League of Women Voters of Amherst, Massachusetts records, 1939-2002.

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League of Women Voters of Amherst, Massachusetts records, 1939-2002.

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Includes minutes, annual reports, financial records, publications, program and issue files, photographs, video- and audio-tapes, scrapbooks, and newspaper clippings. Also contains information on two league members that rose to national prominence: Lucy Wilson Benson (Under Secretary of State in the federal government in 1977) and Jane F. Garvey (Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration in 1997).

60 boxes, (33 linear ft.)

University of Massachusetts Amherst, W.E.B. Du Bois Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7645595

University of Massachusetts Amherst, W.E.B. Du Bois Library

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Benson, Lucy Wilson

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Garvey, Jane F.

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League of Women Voters of Amherst (Amherst, Mass.)

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Non-partisan political organization based in Amherst, Massachusetts that seeks to influence public policy through education and advocacy by registering voters, organizing candidate forums, publishing voting guides, and disseminating general information on the legislative process and the functioning of government on the local, state, and federal levels. From the description of League of Women Voters of Amherst, Massachusetts records, 1939-2002. (University of Massachusetts Amherst). W...