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Women -- Oregon -- Portland -- Societies and clubs -- 20th century

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Overlook Woman's Improvement Club records

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 6010
Abstract The Overlook Woman's Improvement Club was founded in 1913. It worked for the improvement of the Overlook District in Portland, Oregon, and cooperated in civic and philanthropic movements until 1964, when it was dissolved. Records include committee reports, the club's constitution and bylaws, agendas, correspondence, minutes, and resolutions. Materials also include yearbooks, directories and documentation of other women's clubs, and information relating to the club's involvement in and...
Dates: 1905-1964

Portland, Oregon, Council of P.E.O. Sisterhood tea and luncheon event records

 Collection
Identifier: Coll 1114
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...
Dates: 1969-1979