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040 _aDLC
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_dDLC
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110 2 _aWomen's Joint Congressional Committee.
245 0 0 _aWomen's Joint Congressional Committee records,
_f1920-1970
_g(bulk 1920-1953).
300 _a6,200
_fitems.
300 _a12
_fcontainers.
300 _a7
_fmicrofilm reels.
300 _a5.2
_flinear feet.
351 _aArranged in 5 series. Series 1: General Correspondence, 1920-1968; Series 2: Minutes of Meetings, 1920-1970; Series 3: Committee Files, 1924-1966; Series 4: Financial Records, 1923-1967; and Series 5: Miscellany, 1923-1964.
506 0 _aOpen to research.
520 8 _aCorrespondence, 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.
530 _aMicrofilm edition available,
_dno. 18,849.
533 _aMicrofilm produced from originals in the Manuscript Division.
_bWashington, D.C. :
_cLibrary of Congress Photoduplication Service,
_d1984.
545 1 _aCommittee 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.
546 _aCollection material in English.
555 8 _aFinding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at
_uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012029
600 1 0 _aAnsley, Katharine M.
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aAtwater, Helen W.
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aBannerman, Mary T.
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aCone, Bessie S.
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aHadley, Eleanor M.
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aKelley, Florence,
_d1859-1932
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aMaule, Margaret C.
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aSifton, Claire,
_d1897-1980
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aWatkins, Florence V.
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aYost, Lenna Lowe,
_d1878-1972
_vCorrespondence.
610 1 0 _aUnited States.
_bCongress.
610 2 0 _aNational Consumers' League.
610 2 0 _aNational Council of Jewish Women.
610 2 0 _aNational Education Association of the United States.
650 0 _aChildren
_xSocieties and clubs.
650 0 _aCivil rights.
650 0 _aEducation and state
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aEducational law and legislation.
650 0 _aInfants.
650 0 _aLynching.
650 0 _aMotherhood.
650 0 _aNational school lunch program.
650 0 _aSocial legislation.
650 0 _aSocial security.
650 0 _aSocial service.
650 0 _aSuffrage
_zWashington (D.C.)
650 0 _aWomen
_xSocieties and clubs.
650 0 _aWomen's rights.
651 0 _aWashington (D.C.)
_xPolitics and government.
856 4 _3Finding aid
_uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012029
856 4 _3Finding aid (PDF)
_uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012029.3
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