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1Title:  League of Women Voters of Cleveland Records     
 Creator:  League of Women Voters of Cleveland 
 Dates:  1918-1972 
 Abstract:  The League of Women Voters of Cleveland was formed in 1920 in Cleveland, Ohio, by former suffragists and members of the Woman's Suffrage Party. The League is nonpartisan and has endorsed various legislation, including laws to protect female workers and improve child welfare and education. Its efforts include voter registration drives, assistance to election boards, demonstrations of registration and voting techniques, as well as sponsoring candidates debates. The collection consists of minutes, correspondence, membership records, committee reports and recommendations, publications, scrapbooks, and materials on the history of the women's suffrage movement, including convention minutes of the Woman Suffrage Party. (1918-1919). 
 Call #:  MS 3565 
 Extent:  4.30 linear feet (6 containers and 6 oversize containers) 
 Subjects:  League of Women Voters of Cleveland. | Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs. | Women -- Suffrage -- United States. | Voting -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Women -- Suffrage -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Ohio -- Politics and government. | United States -- Politics and government. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Politics and government. | Cuyahoga County (Ohio) -- Politics and government.
 
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2Title:  Dorothy Davis Kates Papers     
 Creator:  Kates, Dorothy Davis 
 Dates:  1936-1994 
 Abstract:  Dorothy Davis Kates was employed by the Historical Records Survey of the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in Cleveland, Ohio, during the 1930s; serving as a Superintendent of the Cuyahoga County Archives Survey Project, as an Area Supervisor, a Project Planning Assistant, and eventually as the Director of the Historical Records Program of the WPA in Cleveland. Kates was also active in many civic and arts organizations throughout her life, including the Print Club of Cleveland, the Cleveland Society for Contemporary Art, and the Women's City Club of Cleveland. Beginning in 1966, she chaired the Mental Health Committee of the Women's City Club, helping to organize lectures and community projects concerned with mental health, drug abuse, juvenile delinquency, teen pregnancy, child abuse, and prison reform issues. She founded the Women's City Club Mental Health Institute in 1976. Kates was also active in local Democratic Party politics, particularly in the presidential elections of 1960, 1964, and 1968. Other organizations in which she participated included the Women's Forum of Greater Cleveland, Le Cercle des Conferences Francaise, Organization for Rehabilitation through Training, Federation of Jewish Women's Organizations, and the Jewish Community Center. Kates also was the author of articles, reviews, essays, and radio plays. The collection consists of correspondence, minutes, essays, newspaper and magazine articles, play transcriptions, unpublished manuscripts, notes, lists, rosters, bylaws, reports, brochures, itineraries, programs, memoranda, cards, campaign flyers, newsletters, legislative bills, publications, surveys, schedules, regulations, directories, awards, and certificates. 
 Call #:  MS 4749 
 Extent:  3.40 linear feet (4 containers) 
 Subjects:  Kates, Dorothy Davis, 1907-1996. | Women's City Club of Cleveland. | Cleveland Society for Contemporary Art. | Democratic Party (Cuyahoga County, Ohio) | United States. Works Progress Administration. | Historical Records Survey (Ohio). | Women in politics -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Women -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Societies and clubs. | Art, Modern -- 20th century. | Mental health education -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Drug abuse -- Study and teaching -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Juvenile delinquency -- Study and teaching -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Teenage pregnancy -- Study and teaching -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Jewish women -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Cuyahoga County (Ohio) -- Politics and government. | Cleveland (Ohio) -- Social conditions.
 
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