Records, 1910-1978.

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Records, 1910-1978.

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Chiefly reports, press releases, and correspondence, regarding issues studied by the league (1920s-1960s) including child welfare and child labor, conservation, Indiana constitutional reform, crime, penal reform, juvenile delinquency, economic issues including inflation and unemployment, foreign policy issues including United Nations and Marshall Plan, social services, public welfare, education, status of women in society, labor laws affecting women, public and mental health, and taxes; together with administrative records of the state league and local chapters; records of state conferences and other meetings; minutes (1950-1959) of state board meetings; financial records (1926-1961); information kits distributed by the league (1940s-1960s); local league organization reports (1929-1942); bylaws, handbooks, annual reports, and press releases (1920s-1970s); scrapbooks (1920s-1940s); newsletters (1921-1970s); papers relating to the national league and its annual conventions (1921-1971); and correspondence, legislation, legal briefs, and reports, of Woman's Franchise League of Indiana, relating to the campaign for women's suffrage. Correspondents include Albert J. Beveridge, Claude Bowers, Carrie Chapman Catt, Grace Julian Clarke, Charles W. Fairbanks, James P. Goodrich, Will Hays, John Worth Kern, Harry S. New, and Samuel Ralston.

60 linear ft.

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League of Women Voters of Indiana

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Organized 1920. From the description of Records, 1910-1978. (Lincoln Library). WorldCat record id: 28411501 The League of Women Voters was formed from the National American Woman Suffrage Association in 1920. Following the national organization, the League of Women Voters of Indiana was formed in 1920 from the Woman's Franchise League of Indiana. From its beginning the league has worked to protect the rights of voters, women and children through education and legislation sup...