Joanne Alter papers, 1952-1996.

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Joanne Alter papers, 1952-1996.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/55677333

The collection consists of correspondence, reports, press releases, contracts, questionnaires, clippings, mailing lists, campaign materials, schedules, newsletters, programs, meeting notes, pamphlets, manuals, directories, playbills, and posters.

40.5 linear ft.

University of Illinois at Chicago Library, UIC

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SNAC Resource ID: 7710676

University of Illinois at Chicago Library, UIC

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Alter, Joanne H. (Joanne Hammerman), 1927-

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Joanne Hammerman Alter was an independent democrat involved in political campaigns in the 1970s through a system of Home Headquarters that utilized the organizational skills of women. Alter was a co-founder of the Illinois Democratic Women's Caucus in 1971. In 1972, Alter became the first woman elected to a Cook County office on the Democratic ticket when she became a commissioner of the Metropolitan Sanitary District. She was a founding member of the Friends of the River, worked on the Save the...