League of Women Voters of Rensselaer County records,
- Author:
- League of Women Voters of Rensselaer County.
- Call Number:
- MSS APAP-103 local
- Abstract:
- The collection includes board and general meeting minutes and agendas, treasurers' reports, the results of various studies conducted by the organization, photographs, videos of workshops and debates and audio tapes of oral histories of former members' participation in the League. Publications put out by the League, either locally or nationally, including monthly Bulletins and Calendars, The Voter (a monthly newsletter) and Election and Voter Guides published for local elections, are a valuable part of the collection. Though items in the collection span from 1914 to the present, the bulk of information spans the late 1950s through the 1980s.
- Historical Note:
- The League of Women Voters, a nonpartisan political organization, encourages the informed and active participation of citizens in government, works to increase understanding of major public policy issues, and influences public policy through education and advocacy. Thirty-eight women founded the Rensselaer County Chapter in October of 1939. The first president of the county League was Beulah Bailey Thull (1891-1975), who was one of Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt's speechwriters at the time. In addition to helping establish the Rensselaer County League, Thull helped establish the Women's Legislative Forum and the Civil Service Employees Association serving as the latter's first president.
- Physical Description:
- 11.2 cu. ft
- Access Terms:
- Access to the collection is unrestricted.
- Notes:
- Part of the Archives of Public Affairs and Policy Collection. local
- Subjects:
- Budget New York (State), Economic development, Equal Rights Amendment, International relations, Local government New York (State), Suffrage, Voter registration New York (State), Voting New York (State), Women political activists New York (State), Budget, Economic development, International relations, Local government, Suffrage, Voter registration, Voting, and Women political activists
- Genres/Forms:
- Audio tapes. aat, Correspondence. aat, Financial records. aat, Manuals. aat, Motion pictures. aat, and Minutes. aat
- Names:
- Binder, Ruth, Stierer, Mary, and Thull, Beulah Bailey, 1891-1975
- Corporate Names:
- League of Women Voters of Rensselaer County
- Geographic Terms:
- New York (State)
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