Papers, 1899-1990.

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Papers, 1899-1990.

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Organizational records, scrapbooks, correspondence, reports, programs, subject files and personal papers. The bulk of the collection consists of records of the various organizations Foreman served. A substantial amount documents her years on the Fair Employment Practices Commission, including the Motorola Case.

4.75 linear ft. (4 boxes) + 3 oversize bound v., 1 oversize folder.

Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library

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Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library

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Springfield Garden Club (Springfield, Ill.)

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League of Women Voters of Morgan County, Ill.

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Foreman, Orville N.

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Myart, Leon.

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Illinois College

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Illinois. Fair Employment Practices Commission

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Illinois took up equal employment opportunity in 1943 2h3n Governor appointed Illinois Interracial Commission. Agency name changed to Commission on Human Relations by 1951 legislation. Responsibility shifted from study and reporting functions to receiving, investigating, and adjudicating complaints in 1961 when Fair Employment Practices Commission was created to replace Commission on Human Relations. New agency was to reduce employment opportunity inequities due to race, color, religion, nationa...

Motorola, Inc.

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Illinois. Commission on Children

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The Commission for Physically Handicapped Children was created by General Assembly in 1933 to coordinate services to clients provided by Departments of Public Welfare, Public Health and Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction. Commission further was assigned to stimulate efforts for care, treatment, education and social services afforded ; promote special classes and instruction; arrange for special training of teachers; promote vocational guidance, training and placement of ...

United States. Commission on Civil Rights

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Foreman, Helen Cleary, 1904-1991

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Jacksonville, Illinois, politician and life-long civic volunteer with an advanced sense of social consciousness. Foreman started, and served as a member of many local, state and national social welfare organizations. She served on the Civil Rights Commission (1951-1961) and was the first woman to serve on the Illinois Fair Employment Practices Commission (1961-1971). She was alderman of the 5th Ward in Jacksonville from 1972-1984, and served as the first woman mayor from...

Illinois Commission on Human Relations

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Established in 1943 by Governor Dwight H. Green as the Interracial Commission with the purpose of providing "profitable employment to all persons" and "promoting tolerance and good will." A 1951 legislative act changed the name to the present name. The commission investigated race relations throughout the state and hoped that through using positive information though the media and educational institutions it could improve race relations. Municipal commissions were set up in larger cities and tho...