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Photograph Collection			Requires cookie*
101	Title:	Women's Photographic Society of Cleveland Photographs
	Creator:	Women's Photographic Society of Cleveland
	Dates:	1938-1968
	Abstract:	The Women's Photograph Society of Cleveland was a Cleveland, Ohio, photography club for women. It was organized in 1938 and offered a program of field trips, classes, lectures, exhibits and competitions. It disbanded by 1987. The collection consists of three albums containing photographs, some clippings, and some manuscript material relating to the members and activities of the club. Activities represented include meetings, demonstrations, and photographic sessions.
	Call #:	PG 218
	Extent:	0.30 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Women's Photographic Society of Cleveland -- Photograph collections. \| Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs -- Photographs. \| Women photographers -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. \| Photographers -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Photography -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc -- Photographs.
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102	Title:	Pioneer healers: the history of women religious in American health care
	Creator:	Stepsis, M. Ursula.
		Liptak, Dolores Ann.
		Cetina, Judith G.
	Publication:	Crossroad, New York,1989.
	Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
	Call #:	BX4220 U6P662 1989
	Extent:	342 p. ; 24 cm.
	Subjects:	Monasticism and religious orders for women -- United States -- History \| Medical care -- United States -- History \| Church work with the sick -- United States -- History
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Manuscript Collection			Requires cookie*
103	Title:	Cleveland Women's City Club Foundation Records
	Creator:	Cleveland Women's City Club Foundation
	Dates:	1948-2005
	Abstract:	The Cleveland Women's City Club Foundation was established in 1948 by the Women's City Club of Cleveland, Ohio. It supported projects related to women, education, public affairs and effective government, civic beautification and restoration, health and social service initiatives, and the arts and culture of the community. In 1961 it established the Cleveland Arts Prize to recognize local talent, and in the 1990s it became involved with the Betty Ott Garden for the Blind at the City Greenhouse. The collection consists of account passbooks, agendas, articles of incorporation, brochures, budgets, by-laws, catalogs, certificates, correspondence, financial statements, invitations, leases, legal documents, maps, meeting notices, memoranda, minutes, newspaper and magazine clippings, photographs and negatives, press releases, proclamations, proposals, publications, questionnaires, reports, rosters, and wills.
	Call #:	MS 4973
	Extent:	1.40 linear feet (2 containers)
	Subjects:	Cleveland Women's City Club Foundation \| Women's City Club of Cleveland \| Endowments -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Community foundations -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Civic improvement -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs \| Women in community organization -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Women in charitable work -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Women philanthropists -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Women civic leaders -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Social conditions \| Women -- Services for -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Arts -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Cleveland Arts Prize \| Children -- Services for -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Historic preservation -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Parks -- Ohio -- Cleveland \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government \| Cleveland (Ohio) -- Social conditions
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104	Title:	Women's Missionary Union of the Cleveland Churches Records
	Creator:	Women's Missionary Union of the Cleveland Churches
	Dates:	1895-1915
	Abstract:	The Women's Missionary Union of Cleveland Churches was formed in Cleveland, Ohio, to increase members' knowledge of missionary work carried on by all denominations and to stimulate interest in and support for missionary activity. The collection consists of secretaries' books containing a history of the organization, constitution, reports and minutes.
	Call #:	MS 1808
	Extent:	0.20 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Women's Missionary Union of the Cleveland Churches (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs. \| Women in church work -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Missions -- Societies, etc. \| Women in missionary work.
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105	Title:	Women of Ohio: the Martha Kinney Cooper Ohioana Library Year book, 1973, vol. 26
	Creator:	Martha Kinney Cooper Ohioana Library Association
	Publication:	M.K. Cooper Ohioana Lib. Assn., 1973, Columbus, Ohio,
	Call #:	F34D M377 1973
	Extent:	119 p. : ill., photos. ; 21 cm.
	Subjects:	Women -- Ohio -- History \| Ohio -- Women \| Ohio -- History
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106	Title:	Woman in science
	Creator:	Zahm, John Augustine, 1851-1921
	Publication:	Appleton, New York,1913.
	Call #:	HQ1397 Z19
	Extent:	xi, 452 p. ill.
	Subjects:	Women scientists \| Women -- History
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Manuscript Collection			Requires cookie*
107	Title:	American Polish Women's Club Records
	Creator:	American Polish Women's Club
	Dates:	1933-1972
	Abstract:	The American Polish Women's Club was organized in 1922 in Cleveland, Ohio, by Helen Piotrowski to preserve the language, customs and traditions of Polish Americans. The club has also been involved in many civic and charitable works. The collection consists of membership lists, minutes, dues books, Polish Singers Alliance programs, newspaper clippings, reports and minutes of the scholarship fund, correspondence, anniversary papers, and a bound volume: "Helena Pelczar."
	Call #:	MS 3694
	Extent:	0.80 linear feet (2 containers)
	Subjects:	American Polish Women's Club (Cleveland, Ohio) \| Polish American women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs. \| Women in charitable work.
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108	Title:	Becoming American women: clothing and the Jewish immigrant experience, 1880-1920
	Creator:	Schreier, Barbara A.
		Chicago Historical Society
		Ellis Island Immigration Museum
		National Museum of American Jewish History (Philadelphia, Pa.)
	Publication:	Chicago Historical Society, Chicago,1994.
	Notes:	Catalog of an exhibition held at the Chicago Historical Society, Mar. 6, 1994-Jan. 2, 1995; Ellis Island Immigration Museum, New York City, Mar. 15-July 16, 1995; National Museum of American Jewish History, Philadelphia, Sept. 10-Dec. 31, 1995. Includes bibliographical references and index.
	Call #:	GT610 S378
	Extent:	xiii, 154 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
	Subjects:	Jewish women -- United States -- Costume -- Exhibitions \| Jewish women -- United States -- Cultural assimilation -- Exhibitions \| Jewish women -- United States -- History -- Exhibitions \| Costume, Jewish -- United States -- History -- Exhibitions
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109	Title:	Legal rights, liabilities and duties of women: with an introductory history of their legal condition in the Hebrew, Roman and feudal civil systems. Including the law of marriage and divorce, the social relations of husband and wife, parent and child, of guardian and ward, and of employer and employed
	Creator:	Mansfield, Edward Deering, 1801-1880
	Publication:	J.P. Jewett & Co, W.H. Moore & Co, Salem [Mass.], Cincinnati,1845.
	Call #:	K M287
	Extent:	369 p. 18 cm.
	Subjects:	Women -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States \| Women -- History
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Manuscript Collection			Requires cookie*
110	Title:	Woman's Christian Temperance Union, Cuyahoga County, Ohio Records, Series II
	Creator:	Woman's Christian Temperance Union, Cuyahoga County, Ohio
	Dates:	1940-1956
	Abstract:	The Women's Christian Temperance Union was a Cuyahoga County, Ohio, women's temperance group organized in 1887 following the split in 1885 of the Woman's Christian Temperance League of Cleveland, Ohio. The Cuyahoga County W.C.T.U. supported the national W.C.T.U.'s endorsement of the Prohibition Party, while those that did not formed the Non-Partisan Woman's Christian Temperance Union (Cleveland, Ohio). Despite the decline in support for prohibition as evidenced by the repeal of the 18th Amendment in 1933, the Cuyahoga County W.C.T.U. continued to remain active throughout World War II and the following decade. The group was also involved in various charitable activities. The collection consists of minutes of regular monthly meetings, as well as executive committee meetings, quarterly and annual conventions, and occasional special meetings. Included are lists of nominated committee directors, committee reports, local union reports, treasurer's reports, election material, reports on fundraising projects, and newsletters (1949-1950). The collection pertains to the attitude and activities of the WCTU during World War II and the following decade, and deals with issues such as scientific temperance education in Cleveland's public schools, prohibiting liquor advertisements in local newspapers, limiting the number of liquor permits issue, lobbying against city owned and operated liquor outlets, and the passage of state prohibition laws.
	Call #:	MS 4327
	Extent:	0.20 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Cuyahoga County Woman's Christian Temperance Union -- Archives. \| Temperance -- Ohio -- Cuyahoga County -- Societies, etc. -- Archives. \| Temperance -- Ohio -- Cuyahoga County -- History -- Sources. \| Women -- Ohio -- Cuyahoga County -- Societies and clubs -- Archives. \| Prohibition -- Ohio -- Cuyahoga County -- History -- Sources. \| Liquor laws -- Ohio -- Cuyahoga County. \| License system -- Ohio -- Cuyahoga County. \| Local option -- Ohio -- Cuyahoga County. \| Advertising -- Alcoholic beverages -- Ohio -- Cuyahoga County
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111	Title:	Women's American ORT, Cleveland Region Records
	Creator:	Women's American ORT, Cleveland Region
	Dates:	1965-1976
	Abstract:	Women's American ORT, Cleveland Region, was established in 1957 as a regional group of the Women's American Organization for Rehabilitation Through Training (ORT), a vocational training program for Jewish people which is a member of the World ORT Union, a worldwide organization whose purpose is to help people by teaching them modern trades and skills. The World ORT runs a global network of vocational schools for this purpose. The Cleveland Region ORT has 28 chapters divided into 5 administrative sections. It is led by a Region Board which is structured into four departments: Special Projects (fund raising), Membership, Education, and Community. It belongs to District VIII, which comprises Ohio, Michigan, and parts of New York and Pennsylvania. The collection consists of correspondence (1972-1975), papers on the history of the ORT from 1881 to 1939, minutes of the Region Board and the Executive Committee (1972-1974), reports of the Cleveland Region made at various conferences and seminars (1965-1975), newsletters, programs, fund raising manuals and cards, certificates, newspaper clippings, miscellaneous printed materials, and two scrapbooks, dated 1972 and 1973, containing newspaper clippings and circulars.
	Call #:	MS 3796
	Extent:	1.20 linear feet (4 containers)
	Subjects:	Women's American ORT. Cleveland Region. \| Occupational training for Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jewish women -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
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112	Title:	Herstory: voices from the past : women in the history of Hancock County, Ohio
	Creator:	Weiser, Paulette.
		Hancock Historical Museum (Findlay, Ohio)
	Publication:	Hancock Historical Museum, Findlay, Ohio,1996.
	Notes:	Based on an exhibit of the same name held at the museum, Oct. 1994-Jan. 1995. Includes index.
	Call #:	F34X H235H57
	Extent:	157 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
	Subjects:	Women -- Ohio -- Hancock County -- Biography \| Women -- Ohio -- Hancock County -- History \| Hancock County (Ohio) -- History \| Hancock County (Ohio) -- Biography
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113	Title:	History of the Home for Needy Confederate Women, 1900-1904: Incorporated 1898
	Creator:	Richmond (Va.) Home for Needy Confederate Women.
		McCarthy, Carlton, 1847-
	Publication:	J. L. Hill Print. Co, Richmond,[1904]
	Notes:	Title vignette. On cover: The history of the Home for Needy Confederate Women, Richmond, Virginia, With the reports of officers from October 15th, 1900, to October 15th, 1904. Includes advertising matter. "An historical sketch, by Capt. Carlton McCarthy, mayor of Richmond": p. 39-41. "Charter": p. 63-64.
	Call #:	P 7322
	Extent:	64 p. incl. port. illus. 23 cm.
	Subjects:	Home for Needy Confederate Women (Richmond, Va.) \| Charities -- Virginia -- Richmond
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114	Title:	We are your sisters: Black women in the nineteenth century
	Creator:	Sterling, Dorothy, 1913-
	Publication:	W.W. Norton, New York,c1984.
	Notes:	Includes index. Bibliography: p. [499]-503.
	Call #:	E185.86 W361
	Extent:	xx, 535 p. : ill., ports. ; 22 cm.
	Subjects:	African American women -- History -- 19th century
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115	Title:	A brief history of the Woman's Christian temperance union: outline course of study for local unions
	Creator:	Stevenson, Katharine Lent, 1853-
	Publication:	The Union Signal, Evanston, Ill,c1907.
	Notes:	References--suggested topics--questions: p. 81-93.
	Call #:	B 2790
	Extent:	117 p. 20 cm.
	Subjects:	Woman's Christian Temperance Union \| Woman's Christian Temperance Union -- History \| Temperance -- Societies, etc
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Manuscript Collection			Requires cookie*
116	Title:	Woman's Christian Temperance Union, Lakewood, Ohio, Records
	Creator:	Woman's Christian Temperance Union, Lake County, Ohio
	Dates:	1916-1924
	Abstract:	The Woman's Christian Temperance Union of Lake County, Ohio, was a local chapter of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union. The collection consists of minutes of business, annual, and regular meetings, membership list (1922), and financial records.
	Call #:	MS 1210
	Extent:	0.10 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Woman's Christian Temperance Union (Lake County, Ohio). \| Temperance -- Ohio -- Societies, etc. \| Temperance -- Societies, etc. \| Women -- Ohio -- Lake County -- Societies and clubs. \| Temperance -- Ohio -- Lake County.
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117	Title:	Hearts of fire-- soldier women of the Civil War: with an addendum on female reenactors
	Creator:	Middleton, Lee.
	Publication:	L. Middleton, Torch, OH (P.O. Box 286, Torch 45781),1993.
	Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-190) and index.
	Call #:	E628 M628
	Extent:	26, 254 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
	Subjects:	Women soldiers -- United States -- History -- 19th century \| United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Women
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Periodicals and Newspapers			Requires cookie*
118	Title:	Proceedings of the ... National Convention, Woman's Relief Corps
	Creator:	Woman's Relief Corps (U.S.) National Convention.
	Publication:	Montgomery & Vrooman, Toledo, Ohio,1883-1886.
	Notes:	Description based on: 3rd (June 24, 25, and 26, 1885). Issues for 1883-1884 reprinted in 1903 with title: Report of the National Organization, Woman's Relief Corps ... and proceedings of the Second National Convention Woman's Relief Corps.
	Call #:	E462.15 A1J
	Extent:	4 v. : ill. ; 23 cm.
	Subjects:	Woman's Relief Corps \| United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Societies, etc
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Manuscript Collection			Requires cookie*
119	Title:	AMIT Women Records, Series II
	Creator:	AMIT Women
	Dates:	1925-2010
	Abstract:	AMIT Women (Mizrachi Women's Organization of America, Hebrew acronym for Association of Volunteers for Israel and Torah) was founded at the Mizrachi Convention in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1925 as Mizrachi Women of America (MWoA) and later named AMIT Women in 1983. AMIT Women is an organization of orthodox Jewish Zionist women that provides support for poor children in Israel. Throughout the history of the organization AMIT built up a network of vocational schools, homes for children, surrogate family residences and other projects for youth in Israel. In Cleveland, AMIT has been an active part of the Jewish community, organizing numerous fundraising dinners, luncheons, and other events along the Jewish holidays to support both the local Jewish community and to raise money for their numerous projects in Israel. The collection consists of reports, brochures, catalogues, correspondence, instruction booklets, invoices, manuals, newspaper clippings, photographs, posters, proclamations, programs, publications, recognition certificates, resource manuals, and a scrapbook.
	Call #:	MS 5358
	Extent:	0.82 linear feet (2 containers and 2 oversize folders)
	Subjects:	Zionists -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Charities. \| Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies, etc. \| Women in charitable work -- Ohio -- Cleveland. \| Jewish women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs.
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120	Title:	Presbyterian Church, Streetsboro, Ohio, Woman's Home and Foreign Missionary Society Records
	Creator:	Presbyterian Church, Streetsboro, Ohio, Woman's Home and Foreign Missionary Society
	Dates:	1896-1905
	Abstract:	The Woman's Home and Foreign Missionary Society was a women's church group organized ca. 1896, at the Presbyterian Church in Streetsboro, Ohio, to support the missionary program of the Presbyterian Church by prayer and contribution. The collection consists of a bound volume containing the constitution, minutes, list of members, and financial accounts.
	Call #:	MS 3210
	Extent:	0.10 linear feet (1 container)
	Subjects:	Presbyterian Church (Streetsboro, Ohio). Woman's Home and Foreign Missionary Society. \| Women in church work -- Ohio -- Streetsboro. \| Women in the Presbyterian Church -- Ohio -- Streetsboro. \| Women in charitable work -- Ohio -- Streetsboro. \| Women -- Ohio -- Streetsboro -- Societies and clubs. \| Charities -- Ohio -- Streetsboro. \| Presbyterian Church -- United States -- Missions.
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