Wom. Women

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The Gladys Chaney Wessels Papers are comprised of documents, photographs, scrapbooks, correspondence, and audiovisual materials, all relating to the life and work of Gladys Chaney Wessels, a prominent educator and social activist in the Dayton, Ohio area. The papers include items from her personal life as well as the numerous institutions and women's rights groups of which she has been a part.

Abstract This collection contains information regarding the Dayton Daily News Ten Top Women Awards which annually featured ten Dayton-area women who had been nominated for this award for professional, community, or personal achievements. Materials in this collection include newspaper articles with brief biographies about the award recipients and programs from the awards ceremony luncheons. Also included are video recordings of the luncheons where the women were honored for their achievements and...

Abstract The mission of the Progressive Mothers' Club was to promote the role and education of mothers within the setting of a social group. The collection illustrates the Club's purpose through yearly event books, financial records, membership records, scrapbooks, meeting minutes, the president's gavel, photographs, and newspaper clippings. Most of the items relate directly to the Progressive Mothers' Club, but the collection also consists of a subgroup containing records from the Progressive...

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Collection includes scrapbooks, correspondence and photographs of a well-known African-American civil rights activist in Dayton.

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Records consist of the minutes of an early 19th-century Dayton women's religious society.

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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.

Scope and Contents Papers consist of mainly correspondence from Katharine Wright (1874-1929) to her future husband, Henry J. Haskell. Letters cover a variety of personal matters including the opposition to her impending marriage by her brother, Orville Wright. Other subjects discussed include Oberlin College, the Kansas City Star, the Wright patent challenge, and Katharine's ideas about women's rights. Contents include: Biographical articles and newspaper clippings; Correspondence, Katharine Wright...

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Clothes That Work is an organization that provides clothing and training to people in and around Dayton to help them obtain jobs. The organization was started in 1998 by a group of eight women. The organization fundraises through events and collects clothing for interviews for everyone and dance attire for young women. This collection contains administrative files, event files and photos, and marketing materials.

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Meeting minutes, fliers, publicity and correspondence from the National Organization for Women, Dayton Chapter during the years 1980-1984. The collection provides insight into the organization’s activities advocating for women’s rights on the local and national levels. Among the issues represented are ERA ratification, and reproductive rights.

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The collection consists of a single oral history with Eleanor (Hambury) Must, primarily about growing up a German Jew, in Nazi Germany, prior to World War II, and the trials and tribulations she and her family faced not only in getting out of Germany, but also Europe; and also her immigration to the United States and how her early life took shape here. The oral history was conducted on May 15, 2015, by archivist Gino Pasi.