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161Title:  Heritage Parks, Cleveland: Women's City Club of Cleveland and River's Bend Parks : history of Heritage Parks on the Cuyahoga River : beginning of the renaissance of the Flats    
 Creator:  Kosich, June. 
 Huey, Norma.
 DePetro, Alan.
 River's Bend Parks Corporation
 Women's City Club of Cleveland
 Publication:  River's Bend Parks Corp, Cleveland, Ohio,2002] 
 Notes:  Cover title. "Historical highlights : history of the Flats" by Alan DePetro, 1996: inserted at end. Also inserted are assorted flyers issued by River's Bend Parks Corporation. 
 Call #:  F34ZJG K86 
 Extent:  1 v. (loose-leaf) : ill. (some col.) ; 30 cm. 
 Subjects:  Women's City Club of Cleveland | River's Bend Parks Corporation | Waterfronts -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Parks -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- History | Flats (Cleveland, Ohio) | Cleaveland Heritage Parks (Cleveland, Ohio) -- History
 
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162Title:  The Columbia guide to American women in the Nineteenth Century    
 Creator:  Clinton, Catherine, 1952- 
 Lunardini, Christine A., 1941-
 Publication:  Columbia University Press, New York,c2000. 
 Notes:  Includes bibliographical references (p. 277-282) and index. 
 Call #:  HQ1418 C641 
 Extent:  xv, 331 p. ; 24 cm. 
 Subjects:  Women -- United States -- History -- 19th century
 
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163Title:  Young Women's Christian Association of Cleveland Records     
 Creator:  Young Women's Christian Association of Cleveland 
 Dates:  1878-1960 
 Abstract:  The Young Women's Christian Association of Cleveland (YWCA) is a women's social and service organization founded in 1869 in Cleveland, Ohio, as the Women's Christian Association of Cleveland. In 1893 it became the Young Women's Christian Association. The collection consists of reports, histories, bulletins, broadsides, scrapbooks, and minutes containing rosters, attendance records, correspondence and other materials. 
 Call #:  MS 3516 
 Extent:  4.40 linear feet (12 containers) 
 Subjects:  Young Women's Christian Association of Cleveland. | Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs. | Social problems. | Social work with women -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Women -- Services for -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
 
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164Title:  Brandeis University National Women's Committee, Cleveland Chapter Records     
 Creator:  Brandeis University National Women's Committee, Cleveland Chapter 
 Dates:  1960-1992 
 Abstract:  The Brandeis University National Women's Committee, Cleveland Chapter, was established shortly after the founding of Brandeis University in 1948. The University's Women's Committee was comprised of over one hundred local chapters, whose mission was to maintain the University's libraries. The local Cleveland, Ohio, chapter raised funds through a variety of events, membership fees, and book fund contributions. Study groups within the Cleveland chapter emphasized members' continuing education through meetings with visiting Brandeis professors. The collection consists of scrapbooks, bulletins, programs, membership rosters, newspaper clippings, and photographs. 
 Call #:  MS 4716 
 Extent:  1.60 linear feet (1 container and 7 oversize volumes) 
 Subjects:  Brandeis University. National Women's Committee. Cleveland Chapter. | Brandeis University. | Brandeis University. National Women's Committee. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs. | Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs.
 
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165Title:  To work and to wed: female employment, feminism, and the Great Depression    
 Creator:  Scharf, Lois. 
 Publication:  Greenwood Press, Westport, Conn,c1980. 
 Notes:  Includes index. Bibliography: p. [211]-231. 
 Call #:  HD6095 S311 
 Extent:  xiii, 240 p. ; 22 cm. 
 Subjects:  Married women -- Employment -- United States -- History | Feminism -- United States -- History | Sex discrimination in employment -- United States -- History | Women -- Employment -- United States -- History | Sex discrimination against women -- United States -- History
 
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166Title:  History of woman suffrage    
 Creator:  Stanton, Elizabeth Cady, 1815-1902 
 Anthony, Susan B. (Susan Brownell), 1820-1906
 Gage, Matilda Joslyn, 1826-1898
 Harper, Ida Husted, 1851-1931
 Publication:  Fowler & Wells, New York,1881-[1922] 
 Notes:  Editors: v. 1-3, Elizabeth C. Stanton, Susan B. Anthony and Matilda J. Gage.--v. 4, Susan B. Anthony and Ida H. Harper.--v. 5-6, Ida H. Harper. Imprint varies: v. 1-2, New York, Fowler & Wells.--v. 3, Rochester, N.Y., Susan B. Anthony; [etc., etc.]--v. 4 Rochester, N.Y., Susan B. Anthony.--v. 5-6 [New York] National American Woman Suffrage Association. 
 Call #:  JK1896 S8 
 Extent:  6 v. fronts., illus. (maps) plates, ports. 24 cm. 
 Subjects:  Women -- Suffrage -- United States | Women -- Suffrage
 
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167Title:  Women's Advertising Club of Cleveland     
 Creator:  Women's Advertising Club of Cleveland 
 Dates:  1919-1991 
 Abstract:  The Women's Advertising Club of Cleveland, Ohio, is a professional association of women in the advertising and public relations industry in Cleveland. It was founded in 1919 by several of the first women copy writers and commercial artists in the city. Early members included DuMont Grant, advertising manager of Halle Brothers Company, and Freda Gonder, Belle Hoffman, and Ruth Jenkins of the May Company. Others were employed in various advertising offices of department stores and women's specialty shops. As advertising expanded and more women found employment in the field, the club soon included those working in radio and television broadcasting, public relations, printing, direct mail, ad specialties, and newspapers. In addition to professional concerns, the group maintained an extensive social schedule, including benefit activities and community contests. Betty Ott was an active member of the club. The collection consists of minutes, committee reports, correspondence, publications and printed material, financial reports, membership rosters, conference materials, program information, and scrapbook material. 
 Call #:  MS 4570 
 Extent:  5.40 linear feet (6 containers) 
 Subjects:  Women's Advertising Club of Cleveland. | Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs. | Women in advertising -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Advertising -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Professional associations -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Trade associations -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Clubs -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
 
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168Title:  Good wives: image and reality in the lives of women in northern New England, 1650-1750    
 Creator:  Ulrich, Laurel. 
 Publication:  Knopf, Distributed by Random House, New York, N.Y,1987, c1982. 
 Notes:  Includes index. Bibliography: p. [277]-281. 
 Call #:  HQ1438 A11U45 
 Extent:  xv, 296 p., [17] p. of plates : ill. ; 22 cm. 
 Subjects:  Women -- New England -- History | Women -- New England -- Social conditions
 
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169Title:  "Remember the ladies": New perspectives on women in American history : essays in honor of Nelson Manfred Blake    
 Creator:  Blake, Nelson Manfred, 1908- 
 George, Carol V. R.
 Publication:  Syracuse University Press, Syracuse, N.Y,1975. 
 Notes:  Includes bibliographical references and index. 
 Call #:  HQ1410 R386 
 Extent:  xvi, 201 p. : port. ; 24 cm. 
 Subjects:  Blake, Nelson Manfred, -- 1908- | Women -- United States -- History | Feminism -- United States -- History
 
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170Title:  League of Women Voters of East Cleveland Records     
 Creator:  League of Women Voters of East Cleveland 
 Dates:  1945-1972 
 Abstract:  The League of Women Voters of East Cleveland, Ohio was organized in 1946 as a local unit of the League of Women Voters. The League's primary purpose is to inform voters about the issues. The East Cleveland League was dissolved in 1972. The collection consists of minutes, national and state annual reports, committee reports and recommendations, by-laws, lists of members and Directors, local and county League bulletins, correspondence, publications, and newspaper clippings. 
 Call #:  MS 3567 
 Extent:  1.00 linear feet (3 containers) 
 Subjects:  League of Women Voters of East Cleveland. | Women -- Ohio -- East Cleveland -- Societies and clubs. | Voting -- Ohio -- East Cleveland. | Ohio -- Politics and government. | United States -- Politics and government. | East Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government. | Cuyahoga County (Ohio) -- Politics and government.
 
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171Title:  Chagrin Valley Woman's Club Records     
 Creator:  Chagrin Valley Woman's Club 
 Dates:  1944-1995 
 Abstract:  The Chagrin Valley Woman's Club was founded in Chagrin Falls, Ohio, in 1930 as the Chagrin Falls Woman's Club. It is a member of the General Federation of Women's Clubs. The main philanthropic activity of the club is an annual scholarship fund that has awarded more than $412,000 to approximately 600 students since 1950. The club also sponsors educational and social programs in the region, historic preservation projects, and other community programs. The collection consists of sixteen scrapbooks. 
 Call #:  MS 5304 
 Extent:  2.40 linear feet (1 container and 10 oversize volumes) 
 Subjects:  Women -- Societies and clubs.
 
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172Title:  Women in the Civil War: extraordinary stories of soldiers, spies, nurses, doctors, crusaders, and others    
 Creator:  Eggleston, Larry G., 1937- 
 Publication:  McFarland, Jefferson, N.C,c2003. 
 Notes:  Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-208) and index. 
 Call #:  E628 E29 
 Extent:  viii, 214 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. 
 Subjects:  Women -- United States -- Biography | Women -- United States -- History -- 19th century | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Women | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Biography
 
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173Title:  Business and Professional Women's Club of Berea Records     
 Creator:  Business and Professional Women's Club of Berea 
 Dates:  1945-1977 
 Abstract:  The Business and Professional Women's Club of Berea was organized in 1945, in the Cleveland, Ohio, suburb of Berea, to provide a forum where business and professional women could address common concerns and promote their own welfare. The collection consists of membership information, minutes, reports, bulletins, programs, and scrapbooks. 
 Call #:  MS 4097 
 Extent:  3.00 linear feet (4 containers) 
 Subjects:  Business and Professional Women's Club of Berea | Women -- Ohio -- Berea -- Societies and clubs | Working-women's clubs -- Ohio -- Berea
 
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174Title:  The sound of our own voices: women's study clubs 1860-1910    
 Creator:  Martin, Theodora Penny. 
 Publication:  Beacon Press, Boston,c1987. 
 Notes:  Includes index. Bibliography: p. 227-239. 
 Call #:  HQ1904 M384 
 Extent:  xiv, 254 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm. 
 Subjects:  Women -- United States -- Societies and clubs -- History -- 19th century | Women -- Education -- United States -- History -- 19th century | Continuing education -- United States -- History -- 19th century
 
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175Title:  Women and the law of property in early America    
 Creator:  Salmon, Marylynn, 1951- 
 Publication:  University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill,c1986. 
 Notes:  Based on the author's thesis (Ph. D.). Includes indexes. Bibliography: p. 239-251. 
 Call #:  KF524 S172 
 Extent:  xvii, 267 p. ; 24 cm. 
 Subjects:  Married women -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States -- History | Women -- Legal status, laws, etc -- United States -- History | Separate property -- United States -- History
 
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176Title:  National Council of Jewish Women, Cleveland Section Photographs, Series II     
 Creator:  National Council of Jewish Women, Cleveland Section 
 Dates:  1897-1993 
 Abstract:  The Cleveland Section of the National Council of Jewish Women is a women's service organization founded in 1894, in Cleveland, Ohio, as a local chapter of the National Council of Jewish Women. Its services to Cleveland's Jewish and general communities include hot meals delivered to the elderly, homes for the elderly and working girls, scholarships, day nurseries and thrift shops. The collection consists of individual and group portraits of women active in the organization, including Ruth Einstein, credited with the idea of Council Gardens, and past presidents Isabelle Brown, Iris Curtis, Ernestine Greenberger, Maddy Joseph, Betty Mintz, Barbara Sobel, Jo Tramer, Yetta Wasserman, and Peggy Wasserstrom. Group portraits and views document the varied activities taken on by the Cleveland Section in the 1960s and 1970s, including the preparation of the Access Guide to Cleveland Disabled and Elderly Individuals, volunteer work at Mount Pleasant Community Center, Thrift Shops, and the establishment of Council Gardens in 1963 and Council House in 1979. National activities are represented by views of various conventions and legislative meetings with congressmen Tom Lantos and Charles Vanik and senators John Glenn and Howard Metzenbaum. International activities include Ship-a-Box, which sent toys to Israel. Also included are views of fashion shows and luncheons, popular social and fundraising events. Important early views include the "Beehive Booth," a fund raising event at Grays Armory in 1897, a Camp Wise view form 1907, and a Big Sister scene from 1919. 
 Call #:  PG 496 
 Extent:  1.00 linear feet (1 container) 
 Subjects:  National Council of Jewish Women. Cleveland Section -- Photograph collections. | Jews -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Jewish women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs -- Photographs. | Women volunteers in social service -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Women in charitable work -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Charities -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs. | Clubs -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Photographs.
 
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177Title:  Women in Mayo, 1821-1851: a historical perspective    
 Creator:  Langan-Egan, Maureen. 
 Publication:  M. Langan-Egan, Galway,1986] 
 Notes:  "Minor thesis submitted to the Department of Education, University College, Galway, in part fulfilment of the requirements of the degree of master of education of the National University of Ireland." "Second edition." Includes bibliographical references (p. 138-140) 
 Call #:  HQ1600.3 Z8M473 
 Extent:  144 p. : ill. ; 21 cm. 
 Subjects:  Women -- Ireland -- Mayo (County) -- History -- 19th century | Women -- Ireland -- Mayo (County) -- Social conditions
 
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178Title:  Links to the past: family histories, reminiscences & genealogy charts    
 Creator:  Distad, Marcella Anderson. 
 Women's Centennial Commission (Cleveland, Ohio)
 Publication:  Women's Centennail Commission 1876-1996, Cleveland, Ohio,1996. 
 Notes:  Includes: Activities of the Women's Centennial Commission in 1996 (p. 226-245), and: 1996 Women's Centennial Commission membership directory (p. 248-251). Includes bibliographical references. 
 Call #:  F34ZSA W873L75 
 Extent:  x, 252 p. : ill. (some col.), geneal. tables ; 29 cm. 
 Subjects:  Women's Centennial Commission (Cleveland, Ohio) | Women's Centennial Commission (Cleveland, Ohio) -- Genealogy | Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs | Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Genealogy | Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Biography | Clubs -- Ohio -- Cleveland | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Genealogy | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Centennial celebrations, etc | Cleveland imprints -- 1996
 
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179Title:  History of woman suffrage    
 Creator:  Stanton, Elizabeth Cady, 1815-1902 
 Anthony, Susan B. (Susan Brownell), 1820-1906
 Gage, Matilda Joslyn, 1826-1898
 Publication:  Fowler & Wells, New York,1881-1887 [c1886] 
 Notes:  Library owns Vols. I and II. LA2814-228, LA2815-228 James A. Garfield bookplates "To Mrs. Garfield from Woman's Suffrage Assoc." Location: 228.7-8/3-C. 
 Call #:  LA2814-228 
 Extent:  3 v. ports. 
 Subjects:  Women -- Suffrage
 
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180Title:  Taking the wheel: women and the coming of the motor age    
 Creator:  Scharff, Virginia. 
 Publication:  Free Press, Collier Macmillan Canada, Maxwell Macmillan International, New York, Toronto,c1991. 
 Notes:  Includes bibliographical references (p. 177-212) and index. 
 Call #:  TL152.52 S311 
 Extent:  xi, 219 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm. 
 Subjects:  Women automobile drivers -- History | Automobiles -- Social aspects | Women's studies
 
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