League of Women Voters of the Greater Dayton Area
Organization
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Juliet Stroh Blanchard Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-340
Abstract
The manuscript collection of Juliet Blanchard is a bountiful resource of primary materials for research relating to the social, educational, and philanthropic activities of a woman who made a significant contribution to Dayton and to the state of Ohio during the mid-20th century. Her collection is of special interest in the field of Women's Studies as Blanchard challenged the boundaries of traditional homemaking. The collection also provides some insight on the activities of the...
Dates:
1902-1996
Found in:
Special Collections
League of Women Voters, Dayton Area Chapter Records
Collection
Identifier: MS-123
Abstract
The League of Women Voters was founded in 1920, the year American women were granted the right to vote by the passage of the 19th Amendment. The League has since grown into a nationwide organization that works to promote political responsibility on the part of all citizens. It is non-partisan and does not support or oppose political parties or candidates, but it does take stands on public issues, after conducting extensive studies and reaching a consensus of the membership. The Dayton Area...
Dates:
1920-2000
Found in:
Special Collections
League of Women Voters, Dayton Area Chapter Records (MFM-29)
Collection — Reel MFM-29 (DB Roll 2437)
Identifier: MFM-29
Scope and Contents
Consists of the League of Women Voter's publication, The Voter's Guide, which profiles candidates and issues before each general election. The issues on the microfilm span 1941-1981. See also MS-123.
Dates:
circa 1980
Found in:
Special Collections
Newberry Collection on League of Women Voters (Dayton, Ohio) Collection
Collection
Identifier: MS-40
Abstract
This collection was donated by Jane Newberry, an active member of the Dayton League of Women Voters. Included are various issues of the League's newsletters and an assortment of reports, papers, and surveys on such topics as education, welfare, mental health, foreign policy, prison reform, housing, taxes, and pollution. Also included are some administrative, financial, and membership records.
Dates:
1956-1972
Found in:
Special Collections
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- Dayton (Ohio) -- History 2
- Newsletters 2
- Women -- Ohio -- Dayton 2
- Annual reports 1
- Blueprints (reprographic copies) 1
- Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.) 1
- Correspondence 1
- Dayton (Ohio) -- Politics and government 1
- Dayton (Ohio) -- Social conditions -- 20th century 1
- Diaries 1
- Financial records 1
- International travel -- Diaries 1
- Manuscripts 1
- Microfilms 1
- Minutes (administrative records) 1
- Montgomery County (Ohio) 1
- Municipal government -- Ohio -- Dayton 1
- Philippines 1
- Scrapbooks 1
- Speeches 1
- United States -- Foreign relations -- Asia 1
- Vietnam -- History -- 20th century 1
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975 1
- Women -- Suffrage 1
- Wooster (Ohio) 1 + ∧ less
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