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League of Women Shoppers Records
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Series Descriptions
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(1938-44)
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.1 linear ft.
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This series provides an overview of the League of
Women Shoppers' national office and the affiliate
organizations in Chicago, Illinois, Columbus, Ohio,
Newark, New Jersey, and Washington, D.C. It is arranged
in four subseries: Constitution and by-laws, National
Board, National Executive Committee, Membership Committee
meetings, and Local affiliates. The National Board
material dates from 1938 through1944 and includes
agendas, minutes, correspondence, and memoranda.
Similarly, the material from the Local affiliates dates
from 1938 through 1944 and includes agendas, minutes, and
correspondence.
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(1937-2001)
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.15 linear ft.
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This series contains material that documents the
activities undertaken by the League of Women Shoppers at
the national and local levels between 1937 and 1944, and
biographical material about two members of local League
branches. It is organized into four subseries: Publicity,
Testimony, Members, and Miscellaneous. Publicity, the
largest subseries, dates from 1938 to 1945 and consists
of leaflets, newsletters, pamphlets, notes, lists, and
miscellaneous printed material, organized
chronologically. Members includes biographical material
about Alice Lesser Shepard, a member of the Eastchester,
New York branch, and Lucille Montgomery, a progressive
philanthropist, who was a key figure in the Washington,
D.C. branch of the LWS.
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