Lois Rosen papers, 1963-1996.

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Lois Rosen papers, 1963-1996.

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Correspondence, meeting minutes, press releases, newsletters, committee reports, legal and financial documents, newspaper clippings, fliers, and other papers of Lois Rosen, a Chicago political activist and labor union advocate, who was a leader in several civic and social service organizations from the 1960s-1990s. Most of the collection relates to Rosen's work within the Mayor's Commission on Women's Affairs, which became the Chicago Commission on Women; work with the Southwest Community Congress on neighborhood housing and development issues; and Rosen's personal subject files. Also present are materials on the Chicago Newspaper Guild and the Chicago Tourism Council.

14 linear ft. (35 boxes)

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