Boulder Business and Professional Women's Club (Boulder, Colo.)

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4 boxes.

This collection contains the announcement of organization, as well as the annual records 1923-1997, for the Boulder Business and Professional Women's Club.

Box 1: Board of Directors through Events -- Box 2: Financial statements through Meeting Minutes -- Box 3: Meeting minutes through Membership surveys -- Box 4: Mid-year board communications through Young Careerist program.
The constitution and bylaws are included, as are programs from various conventions and meetings. Newspaper clippings and historical reports documenting projects and accomplishments are also included. Photographs are located at 708.

The Boulder Business and Professional Women's Club (BPW) was organized in October, 1923, as a non-profit, non-partisan, non-sectarian club. It is a chapter of the state, national and internationl federations of BPW clubs. The word "club" was dropped from local, state and national names in 1982. Their objectives were to elevate standards, promote interests, to bring about a spirit of cooperation, and to extend education along lines of industrial, scientific, and vocational activities.
Their regular meeting times varied; and they scheuled lectures, dinners, and special events irregularly. They had executive board meetings and attended state, regional and national conventions. They were involved in establishing legislation about women's issues, including "equal pay for equal work" (in the 1950s), the equal rights amendment to the Colorado constitution and the national ERA, as well as jury service for women.
Some of their local projects were school programs promoting traffic safety and driver's education (in the 1950s) and a vocational choices program for girls. They advocated reproductive freedom, worked with social service institutions to provide vocational education opportunities for single mothers and established a young careerist mentoring program. They gave educational grants and loans and participated in career day events at CU, Boulder.

Restrictions applying to the use or reproduction of this material are available from the Carnegie Branch Library for Local History/Boulder Public Library.
RIGHTS: Materials in this collection may be used freely for any purpose, with attribution to the Carnegie Library for Local History, Boulder. No duplicated materials may be deposited or placed on file in any other archive, museum, library or similar repository. Questions of copyright are the responsibility of the user.

Documents.
Clippings.

Boulder Business and Professional Women's Club (Boulder, Colo.)--Records and correspondence
Boulder Business and Professional Women (Boulder, Colo.)--Records and correspondence
Businesswomen--Colorado--Boulder--Societies and clubs
Women in the professions--Colorado--Boulder--Societies and clubs
Women--Colorado--Boulder--Societies and clubs
Clubs--Colorado--Boulder--Records and correspondence
Boulder (Colo.)--Social life and customs

Donor: Judy A. Wolff, 30 September 1997, Boulder Business and Professional Women.