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National Woman's Party records, 1850-2022
343,000 items. 898 containers plus 114 oversize. 390 linear feet. 275 microfilm reels. 101,529 digital files (459.60 GB). -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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National organization in the women's rights movement, founded 1916-1917 and led by Alice Paul. The records include correspondence; administrative files; minutes of meetings; reports; financial and legal records; personal papers; printed matter; photographs; scrapbooks; material concerning the Belmont-Paul Women's Equality National Monument, formerly the Sewall-Belmont House; historic preservation and museum documents; digital audio and video files; databases; website files; and other items, including the records of the World Woman's Party (1938-1958), documenting efforts by the party to promote Congressional passage of the federal woman suffrage amendment and the Equal Rights Amendment.
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National Council of Jewish Women. Washington, D.C., Office records, 1924-2018
239,200 items. 627 containers plus 1 oversize. 261 linear feet. 261 digital files (4.80 GB). -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Liaison office between the National Council of Jewish Women and the United States Congress and government agencies. Correspondence, minutes, reports, legislation, speeches, testimony, photographs, and printed matter related to various social justice causes in both physical and digital formats. Materials in digital format also include video advertisements and programs.
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National Council of Jewish Women records, 1893-2019
63,000 items. 259 containers plus 1 oversize. 109.7 linear feet. 3 digital files (144.20 MB). -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Jewish women’s voluntary organization focused on advocacy efforts related to women, children and families in both the United States and Israel. Correspondence, memoranda, minutes, transcripts of proceedings, reports, reference material, official publications, speeches, testimony, photographs, printed matter, and other records chiefly documenting the organization's activities in both physical and digital formats.
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International Council of Women records, 1931-1957
4,200 items. 6 containers. 2.4 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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International federation of national women’s organizations; affiliated with the United Nations. Correspondence, minutes of meetings, reports, press releases, and publications concerning the involvement of the International Council of Women in educational cinematography, peace and disarmament, and other global issues.
National Society of the Colonial Dames of America. Colonial and Pioneer Women Project records, 1852-1982
200 items. 8 containers plus 1 oversize. 3 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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National organization, founded in 1891, composed of women who are descended from an ancestor who came to reside in an American colony before 1750, and whose services were rendered during the Colonial Period. Chiefly essays on the lives of colonial and pioneer women written for the Colonial and Pioneer Women Project by members of state organizations and submitted to the society's National Historical Activities Committee. Subjects of the essays are women of local prominence or ancestors of the authors.
National Women's Trade Union League of America records, 1903-1950
7,400 items. 28 containers plus 2 oversize. 11 linear feet. 25 microfilm reels. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Correspondence, reports, speeches, notes, and printed matter, including minutes of meetings, proceedings of national conventions and international congresses of working women, biographical material on the league's officers, and correspondence between local and national leagues.
American Association of University Women records, 1937-1946
5,000 items. 18 containers. 6.3 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Women's service organization. Files of a research project by the organization concerning the history and state of the arts in various cities and towns of different sizes and geographical locations in the United States.
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Women in Community Service records, 1965-2006
2,800 items. 8 containers plus 1 oversize. 3.2 linear feet. 58 digital files (115.75MB). -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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National nonprofit organization dedicated to reducing the number of women and children in poverty by promoting economic independence. Correspondence, reports, remarks, photographs, and a training guide in both physical and digital formats. Materials in physical formats also include minutes, reports, publications, printed matter, and scrapbooks.
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League of Women Voters (U.S.) records, 1884-1986
514,400 items. 2,221 containers plus 24 oversize. 900 linear feet. -- Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
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Correspondence, memoranda, minutes, proceedings, speeches, reports, project studies, subject files, biographical material, financial records, newspapers clippings, printed material, and other records concerning the league's activities at the national, state, and local levels. Documents the organization's lobbying efforts, national conventions and council meetings, and projects of the League of Women Voters Education Fund.
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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.
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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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