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Milwaukee Public School Board Walk Out

Date: 01 21 1964
Description: Lloyd Barbee, NAACP state president, walking out of a Milwaukee Public School Board meeting when Chairman Harold W. Story refused to allow the participatio...
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Dane County Democratic Club Hostesses

Date: 10 01 1952
Description: Dane County Democratic club luncheon hostesses: Mrs. Thomas E. Fairchild, Mrs. Horace Wilkie, Mrs. William Proxmire (Elsie Rockefeller, his first wife), Mr...
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AMCBWNA Reps at CLUW Convention

Date: 1974
Description: Delegates from the Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen union at the convention of the Coalition of Labor Union Women.
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Wisconsin Delegate to Republican National Convention

Date: 04 26 1944
Description: Helen Eby, Madison, delegate from Wisconsin to the Republican Party National Convention held in Chicago, Illinois.
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Home Economics Club Meeting

Date: 10 16 1944
Description: Three women at a meeting of the Madison Home Economics Club with the theme "Good Nutrition, A Wartime Challenge." Mrs. Irving (Clara) Johnson, president of...
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Eleanor Roosevelt at ADA Meeting

Date: 1948
Description: Eleanor Roosevelt at a foreign policy committee meeting at the Americans for Democratic Action convention. Along with John Kenneith Galbraith, Hubert Humph...
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Dane County Rural Letter Carriers' Meeting

Date: 02 22 1949
Description: Seated at the speakers table at the Dane County Rural Letter Carriers' meeting (left to right), are: Earl Bagley, Cambridge, treasurer; R.C. Salisbury, Mad...
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Military Briefing

Date: 11 1951
Description: Military personnel at an early morning briefing at the First Corps headquarters in Korea. American journalist Cecil Brown is seated next to the officer in ...
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State Rebekah Officers

Date: 06 08 1953
Description: Portrait of the officers of the Wisconsin Rebekah Assembly. Seated is Nina Hanson, Stevens Point, president. Standing, left to right, are Clara Breckler, F...
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Madison Business Women Chapter Committee

Date: 09 12 1953
Description: Members of the Wisconsin chapter of the American Business Women's Association's membership committee meet to plan a tea. Left to right: Marcella Finegan, E...
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Board of Regents Meeting

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Description: View from across room of John A. Lavine, a member of the University of Wisconsin Board of Regents, during a board meeting. Lavine, a newspaper publisher fr...
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Civics Club Board

Date: 08 22 1953
Description: An article with a photograph of the members of the Madison Civics Club board. The women are shown at work at their annual task of choosing national and int...
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Win the Peace Luncheon

Date: 04 23 1946
Description: Paul Robeson, Mrs. Emil H. Jones and Leo Krzycki pose for a group portrait at the Win the Peace Luncheon. They are wearing suits and standing in front of a...
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Win the Peace Luncheon

Date: 04 23 1946
Description: Paul Robeson, Mrs. Emil H. Jones and Leo Krzycki pose for a group portrait at a Win the Peace Luncheon. They are wearing suits and standing in front of a b...
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UAW Farm Implement Conference

Date: 05 10 1947
Description: Conference room at the United Auto workers (UAW) farm implement conference. Attendees sit at banquet tables and stand along the walls in the crowded room.
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26th of July Movement Meeting in Oriente Province, Cuba

Date: 1958
Description: Meeting of the 26th of July Movement in the woods of Oriente Province during the Cuban Revolution. A number of participants, including Vilma Espin and Juan...
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Madison Women's Municipal Bowling Club

Date: 03 30 1954
Description: Group portrait of members of the committee planning for the spring luncheon of the Madison Women's Municipal Bowling Club. Left to right, sitting: Dorothy ...
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Workers Discuss Strategy after Walkout

Date: 1969
Description: Jorge Vasquez (wearing beret) discusses strategy with Fall River Canning Company workers after walkout. Children, youth and adults stand clustered in a cir...
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Wisconsin State Journal Publicity Workshop

Date: 09 21 1954
Description: Helen Matheson, Sunday editor of the Wisconsin State Journal, shows a publicity handbook she edited to Mrs. Herman Derleth, president of the Eagles'...
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Wisconsin State Journal Publicity Workshop

Date: 09 21 1954
Description: Elenor Shefferman, woman's editor of the Wisconsin State Journal, points to a display of woman's page features to Emily Pokorny of the Century Club ...

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