The Pullman chapter of the Business and Professional Women's Club was founded in 1923. The members were working women; many were employees of Washington State University, such as Ivy Lewellen, an early and well-known member. The Business and Professional Women's Club in Pullman belonged to District 12, along with Spokane and other eastern Washington towns. The districts were part of the Washington State Federation, which was part of the National Federation.
The Pullman chapter was composed of committees, including social, membership, education, telephone, public affairs, National Security, courtesy, legislation, health and safety, finance, radio, international affairs, and birth day banquet. These committees worked on various projects, had guest speakers, and gave lectures and other entertainment. The club was interested in the working women's position in the business and social world.
Yearbooks, financial records, photographs, newspaper clippings, handbooks, reports and scrapbooks of the Pullman, Washington, Business and Professional Women's Club. Some material from the National Federation of Women's Clubs is also included.
The first sequence contains material concerning the Pullman chapter. It contains yearbooks, finances, photographs, newspaper clippings, and other material. The sequence which follows concerns District 12 material, mostly handbooks and reports. Material from the Washington State Federation follows, containing yearbooks, handbooks, and some meeting notes. Some National Federation material is next, followed by Spokane and Lewiston yearbooks. The Pullman Business and Professional Women's Club scrapbooks are the final materials.
Records are arranged in sequences, in chronological order within.
This collection is open and available for research use.
Copyright restrictions may apply.
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Pullman, Washington, Business and Professional Women's Club Records, 1924-1983 (Cage 511)
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.
The papers were donated to the Washington State University Libraries on 1983 June 21.
Business and Professional Women's Clubs Collection, 1933-1936
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