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The Phillis Wheatley Association is a Cleveland, Ohio, self-help organization designed to help young African American women
adjust to city life. It was organized in 1911 by Jane Edna Hunter and originally called the Working Girls Home Association.
Services included a boarding house, homemaking classes, and recreational, literary and social activities. The collection
consists of financial and committee reports, minutes, financial statements, insurance policies, newspaper clippings, printed
brochures, speeches, and correspondence.
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