sullivan, Hazel Thrall, 1915-

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Wellesley College

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Order of Women Legislators (Conn.)

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Federation of Democratic Women's Clubs (Conn.)

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Dadourian, Ruth McIntire, 1891-1983

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Suffragist Dadourian was raised in Cambridge, Mass., and received a B.A. from Radcliffe College in 1912, when she moved to Connecticut. She served as secretary of the Connecticut Woman Suffrage Association and as president of the Connecticut League of Women Voters; she later worked for the Connecticut Defense Council, the Connecticut War Finance Committee, and the Connecticut Tuberculosis Association, and was a trustee of the University of Connecticut. From the description of Papers,...

Blood, Virginia L.

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Jewish Community Council (New Haven, Conn.)

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McCoy, Laura Belle Reed, 1889-

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Kitchel, Helen Binney, 1890-

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Rockefeller, Nancy Carnegie

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Bryant, Josephine E.

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Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )

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The Republican Party is a national political party in the United States, and was founded in 1854. In the 1864 election, the party took the name National Union Party to allow the participation of Democrats. From the description of Republican Party tickets, 1864. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 496362231 From the guide to the Republican Party tickets, 1864, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) ...

Connecticut College

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National Council for Prevention of War (U.S.)

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Created in September, 1921 in Washington, D.C. by representatives of 17 United States peace organizations to serve as a clearinghouse under the name of National Council for Limitation of Armaments; Frederick J. Libby was appointed Executive Secretary. Headquartered in Washington, D.C., the organization changed its name in January, 1922 to the National Council for the Reduction of Armaments. In Fall of 1923, the name was changed again to National Council for Prevention of War. It was incorportate...

Little, Eleanor H. (Eleanor Howell), 1885-1986

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Administrator with woman's correctional institution, manufacturing firm, and relief agencies, state legislator, and volunteer, of Guilford, Conn. From the description of Eleanor H. Little papers, 1915-1986. (University of Connecticut). WorldCat record id: 28418045 Eleanor H. Little was born on 9 December 1885, in Media, Pennsylvania . She lived in Pennsylvania until entering Wellesley College, where she received a B.A. in History in 1908. After graduation, Littl...

Health Systems Agency of Eastern Connecticut

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Woodhouse, Chase Going, 1890-1984

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Chase Going Woodhouse (March 3, 1890 – December 12, 1984) was a prominent feminist leader, suffragist, and educator. She served as a member of the United States House of Representatives representing the Second Congressional District of Connecticut, becoming the second Congresswoman from Connecticut, the first elected as a Democrat, and the first woman born outside the United States in either chamber of the U.S. Congress. Born Chase Going to American parents in Victoria, British Columbia, Cana...

League of Women Voters of Connecticut

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Bigelow, Marilyn Yeaw, 1889-

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Catt, Carrie Chapman, 1859-1947

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Carrie Lane Chapman Catt, suffragist, early feminist, political activist, and Iowa State alumna (1880), was born on January 9, 1859 in Ripon, Wisconsin to Maria Clinton and Lucius Lane. At the close of the Civil War, the Lanes moved to a farm near Charles City, Iowa where they remained throughout their lives. Carrie entered Iowa State College in 1877 completing her work in three years. She graduated at the top of her class and while in Ames established military drills for women, became the first...

SANE, Inc.

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American friends service committee

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Quaker organization formed to promote peace and reconciliation through its social service and relief programs. From the description of American Friends Service Committee records, 1933-1988 (bulk 1933-1938). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70983753 The American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) was organized in June 1917 as an outgrowth of and coordination point for the anti-war and relief activities of various bodies of the Religious Society of Friends in the United States. A ...

Licensed Practical Nurses Association (Conn.)

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Nichols, Carole

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University of Connecticut. Center for Oral History

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The Center was established as the Oral History Project in 1968, and began to expand in the late seventies in response to a growing professional interest in this research technique. It was designated a Center by the University's Board of Trustees in 1981, and continues to increase both the number of research projects coming under its umbrella and the services it provides. Publications originating from the Center include: Mills and Meadows: A Pictorial History of Northeastern Connecticut, From the...

Business and Professional Women's Club (New Haven, Conn.)

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Standish, Hilda Crosby

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Physician and lecturer on family planning, Standish was born in 1902 in Hartford, Conn. A graduate of Wellesley College (1924) and Cornell University Medical College (1928), she worked at Philadelphia General Hospital (1928-1930), Bellevue Hospital (1930-1931) and St. Louis Maternity Hospital (1931). The following year she accepted an appointment to teach obstetrics at the Woman's Christian Medical College in Shanghai. Returning home in 1934, she became medical director of the first...

Republican National Committee (U.S.)

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Landon was the 1936 Republican presidential nominee. He lost to Franklin D. Roosevelt, but had the second highest number of votes out of a number of contenders for the position. He was governor of Kanses, 1933-1937. From the description of Campaign Pamphlets, [1935]. (Clarke Historical Library). WorldCat record id: 42033301 ...

Kamenski, Stephanie R.

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Cornell university. Medical college

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Morrison, Margaret Nordhoff

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Dixwell House (New Haven, Conn.)

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Socialist Party (Conn.)

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Purtell, Edna Mary, 1899-

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University of North Carolina. Woman's College.

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Brown, Emily Sophie

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March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation

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