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The Ward M. Canaday Center for Special Collections The University of Toledo Finding Aid The National Federation Of Business And Professional Women's Clubs, Inc. Monroe - Central Business And Professional Women's Club Toledo, Ohio, Records, 1954-1993 MSS-100 |
Size: 2.7 linear feet
Provenance: Monroe Central Business and Professional Women’s Club, through past President Sally Yeager, donated its records to the Ward M. Canaday Center in 1994.
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Completed by: Jennifer Kahn Mandell, May 1996
Reformatted by: Arjun Sabharwal, May 2010
Introduction
The Monroe Central Business and Professional Women’s Club was founded February 10, 1954. The group was one of many such organizations throughout the United States and internationally, providing fellowship and support to working women.
While many local, regional, state, national and international clubs continue to be active today, the Monroe Central BPW Club was absorbed by the Sylvania BPW Club in 1993.
The national group (BPW USA) formed in 1919, and the Ohio State BPW group was formed in 1920. The foremost purpose of BPW is to further the cause of working women.
There are no restrictions on the use of, or access to, this collection.
Organizational History
1954 Monroe Central Business and Professional Women’s Club founded.
1955 A scholarship fund of $100 was approved. A Whitney Vocational High
School Student received the scholarship the first year.
1957 The club sponsored its first student nurse, assisting with her tuition.
1981 The club had an internal crisis over the issue of racial discrimination. A
Monroe Central member presented two co-workers from Ohio Bell for
Consideration; both were black. Some MCBPW members objected, setting
off a conflict within the group that resulted in the resignation of one of the
officers and a decline in new members which haunted the group until its
dissolution in 1993.
1993 Monroe Central Business and Professional Women’s Club was dissolved; the
remaining MCBPW members joined the Sylvania Business and Professional
Women’s Club.
Scope and Content
The collection is arranged in seven series.
Series one contains the records of the Monroe Central BPW Club, including information on the organization’s history, meetings, activities, and newsletters.
Series two consists of Ohio Region 2 BPW meetings and publications.
Series three contains a sampling of materials from other BPW clubs in Ohio Region 2.
Series four consists of Ohio State BPW correspondence, publications, and events.
Series five contains national (BPW USA) publications and materials.
Series six is Individual Development Program (IDP) information and materials. IDP
is one of the basic member benefits through BPW, providing skills training in areas that are of importance to career success.
Series seven contains the contents of the scrapbooks that Monroe Central BPW maintained.
Box-Folder Inventory
Box Folder
Monroe-Central Business and Professional Women’s Club
1 1 Charter information, annual reports, rosters
2 By-laws and revisions
3 Regular Meeting Minutes
Sept. 1979-Oct. 1980
Oct 1985 - April 1993
4 Board Meeting Minutes
Sept. 1979 - May 1981
Sept. 1985 - April 1993
5 Correspondence
Sept. 1979 - June 1981
Jan. 1988 - March 1993
6 Financial Records
7 News & Views newsletter
Sept. 1979 - Nov 1980
Jan 1981 - April 1993
8 Special Events Programs
Cassette recording of speech by Sandy Isenberg on 2/20/90
9 Woman of the Year
MCBPW candidates
10 BPW sponsored scholarships- local recipients
11 Monroe Central BPW awards
Region 2 BPW
12 Region 2 Correspondence
13 “Issues & Updates” BPW OH Region 2 Newsletter
14 Region 2 Rosters
15 Region 2 Correspondence
16 Anthony Wayne BPW Club
17 Bellevue BPW Club
18 Bowling Green BPW Club
19 Clyde BPW Club
20 Fallen Timbers BPW Club
21 Findlay BPW Club
22 Fostoria BPW Club
23 Ft Meigs BPW Club
24 Genoa BPW Club
25 Key to the Sea BPW Club
26 Maumee BPW Club
27 Oregon BPW Club
28 Sylvania BPW Club
1 29 Tallmadge BPW Club
30 Tiffin BPW Club
31 Toledo BPW Club
32 Trilby BPW Club
33 Westhaven BPW Club
OHIO BPW
34 Ohio BPW History, Rosters
35 Ohio BPW Correspondence
36 Ohio BPW Special Events
37 Ohio BPW Publications
38 “From Inside BPW/ Ohio” newsletter
1987-1988
39 “Ohio Business Woman” newspaper
1987 - 1993
40 “Forecasts” Ohio BPW Newsletter
1979 - 1980
41 “Action Lines” newsletter
42 Indiana BPW
BPW USA
43 History
44 Recruitment
45 BPW Foundation
46 Legislative efforts
47 Outreach and service projects
48 Young Careerist Program
49 USA Publications
50 “National Business Woman”, professional journal
51 BPW International
2 * 1 BPW Books
Individual Development Program (IDP)
2 IDP General information/ overview
3 IDP participant self assessment tools
4 IDP session records (MCBPW sessions)
5 IDP Class Manual
6 IDP Career Selection Module
7 IDP Color & Personality Module
note: * location of box 2: Range 4
8 IDP Communication Skills Module
9 IDP Leadership Module
10 IDP Management Skills Module
11 IDP Parliamentary Procedure Module
12 IDP Public Speaking Module
3 MCBPW Scrapbook contents
4 ** MCBPW Scrapbook contents