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The first Cleveland, Ohio, chapter of B'nai B'rith Women, the original name of Jewish Women International, was founded in
1933. During the 1930s and 1940s, eleven more chapters were created, with one more in the 1950s. Cleveland area chapters assisted
in the organization of Women's District Grand Lodge No. 2. The district was headed by Clevelanders Mrs. David Copland in 1936
and Lydia Woldman in 1940. Declining numbers in the 1980s caused a restructuring of the local chapters, combining 12 chapters
into one new chapter, #1736. In 1995, the organization changed its name to Jewish Women International. The collection consists
of minutes, newsletters, programs, newspaper clippings, certificates, and scrapbooks.
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