Records, 1989-1999.

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Records, 1989-1999.

Minutes (1989-1993); correspondence (1990-1997) dealing with the group's participation in other conferences, U.S. Department of Labor, and General Federation of Women's Clubs; planning arrangements, photographs, correspondence, and conference materials relating to the groups 1990 and 1991 conferences, International Women's Forum (1991) held in the Soviet Union, Russian space luncheon (1992) and the groups participation in the Rotary International Russian program, Irish-American Women's Conference (1993) co-hosted by Cork Federation of Women's Organizations, Goodwill Games Conference (1994) which was canceled, Women's Global Forum (1994) an official event of the Department of Labor's Women's Bureau; World Women's Conference (1994) in Beijing, China, and subsequent events in Tacoma, Wash., U.N. commisions including United Nations Development Fund for Women and Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women, and international women's organizations including International Women's Tribune Centre, and International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women (INSTRAW).

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SNAC Resource ID: 8053813

Washington State Historical Society

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