Business and professional women, 1927-1939
Scope and Contents
Issues of "The Program Exchange" and its predecessor, "The Exchange Sheet." The publications were used by the YWCA of the U.S.A. National Council of Business and Professional Women to communicate programming ideas and methods to local or regional association secretaries. In addition, the newsletter provides updates of the activities of local associations, reports on internal and related external conferences and gives advice for implementing projects and programming.
Dates of Materials
- Creation: 1927-1939
Language of Materials
English
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for use without restriction beyond the standard terms and conditions of Smith College Special Collections.
However, by agreement with the YWCA of the U.S.A., microdexes known to contain financial records or personal health information (usually on job applications) were not digitized and/or not published in our online repository as part of the CLIR Digitizing Hidden Collections grant. These microdexes may still be accessed on the original microfilm, and digital files may be made available to individual researchers upon request.
Extent
817 frames (1 partial reel)
Subject
- American Federation of Labor (Organization)
- American Youth Congress (Organization)
- Conference on the Cause and Cure of War (Organization)
- YWCA of the U.S.A.. Business and Professional Department (Organization)
Genre / Form
Topical
- African American women -- Employment
- Civil rights
- Cost and standard of living
- Economics
- Girls -- Religious life
- International relations
- Labor laws and legislation
- Leadership in women
- Married women -- Employment
- Race discrimination
- Race relations
- Racism
- Wages -- Women
- Women -- Health and hygiene
- Women -- Health and hygiene
- Women in the labor movement
Repository Details
Part of the Sophia Smith Collection of Women's History Repository
