Newark League of Women Voters Records

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Documents in this collection

Jane Addams to the Women's Political Union of New Jersey, June 2, 1914

Addams thanks the Union for reimbursing her travel costs for a speaking engagement in Newark.

Lectures Woman Suffrage

Jane Addams to Mina Caroline Ginger Van Winkle, August 22, 1915

Addams tells Van Winkle that she cannot speak for the League of Women Voters in October.

Lectures Requests

Jane Addams to Minnie J. Reynolds, August 9, 1915

Addams apologizes for being unable to accept a speaking date in October for the New Jersey League of Women Voters.

Lectures Requests

Description

From the finding aid: The records of the League of Women Voters of New Jersey, the state branch of the League of Women Voters of the United States, date from its foundation in 1920 to 1991. The collection is approximately 69 cubic feet in size and is composed of 67 records center cartons, two manuscript boxes, two newspaper boxes, and a folder of oversize material.

The records reflect major areas of state League activity and interest as well as the administration of the state League and its relationship with the national and local leagues. Throughout the collection the League's main objectives of non-partisan political education and reform of state and local government are documented. Of particular interest is the League's involvement in the drafting and campaign to ratify the New Jersey Constitution of 1947. The early records also document the League's support of social legislation, such as the regulation of women's industrial work, restriction of child labor, prohibition and other issues. The greater part of the collection, however, documents the League's program after 1945, particularly its support of expanded educational opportunities, equalization of the tax burden, protection of the environment, and regional planning.

Source

Finding Aid: https://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/rul/libs/scua/lwvnj/lwvnj.shtml

Alternative Title

Newark League of Women Voters Records