Records, 1884-1986 (bulk 1920-1979).

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Records, 1884-1986 (bulk 1920-1979).

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Correspondence, memoranda, minutes, proceedings, speeches, reports, project studies, subject files, biographical material, financial records, newspapers clippings, printed material, and other records, concerning the League's activities at the national, state, and local levels. Includes material documenting the organization's lobbying efforts, national conventions and council meetings, and projects of the League of Women Voters Education Fund. Topics include child labor and welfare, citizen participation, civil rights, civil service, consumer issues, education, election law, environment, ERAmerica and ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment, federal-state relations, health, housing, immigration, international relations and trade, labor, national security, patriotism, needs and rights of the poor, race relations, the suffrage movement, United Nations, voter education, welfare, and women's legal status and rights.

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