Charlotte E. Senechalle papers, 1950-200 (bulk 1950-1990).

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Charlotte E. Senechalle papers, 1950-200 (bulk 1950-1990).

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Correspondence, board meeting minutes, research files, newspaper clippings, reports, observation notes, and other papers of Charlotte E. Senechalle, primarily relating to her work with school improvement and the conditions of the Cook County Department of Corrections. Included are materials regarding Senechalle's work with the Citizens Schools Committee, such as meeting minutes (1988-1991), financial records, and observer reports regarding the Chicago Board of Education (1971-1976). Topics include school integration and desegregation. Also present are Senechalle's teaching materials, correspondence, and other records for her course on "Practical Politics" taught at the YMCA Community College for the Citizen Information Service of Metropolitan Chicago (1960s). Materials regarding Senechalle's work with Church Women United (1990s) and League of Women Voters (1960s) are also included as well as research and notes on criminal justice, penal systems, and prison conditions in Chicago, Cook County, and Illinois.

3.75 linear ft. (9 boxes)

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Senechalle, Charlotte E., 1904-2001

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Illinois Court Watching Project

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Citizens Schools Committee (Chicago, Ill.)

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Church Women United in Greater Chicago

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League of Women Voters of Chicago

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The League of Women Voters of the United States was formed in 1919 when the Nineteenth Amendment enfranchising women was passed. It grew out of the National Women's Suffrage Association. The League of Women Voters of Chicago was organized in 1950, when ten Chicago-area chapters of the League of Women Voters of Cook County merged. The League's objectives are to encourage full participation in the electoral process and to lobby the government for legislation of special concern to women. Such issue...

Chicago, Ill. Board of Education

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Citizen Information Service of Metropolitan Chicago

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Cook County (Ill.). Dept. of Corrections.

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