Women's Committee pamphlets, bulletins, and reports, 1917-1920.

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Women's Committee pamphlets, bulletins, and reports, 1917-1920.

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Record includes bulletins and pamphlets of Women's Committee departments (i.e., Americanization; Conservation; Recreation for Girls; Women and Children in Industry; War Information; Social Service; Allied Relief) concerning their activities; Council of National Defense bulletins and press releases concerning women's committees; Women's Committee monthly reports; Women's Land Army publicity activity reports; speech texts; play scripts; and educational propaganda about the war effort. Also included is correspondence between the War Records Section of the Illinois State Historical Library and the Women' Committee concerning a Illinois war history.

2 cubic ft.

Illinois State Archive

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Illinois State Archive

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