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Proud alums in San Antonio

Protesters in Chicago rally against the Salvadoran Civil War, March 1989.

Ink drawing published in Chicago Inter-Ocean. In 1892 a cholera epidemic raged in Europe, making some of the ships arriving in the United States a public health hazard. Republican president Benjamin Harrison approved a quarantine of several ships…

When clubwomen encountered children in poorhouses and jails, they saw future paupers and criminals. The 1891 children’s illustration below depicts the doomed trajectory of troublesome children. The CWC tried to intervene in the process and place…

As the first act of “practical work” initiated by the CWC, clubwomen lobbied for day matrons to be placed in police stations for the protection and care of incarcerated women. Clubwomen continued to advocate for night matrons to be stationed in jails…

Map of Santiago from Historica relatione del regno de Cile...

Just as clubwomen believed in the importance of a productive occupation for young women, they were similarly concerned that young people engage in respectable entertainment. They were particularly concerned with the leisure activities of working…

Illustration and title page

Schedule from the White and Red Ball 1965 program book.