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Business and Professional Women's Clubs records, 1930-1998.
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9.00 cubic ft.
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Arranged by club or organization, then by topic or record type, then chronological by date.
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On February 2, 1916, Marjory Stoneman Douglas organized the Miami Business and Professional Women's Club (BPW) as the "Business Women's League" with about 25 members. Douglas served as its first President and remained an Honorary Member until her death in 1998.
In June 1919, representatives of the Miami Business Women's League and clubs in Jacksonville, Pensacola, Gainesville, Tampa, West Palm Beach, and St. Augustine met in Jacksonville and formed the Florida Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs, electing delegates to a planned national meeting. At that meeting in St. Louis in July, delegates from various states organized the National Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs. The Miami club joined the national organization and changed its name to the Miami Business and Professional Women's Club. Due to decreasing membership in the Miami BPW, the Coral Gables BPW, and the Coconut Grove club, on March 9, 1993, the three clubs voted to merge and continue operating as the Miami BPW.
Judge Mattie Belle Davis (1910-2004) served the Miami BPW organization in many capacities including president (1952-1954), treasurer, and newsletter editor, and as President of District 10 of the Florida Federation.
Summary:
This collection consists of administrative and operating records of the Miami Business and Professional Women's Club and the Florida Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs collected and maintained by club member Mattie Belle Davis. The collection includes Miami Club and Florida Federation correspondence; minutes; officers' reports; membership lists, directories, and related documentation; newsletters; programs for officer installation dinners, international relations dinners, educational and recreational programs, and other events and activities; scrapbooks of news clippings, correspondence, programs, photographs, and other items; and announcements, newsletters, and publicity information relating to other South Florida BPW clubs and the regional, state, and national BPW organizations. The records document many of the goals, concerns, and interests of business and professional women over the course of the latter half of the 20th century, including career, health, safety, and equality issues both in and outside of the workplace.
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Davis, Mattie Belle
Florida Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs Miami Business and Professional Women's Club National Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs
Businesswomen Women Florida Women History 20th century Florida Women Social conditions and status Florida Women Societies and clubs Florida
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Miami Business and Professional Women's Club
Florida Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs
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