| Repository: | Western Reserve Historical Society |
| Creator: | League of Women Voters of East Cleveland |
| Title: | League of Women Voters of East Cleveland Records |
| Dates: | 1945-1972 |
| Extent: | 1.00 linear feet (3 containers) |
| 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. |
| MS Number | MS 3567 |
| Location: | closed stacks |
| Language: | The records are in English |
The League of Women Voters of East Cleveland, Ohio, was organized in 1946. It began as a provisional chapter and within a year gained enough members to qualify as a regular local unit of the League of Women Voters.
The League of Women Voters, a non-partisan organization, as established nationally in 1920 in response to the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. Its initial purpose was to educate women in civic affairs and teach them to be intelligent, informed voters and independent thinkers. Soon the program was expanded to include voter service and education for the general public, intensive study of government, and thorough investigation of important national, state, and local issues. The League of East Cleveland members chose to address such local issues as city and regional planning, rodent control, the public school and library systems, public transportation, recreation facilities, the East Cleveland City charter, and application of federal and state assistance programs to local problems. The also conducted "Know Your Town" programs periodically.
By the late 1960s, membership had declined almost reaching the point at which the League of Women Voters of East Cleveland might have to become a provisional chapter once again. An even more pressing problem was the recruitment of new officers; there were many members with leadership potential, but there was no one with enough time to devote to such positions. In 1972 the nominating committee was unable to find women willing to assume the roles of president and vice-president. That June, the members voted to dissolve the League of Women Voters of East Cleveland.
The League of Women Voters of East Cleveland Records, 1945-1972 and undated, consist of minutes, national and state reports, recommendations and reports of committees concerned with local issues, bylaws, lists of members and boards of directors, East Cleveland and County League bulletins, correspondence, voter service publications, and newspaper clippings.
This collection will be useful to researchers studying the history of East Cleveland, Ohio, and the League of Women Voters there in the twentieth century. Those studying women's history and the history of politics and government in East Cleveland will find this collection particularly useful.
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Related MaterialThe researcher should also consult MS 3565 League of Women Voters of Cleveland Records; MS 4211 League of Women Voters of Cleveland Records, Series II; PG 55 League of Women Voters of Cleveland Photographs; MS 4258 League of Women Voters of Cuyahoga County Records; and MS 3587 League of Women Voters of Lakewood Records.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
[Container ___, Folder ___ ] MS 3567 League of Women Voters of East Cleveland Records, Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio
Gift of the League of Women Voters of East Cleveland in 1973.
Processed by Catherine Stover in 1973.
A list of local issues studied by the League of Women Voters of East Cleveland is available at the Reference Desk of the WRHS Research Library.
League of Women Voters of East Cleveland Records 1945-1972 undated |
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| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 1 | 1-2 | Minutes 1947-1957 | |||||||||
| 1 | 3-4 | Minutes, budgets, and monthly treasurer's reports 1960-1972 | |||||||||
| 1 | 5 | National League of Women Voters annual reports 1960-1971 | |||||||||
| 1 | 6 | National League of Women Voters annual questionnaires to local League Committees 1969-1970 | |||||||||
| 1 | 7 | Ohio League of Women Voters state board reports and fact sheets 1972 | |||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 2 | 1 | Non-correspondence consisting of bylaws, "Inter-League Council Agreement," committee descriptions, and lists of members of the boards of directors 1947-1972 | |||||||||
| 2 | 2 | "President's Handbook" undated | |||||||||
| 2 | 3 | Histories of the League of Women Voters of East Cleveland and of the League in Ohio; skit, "Civic Watchdogs in High Heels;" and notes for the narration of a slide show entitled "The Lady in Red" dates vary | |||||||||
| 2 | 4-5 | League of Women Voters of East Cleveland, bulletins 1948-1972 | |||||||||
| 2 | 6 | League of Women Voters of Cuyahoga County, bulletins 1949-1972 undated | |||||||||
| 2 | 7 | Cuyahoga County charter amendment, information regarding the County Charter Commission, and related correspondence 1948-1954 | |||||||||
| 2 | 8 | Recreation survey reports and related correspondence 1948-1954 | |||||||||
| 2 | 8 | School survey reports 1968 | |||||||||
| 2 | 8 | East Cleveland Public Library System evaluation reports 1967-1968 | |||||||||
| 2 | 9 | Correspondence 1945-1972 undated | |||||||||
| 2 | 10 | Miscellaneous items, including lists of contributors, an anniversary proclamation, summaries of local issues studied, and articles from periodicals 1947-1957 | |||||||||
| 2 | 11 | Loose newspaper clippings 1945-1970 undated | |||||||||
| Box | Folder | ||||||||||
| 3 | 1 | Notes for local study issue analyzing possible application of federal and state assistance programs in East Cleveland 1967-1968 | |||||||||
| 3 | 2 | East Cleveland city charters and maps of East Cleveland dates vary | |||||||||
| 3 | 3 | General information about East Cleveland, including annual reports, "Focus on East Cleveland," and information concerning the Housing Commission 1965-1966 | |||||||||
| 3 | 4 | League of Women Voters' voter service publications 1959-1971 undated | |||||||||