Women's Joint Congressional Committee creator mixed material monographic eng 6,200 12 7 5.2 Correspondence, minutes, reports, information forms, membership lists, financial records, printed matter, and other papers relating to the Committee's work in monitoring and promoting legislation in the areas of education, social welfare, and women's rights. Subjects include civil rights, social security, women's and children's bureaus, maternity and infancy, a department of education, school lunch programs, anti-lynching legislation, and home rule for the District of Columbia. Member organizations represented include the National Consumers' League, National Education Association of the United States, and National Council of Jewish Women. Correspondents include Katharine M. Ansley, Helen W. Atwater, Mary T. Bannerman, Bessie S. Cone, Elizabeth Eastman, Eleanor M. Hadley, Florence Kelley, Margaret C. Maule, Claire Sifton, Florence V. Watkins, and Lenna Lowe Yost. Open to research. Microfilm edition available, no. 18,849. Microfilm produced from originals in the Manuscript Division. Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress Photoduplication Service, 1984. Committee organized in 1920, shortly after the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment, as a clearinghouse and information center for legislation pending in Congress. Special interests included legislation in the fields of social welfare, education, and women's right. Composed of representatives from national organizations including the National Consumers' League, National Education Association of the United States, and National Council of Jewish Women. Collection material in English. Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012029 Ansley, Katharine M Correspondence Atwater, Helen W Correspondence Bannerman, Mary T Correspondence Cone, Bessie S Correspondence Hadley, Eleanor M Correspondence Kelley, Florence 1859-1932 Correspondence Maule, Margaret C Correspondence Sifton, Claire 1897-1980 Correspondence Watkins, Florence V Correspondence Yost, Lenna Lowe 1878-1972 Correspondence United States. Congress. National Consumers' League. National Council of Jewish Women. National Education Association of the United States. Children Societies and clubs Civil rights Education and state United States Educational law and legislation Infants Lynching Motherhood National school lunch program Social legislation Social security Social service Suffrage Washington (D.C.) Women Societies and clubs Women's rights Washington (D.C.) Politics and government mm 79046250 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms012029 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms012029.3 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012029 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012029.3 Open to research. DLC 790515 20260227111657.0 mm 79046250