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Other local organizations are represented, including Charleston NOW, Elkins NOW, Harrisburg NOW, Clarksburg NOW, Mor-Fair NOW, Pittsburgh NOW, Uniontown NOW, Huntington NOW, Harrison County NOW, Parkersburg NOW, Rape Information Service, Inc., and the Rape and Domestic Violence Information Center (RDVIC). Boxes 7-8 and 10-11 contain material from an addendum of 2008/10/15."],"separatedmaterial_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eTo book collection: \u003ctitle\u003eThe Third Wave and West Virginia\u003c/title\u003e by Lyle Sattes, 1996.\u003c/p\u003e"],"separatedmaterial_heading_ssm":["Separated Materials"],"separatedmaterial_tesim":["To book collection:  The Third Wave and West Virginia  by Lyle Sattes, 1996."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003ePermission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. 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Prominent topics covered include abortion, the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), and discrimination. There are also records of efforts to lobby the state legislature on behalf of women, as well as papers documenting relations with other civic groups on issues of economics, education, labor, and racism.\u003c/abstract\u003e"],"abstract_tesim":["This collection contains materials collected and created by the West Virginia National Organization for Women (WVNOW) and Morgantown National Organization for Women (MNOW). It includes materials from the parent organization, the National Organization for Women, as well as related feminist organizations. Prominent topics covered include abortion, the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), and discrimination. 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The USO, United Service Organization, in 1950-1958 was one of the earliest documented organizations they participated in to help women and girls grow in all areas. In 1951-1957, the YWCA was a member of the Richmond Area Community Chest. Newsletters, legislative matters, and recreation agencies are ways the YWCA contributed as a member of the organization. After the Community Chest changed their name to The United Givers Fund, the YWCA continued as a member from 1962-1967. In 1958, they joined the Recreation and Roundtable and they continued as a member until 1977. The Richmond International Council, from 1964-1971, was another program the YWCA was involved in to help the people of Richmond. The National Interracial Project, from 1945-1956, was documented as one of the earliest projects the YWCA joined. In 1969-1970, the YWCA continued to support anti-racism through a project called Eliminating Racism. Moreover, they became politically involved in many issues that was advocating individual rights. By 1947, the YWCA was a member of The Virginia Child Labor Committee. Their goal was to try to amend the old Virginia Labor Law. Two executive committee minutes that are documented are in 1947 and 1949. The only documented correspondence is in 1952 with Mrs. Dorothy Richardson as the executive director. The first documented executive director is in 1947 with Mrs. Lillie V.Cromwell as the executive director. There were programs that were created from the YWCA and held at the YWCA site, such as the summer youth programs from 1968-1970. The Saturday night dances were also held at the YWCA from 1948-1954. The joint building project for the YWCA and YMCA was discussed and planned from 1947-1957. 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A majority of the Board of Director files are based on board minutes, related information, and the nominating committee files. Materials from the Constitution, History, and Documents files contain revisions of their constitution and bylaws. There are also many documents on the history of the YWCA in Greater Richmond. National documents are included in the files as well, such as national convention documents.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSeries I--Executive Director (1947-1977) The YWCA has been active in their community and around the nation. Programs that help individuals and provide fellowship for everyone are common goals of the organizations that are affiliated with the YWCA. The USO, United Service Organization, in 1950-1958 was one of the earliest documented organizations they participated in to help women and girls grow in all areas. In 1951-1957, the YWCA was a member of the Richmond Area Community Chest. 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Newsletters, legislative matters, and recreation agencies are ways the YWCA contributed as a member of the organization. After the Community Chest changed their name to The United Givers Fund, the YWCA continued as a member from 1962-1967. In 1958, they joined the Recreation and Roundtable and they continued as a member until 1977. The Richmond International Council, from 1964-1971, was another program the YWCA was involved in to help the people of Richmond. The National Interracial Project, from 1945-1956, was documented as one of the earliest projects the YWCA joined. In 1969-1970, the YWCA continued to support anti-racism through a project called Eliminating Racism. Moreover, they became politically involved in many issues that was advocating individual rights. By 1947, the YWCA was a member of The Virginia Child Labor Committee. Their goal was to try to amend the old Virginia Labor Law. Two executive committee minutes that are documented are in 1947 and 1949. The only documented correspondence is in 1952 with Mrs. Dorothy Richardson as the executive director. The first documented executive director is in 1947 with Mrs. Lillie V.Cromwell as the executive director. There were programs that were created from the YWCA and held at the YWCA site, such as the summer youth programs from 1968-1970. The Saturday night dances were also held at the YWCA from 1948-1954. The joint building project for the YWCA and YMCA was discussed and planned from 1947-1957. The types of materials in the folders are pamphlets, papers, newsletters, and bound books with their agendas and finances.","Series II--Board of Directors (1904-1977) The Board of Directors files consists of three main categories- minutes, nominating committee, and general information on the Richmond YWCA. Board of Director files that include general information on the YWCA range from 1904-1977. These documents include information about resignations of employees, the YWCA's philosophies, and insight on the members. The years 1910-1917, 1925, 1929, 1930, and 1931 are not included in the board files. Board of Director's minutes span the years 1919 to 1971 except for the years 1929, 1939, 1949, 1960, 1963, and 1963. The nominating committee suggested names and nominated members for vacancies on the Board of Directors. Records of the nominating committee date from 1936 to 1977 with the following gaps: 1937, 1974, and 1975. A subseries is designated as Annual Reports in the Board of Directors file that consists of all the committee minutes and general reports on the committees. Subseries A consists of the Annual reports from 1893-1977 except for the following years: 1897, 1898, 1902, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1919, 1944, 1960-68, 1972, 1973, and 1975. Annual reports include reports on the committees in the YWCA. Moreover, statistical, narrative, and membership monthly reports are included in the Annual reports. Some Annual reports are in bound books, notebooks, or loose documents. The Index to Committees in the Annual reports are the minutes of committee meetings. From 1960-1968, Annual reports are filed under a different heading called the Departmental reports, but contain the same type of information as the Annual reports of earlier years. Minutes from the Annual report, board, and executive committees are listed in the Index to the Committee. Reports of general and assistant secretaries can also be found in the index files. From 1960-1977 there are yearly booklets of the YWCA's annual searchlights, noting memorable days of that particular year. Moreover, the searchlight booklets include the members on the board, trustees, and short reports on the departments. 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Each series is arranged chronologically, though future additions may not be in chronological order.","Series Series 1: League History, Meeting Minutes and Organizational Documents, 1955 - 1990s (19 boxes) Series 2: Membership, Member Education, and Events, 1947 - 2022 (34 boxes) Series 3: Programs, Action, and Services, 1954 - circa 2020 (20 boxes) Series 4: Publications, 1970 - 2017 (4 boxes) Series 5: Correspondence, 1972 - 2012 (3 boxes) Series 6: Conventions and Meetings, 1957 - 2019 (4 boxes) Series 7: Audiovisual Materials, 1981 - circa 2010s (1 box) Series 8: Memorabilia, circa 1920s - 2010s (3 boxes)","The League of Women Voters (LWV) was founded in 1920 by Carrie Chapman Catt, a leader in the women's suffrage movement. The LWV's purpose is to encourage citizens to participate actively in government by supporting the party of their choice. While the LWV is a nonpartisan organization, and therefore does not support individual candidates, it does take a position on issues of a national, state, and local scale selected by the membership. Such issues of the past included support for a minimum wage, child labor laws, and equal opportunity for women in government and civilian life.","In Virginia, the LWV began as the Equal Suffrage League, which worked diligently for the ratification of the nineteenth amendment. The Equal Suffrage League joined the national LWV and created a state league. The first local league in Virginia was established in Richmond, followed by chapters in Alexandria and Arlington.","The League of Women Voters of the Fairfax Area (LWVFA) was granted full league status in 1948. However, the LWVFA of the present day was established in 1964 after the town of Fairfax became a city in 1961 and thus a separate governmental jurisdiction from the County of Fairfax. The LWVFA remains active in engaging the local Fairfax County community to this day.","This collection was processed in 1995 by League of Women Voters of the Fairfax Area archivist Bernice Colvard and an original finding aid was compiled by then Special Collections and Archives archival assistant Oona Pilot-Sitkoff. In 2008, the collection was re-processed by Sean Tennant. Finding aid was updated in 2013 by Greta Kuriger Suiter.","The collection was re-processed by Amanda Menjivar from 2019 - 2022. EAD markup completed by Amanda Menjivar in March 2022. Finding aid updated by Amanda Menjivar in June 2023.","This collection has additional unprocessed accessions 2019.006, 2023.010-C, and therefore this finding aid may not be fully up to date. Please contact SCRC for more information.","The Special Collections Research Center also holds other collections on women politicians and public servants in Northern Virginia such as the  ,  , and the  .","The League of Women Voters of the Fairfax Area Records contains material from the LWVFA's activities from 1947 to present day, including documentation of its activities and efforts, organizational documents and correspondence, studies on local and national issues, information on political issues and candidate positions, meeting minutes, newsletters, photographs, audiovisual materials, and memorabilia."," The collection is arranged in eight series. Each series serves as a records group, and restarts with Box 1 to allow for future accessions to be easily added to the collection. Each series is arranged chronologically, though future additions may not be in chronological order. 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This series contains information on membership to the league, as well as efforts to educate members and execute events, such as members lists, subject-specific memoranda, bulletins, pamphlets, newsletters, handbooks, and bylaws.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSeries 3: Programs, Action, and Services (1954 - circa 2020). This series contains documents on specific League programs and \"Action\" or specific efforts to take positions on laws or events happening in government/the community, such as Action Alerts, press releases, Action-relatec correspondence and memoranda, candidates forums documentation, and homeowners associations election files.\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSeries 4: Publications (1970 - 2017). 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