14 finding aid(s) found containing the word(s) Women--Political activity.

  1. James P. McGranery and Regina Clark McGranery papers, 1909-1975

    74,800 items. 225 containers plus 1 oversize and 1 classified. 89 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

    Summary:

    James P. McGranery, United States attorney general, district court judge, and member of Congress from Pennsylvania; and Regina Clark McGranery, lawyer. Correspondence, diaries, speeches and writings, financial and legal papers, family papers, appointment books, press releases, and printed matter relating principally to James P. McGranery's duties while assistant to the United States attorney general, United States district judge, United States attorney general, member of the United States Commission on Government Security, lawyer, and lay leader in the Roman Catholic Church. Papers of Regina Clark McGranery reflect her political role during the New Deal, her career as a lawyer, and activities as a Catholic and a leader in the Girl Scouts of America.

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  2. Hanna-McCormick family papers, 1792-1985

    47,300 items. 145 containers plus 13 oversize. 66.4 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

    Summary:

    Correspondence, diary and notebook fragments, speeches, financial records, scrapbooks, printed matter, and other papers focusing chiefly on the political activities of Ruth Hanna McCormick Simms. Also includes correspondence of Marcus Alonzo Hanna relating to Ohio and national politics and also to his personal and business affairs. Other papers concern the Chicago Tribune and its publishers, Joseph Medill and Robert Rutherford McCormick, grandfather and brother of Medill McCormick.

  3. Mabel Walker Willebrandt papers, 1881-1978

    2,000 items. 5 containers plus 1 oversize. 2 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

    Summary:

    Lawyer and public official. Correspondence, speeches, writings, family papers, photographs, and printed matter relating primarily to Willebrandt’s service as assistant attorney general under Presidents Warren G. Harding and Calvin Coolidge.

  4. Women's Joint Congressional Committee records, 1920-1970

    6,200 items. 12 containers. 5.2 linear feet. 7 microfilm reels. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

    Summary:

    Correspondence, information forms, minutes, reports, financial records, membership lists, and printed material relating to the committee's work in monitoring and promoting legislation in the areas of social service and women's rights.

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  5. Woman's Party Corporation records, 1918-1998

    21,500 items. 85 containers plus 1 oversize. 35.6 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

    Summary:

    Women's rights organization. Correspondence, legal papers, financial records, board of directors minutes, bylaws, notes, printed matter, architectural documents, and subject files relating to litigation between the Woman's Party Corporation and its parent organization, the National Woman's Party, maintenance of the Sewall-Belmont House, and the corporation's various activites and fraught relationship with the National Woman's Party.

  6. Katie Louchheim papers, 1906-1991

    32,000 items. 81 containers plus 1 classified and 25 oversize. 35 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

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    United States deputy assistant secretary of state, Democratic Party official, author, and public speaker. Journals, family papers, correspondence, memoranda, reports, lists, speeches, interviews, drafts of writings, scrapbooks, photographs, newspaper clippings, and other printed matter documenting Louchheim's public service and leadership in the Democratic Party.

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  7. Woman's National Democratic Club records, 1912-2014

    45,000 items. 126 containers plus 5 oversize. 50 linear feet. 1,149 digital files (59.07 MB). -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

    Summary:

    Organization founded in 1922 in Washington, D.C., focusing on public policy and serving as a forum for Democratic leaders. Correspondence, minutes, reports, financial records, bylaws, notes, newsletters, membership files, oral history transcripts in both physical and digital formats, photographs in both physical and digital formats, presidential campaign ephemera, newspaper clippings, and other printed matter documenting the founding of the Woman’s National Democratic Club and its principal activities as a meeting place for Democrats, a forum for national public policy debate, and an outlet for engagement in local community affairs.

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  8. National Federation of Democratic Women records, 1960-2016

    8,500 items. 22 containers plus 1 oversize. 8.9 linear feet. 171 digital files (5.84GB). -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

    Summary:

    Women's political organization. Organization formed in 1971 to encourage the participation of women in every level of the Democratic Party. Correspondence, organizational history, chronological files, convention files, membership files, financial records, newsletters, and other records.

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  9. Nancy Pelosi papers, 1930-2012

    260,000 items. 724 containers plus 2 classified and 6 oversize . 295 linear feet. 11,588 digital files (66.37 GB). -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

    Summary:

    Speaker of the House of Representatives, House Minority Leader, and Democratic congresswoman from San Francisco, California, and the Bay area. Correspondence, legislative material, speeches, calendars, photographs, press and communications material, staff files, fundraising files, and administrative material relating primarily to Pelosi's work in the United States House of Representatives and her work on behalf of the Democratic Party and Democratic candidates for office.

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  10. Pamela Digby Churchill Hayward Harriman papers, 1909-1997

    230,000 items. 638 containers plus 1 classified, 47 oversize, and 1 artifact. 280 linear feet. 1,142 digital files (8.581 MB). -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

    Summary:

    Political activist and diplomat. Family papers, correspondence, memoranda, reports, agenda, minutes, programs, briefing binders, political polls, lists, research files, Federal Election Commission filings, financial and legal records, speeches and writings, interview and event transcripts, diary excerpts, biographical material, awards, publicity material, engagement calendars, scheduling and event files, travel files, digital files, address books, guest books, passports, marriage certificates, photographs, news clippings, and other printed matter documenting most phases of Harriman’s adult life including her marriages to Randolph S. Churchill, 1939-1946; Leland Hayward, 1960-1971; and W. Averell Harriman, 1971-1986; as well as her roles as founder and chair of the Democrats for the 80's from 1980 to 1990 and as United States ambassador to France from 1993 to 1997.

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