Contents
- Descriptive Summary
- Historical note
- Scope and Contents note
- Processing Information note
- Related Archival Materials note
- Immediate Source of Acquisition note
- Indexed Terms
Collection Access
League of Women Voters of Chicago records
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- League of Women Voters of Chicago records
- Identifier
- BMRC.UIC.LEAGUE_WOMEN_CHICAGO
- Repository
- University of Illinois at Chicago, Special Collections and University Archives Department at the Richard J. Daley Library
- Language
- English
- Size
- 60.0 Linear feet
- Dates
- 1924
- Creator
- League of Women Voters of Chicago.
Historical note
The League of Women Voters of the United States was formed in 1919 when the Nineteenth Amendment enfranchising women was passed. It grew out of the National Women’s Suffrage Association. The League of Women Voters of Chicago was organized in 1950, when ten Chicago-area chapters of the League of Women Voters of Cook County merged. The League’s objectives are to encourage full participation in the electoral process and to lobby the government for legislation of special concern to women. Such issues have included housing, civil liberties, public schools and child labor.
Scope and Contents note
The collection contains correspondence, agendas, minutes, bylaws, legislation, studies, annual reports, and photographs from 1924 to the present. The materials pertain to the formation of the League, Chicago City government, civil liberties, foreign policy, refugees, and water conservation.
Processing Information note
This collection was surveyed as part of the Black Metropolis Research Consortium's Survey Initiative on 2009 November 19 by Lisa Calahan and Andrew Steadham.
Immediate Source of Acquisition note
Multiple accessions, numbers: 68-060, 70-042, 80-129, 80-140, 82-034, 82-037, 82-045, 85-040, 87-045, 91-038, 94-04, 97-006, 98-019, 00-011, 00-034, 02-040, 05-001, 07-003