Outside organizations: Women, circa 1919-1950
Scope and Contents
Documents concerning the women's organizations outside of the YWCA of the U.S.A. and their relationship to those organizations. Through the sharing of ideas, contributing to or attending conferences, participating in organization activities and committees or simply through awareness of other women's organizations, the YWCA of the U.S.A. contributes to the common cause of the betterment of women's lives. Included are documents concerning Altrusa Clubs, the Institute for Women's Professional Relations, the International Congress of Working Women, Minute Women of the U.S.A., the National League of Women Workers, the Woman's Centennial Congress and the Women's Joint Congressional Committee.
Dates of Materials
- circa 1919-1950
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
319 frames (1 partial reel)
- Businesswomen
- Constitutions
- Constitutions
- Feminism
- Newsletters
- Proceedings
- Proceedings
- Proceedings
- Sex Discrimination in employment
- Women -- Employment
- Women -- International cooperation
- Women -- International cooperation
- Women -- International cooperation
- Women -- Legal status, laws, etc
- Women -- Political activity
- Women -- Religious life
- Women -- Social conditions
- Women -- Social conditions
- Women and religion
- Women and religion
- Women employees
- Women's rights
- Work environment
- articles
- articles
- bylaws (administrative records)
- correspondence
- correspondence
- minutes (administrative records)
- programs (documents)
- reports
- reports
Repository Details
Part of the Sophia Smith Collection of Women's History Repository