Abstract

Records and memorabilia of the Portland, Oregon, branch of the American Association of University Women (AAUW), as well as records of its parent organizations, AAUW of Oregon and the national AAUW. The AAUW Portland Branch was founded in 1905, and throughout its history has advocated for women's college education and equitable treatment.

Abstract Reports, correspondence, ephemera, and clippings relating to Education Day teas and a Founders' Luncheon that were organized by the Portland, Oregon, Council of the Philanthropic Educational Organization (P.E.O.) Sisterhood in the late 1960s and the 1970s. The records for the 1977 Education Day Tea include correspondence with that year's guest speaker, former U.S. Representative Edith Green (1910-1987). P.E.O. Sisterhood is a non-profit organization that supports women's education; its first...