Summary Information

Title: Business and Professional Women's Club of Milwaukee Records
Inclusive Dates: 1920-1998

Creator:

• Business and Professional Women's Club of Milwaukee

Call Number: UWM Manuscript Collection 127

Quantity: 3.8 cubic ft. (4 boxes)
Repository:

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries, Archives Department

Archival Location:

UW-Milwaukee Libraries, Archives / Milwaukee Area Research Ctr. (Map)

Abstract:

The Business and Professional Women's Club of Milwaukee records document the organization's role in improving the conditions for working women through education, participation in community affairs and legislative action. Covering the years 1920-1998, the collection contains an almost complete run of the organization's newsletters, the Bulletin (1922-1948) and the Broadcaster (1948-1998), as well as executive committee minutes, committee reports and correspondence files; these files comprise the bulk of the collection. Also included, but to a lesser extent, are membership lists, handbooks, by-laws, annual report files and histories compiled for anniversary celebrations. The collection's photographs document the club's activities and members. Subject files also contain specific information regarding the organization's efforts to secure passage of the Equal Rights Amendment, influence state legislation, and its role in founding the Milwaukee Art Museum War Memorial Center.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: https://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-mil-uwmmss0127