Paradise Women's Improvement Club Records, 1921-1998.

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Paradise Women's Improvement Club Records, 1921-1998.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/56560720

This collection contains the minutes of the General and Executive Board meetings, financial records, club histories, clippings of the disbanded club.

6 linear ft.

University of California, Santa Cruz, UCSC

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SNAC Resource ID: 7754867

University of California, Santa Cruz, UCSC

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California Federation of Women's Clubs

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Administrative History The California Federation of Women's Clubs (CFWC, http://www.cfwc.org ) is part of an international community service orginization that focuses on projects that "promote education, eliminate illiteracy, encourage productive citizenship, preserve nations natural resources, encourage healthy lifestyles, fight to prevent crime, support the Arts, and contribute to international understanding". The State Federation was found...

Paradise Women's Improvement Club

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Organization History On April 20, 1920 a group of women from Paradise met to protest the sale of acreage in Sierra Park for the operation of a hog farm. Realizing the necessity for group action, the Women's Improvement Club was formed that day and Mrs. L.A. McAndless was named president and Jessie Coleman, the founding secretary. At the second meeting in July 1920, the club took action by purchasing the first lots in Sierra Park, the heart of...

Online Archive of California

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