MARC Record from Library of Congress

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110 2 $aWomen's Joint Congressional Committee.
245 00 $aWomen's Joint Congressional Committee records,$f1920-1970$g(bulk 1920-1953).
300 $a6,200$fitems.
300 $a12$fcontainers.
300 $a7$fmicrofilm reels.
300 $a5.2$flinear feet.
351 $aArranged in 5 series. Series 1: General Correspondence, 1920-1968; Series 2: Minutes of Meetings, 1920-1970; Series 3: Committee Files, 1924-1966; Series 4: Financial Records, 1923-1967; and Series 5: Miscellany, 1923-1964.
506 0 $aOpen to research.
520 8 $aCorrespondence, minutes, reports, information forms, membership lists, financial records, printed matter, and other papers relating to the Committee's work in monitoring and promoting legislation in the areas of education, social welfare, and women's rights. Subjects include civil rights, social security, women's and children's bureaus, maternity and infancy, a department of education, school lunch programs, anti-lynching legislation, and home rule for the District of Columbia. Member organizations represented include the National Consumers' League, National Education Association of the United States, and National Council of Jewish Women. Correspondents include Katharine M. Ansley, Helen W. Atwater, Mary T. Bannerman, Bessie S. Cone, Elizabeth Eastman, Eleanor M. Hadley, Florence Kelley, Margaret C. Maule, Claire Sifton, Florence V. Watkins, and Lenna Lowe Yost.
530 $aMicrofilm edition available,$dno. 18,849.
533 $aMicrofilm produced from originals in the Manuscript Division.$bWashington, D.C. :$cLibrary of Congress Photoduplication Service,$d1984.
541 $cGift,$aWomen's Joint Congressional Committee,$d1964-1972.
545 1 $aCommittee organized in 1920, shortly after the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment, as a clearinghouse and information center for legislation pending in Congress. Special interests included legislation in the fields of social welfare, education, and women's right. Composed of representatives from national organizations including the National Consumers' League, National Education Association of the United States, and National Council of Jewish Women.
546 $aCollection material in English.
555 8 $aFinding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at$uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012029
600 10 $aAnsley, Katharine M.$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aAtwater, Helen W.$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aBannerman, Mary T.$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aCone, Bessie S.$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aHadley, Eleanor M.$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aKelley, Florence,$d1859-1932$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aMaule, Margaret C.$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aSifton, Claire,$d1897-1980$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aWatkins, Florence V.$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aYost, Lenna Lowe,$d1878-1972$vCorrespondence.
610 10 $aUnited States.$bCongress.
610 20 $aNational Consumers' League.
610 20 $aNational Council of Jewish Women.
610 20 $aNational Education Association of the United States.
650 0 $aChildren$xSocieties and clubs.
650 0 $aCivil rights.
650 0 $aEducation and state$zUnited States.
650 0 $aEducational law and legislation.
650 0 $aInfants.
650 0 $aLynching.
650 0 $aMotherhood.
650 0 $aNational school lunch program.
650 0 $aSocial legislation.
650 0 $aSocial security.
650 0 $aSocial service.
650 0 $aSuffrage$zWashington (D.C.)
650 0 $aWomen$xSocieties and clubs.
650 0 $aWomen's rights.
651 0 $aWashington (D.C.)$xPolitics and government.
852 $aLibrary of Congress$bManuscript Division$eWashington, D.C. 20540 USA$ndcu$uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/mss.home
856 4 $3Finding aid$uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012029
856 4 $3Finding aid (PDF)$uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012029.3