Documents concerning weekend area conferences of YWCA of the U.S.A. Business and Professional Women in Eastern and Western New York, New Jersey and Northern and Southern New England. Weekend conferences are held between regional conferences to bring together Business and Professional clubs from a state or smaller region and connect on current issues and program. Minutes, reports, and newsletters give an overview of the events and themes of the conferences. Weekend conferences unify Business and Professional clubs, conduct business and elect officers, plan for upcoming conferences and report on local association work. In addition, conferences include lecturers and discussion groups concerning the issues faced by women, specifically employed women. Matters of economics, both personal and global, are often discussed especially in light of the changing employment and financial situations. In addition, the conferences have an international focus as the world approaches World War II. Conference materials also reveal discussions on racism and discrimination in the club and at work, political activity, and social awareness.
Business and professional conferences
1935-1950
Women
Employment
Women in the labor movement
Leadership in women
Parliamentary practice
Girls
Religious life
Race relations
Recreation
Women
Interpersonal relations
Economics
Democracy
Labor unions
Nonprofit organizations
Administration
Industrial relations
Cost and standard of living
Clubs
Recruiting
Women
Political activity
Wages
Women
Labor laws and legislation
Discrimination in employment
Psychology
Social action
Social security
Married women
Employment
322 frames (1 partial reel)
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Business and professional conferences, Sophia Smith Collection of Women's History, MS 00324, Smith College Special Collections, Northampton, Massachusetts.
Box 1: Series 1; Series 2, Reel 20
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