Women's Auxiliary of Daugavas Vanagi - Latvian Welfare Association convention in Minnesota, U.S.A.. From left to right: Monika Jonane, Anita Haznere, Anna Tidemane, Leontine Raestas, and Nelda Baltgalvis in the library of the Latvian Lutheran Church in Minneapolis. The auxilliary volunteers raised funds to assist orphans, injured veterans of WWI...
Created:
1974
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Immigration History Research Center Archives.
This collection contains photographs from the Harlem Branch (135th Street) of the YMCA. Organized in 1901 by Reverend C. T. Walker of the Mount Olive Baptist Church as the Colored Men’s Branch, this branch first started in mid-Manhattan. It was later moved to the Harlem area and its name changed in 1919 to the One Hundred-Thirty Fifth Street B...
Created:
1980 - 1989
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives.
The newspaper caption on the back of the photo reads: "Buyers placing orders for spring clothing during the Central Cooperative, Inc. (CCI) Clothing Show were attracted by the display of feminine sportswear. Among them were, from left: Etheline Kingsley (Cromwell, Minn.); Esther Dorman (Wright, Minn.); Mary Barboni (Virginia, Minn.); Tillie Refa...
Created:
1960
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Immigration History Research Center Archives.
The women's co-op guild of Superior, Wisconsin stands in front of a storefront around 1940. A man standing next to boxes of "Morton's Salt" also smiles for the photographer.
Created:
1940
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Immigration History Research Center Archives.
Standing in the back row, left to right: Ellen Lahti, Martha Lepponen, Lila Isaacson, Esther Niskala, Lara Kivimaki, Florence Ranta, Laila Stone, Ellen Luopa, Aune Kettunen; Standing in the middle row, left to right: Elsie Lindfors, Stella Schley, Amelia Saari, Amelia Jokinen, Helen Luukkonen, Ina Kotchkas, Sylvia Silvola, Carol Kauppi, Lillian ...
Created:
1949
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Immigration History Research Center Archives.
Two older women of Asian descent stand behind a table that has plates, a tea set, a lamp, and a cooking pot. The front of the table has a small sign that reads "fried rice, 25 cents." The woman on the right wears a traditional ethnic costume.
Created:
1950 - 1959
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Immigration History Research Center Archives.
The image shows four women posed in front of a sign with the YMCA logo (Spirit, Mind, Body). Three of the women are performing a side plank; the fourth is standing under the sign.
Created:
1950?
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Kautz Family YMCA Archives.
Young women in the 'Great Divergence': Textile labor, consumption, and marriage in Europe and China between the mid-17th and the mid-19th centuries. We focus on ideologies and practices around generational relations, the gendered life-cyclical transition between childhood and adulthood, and the arrangement of marriages or other forms of sexual u...
Creator:
Institute for Advanced Study
Contributor:
Bruce, Emily; Maynes, M. J.; Roubinek, Eric; Waltner, Ann
Created:
2013-02-21
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Young women in the 'Great Divergence': Textile labor, consumption, and marriage in Europe and China between the mid-17th and the mid-19th centuries. We focus on ideologies and practices around generational relations, the gendered life-cyclical transition between childhood and adulthood, and the arrangement of marriages or other forms of sexual u...
Creator:
Institute for Advanced Study
Contributor:
Bruce, Emily; Maynes, M. J.; Roubinek, Eric; Waltner, Ann
Created:
2013-02-21
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study.
Group portrait of member sof the Benevolenza Santa Lucia Lodge in Omaha, Nebraska. Back row, L to R: Josephine Gentille; Sarah Derrano; Josephine Vecchio; Lucia Ruma; Rosa Marino; Mrs. Oddo (?). Front row, L to R: Lucia Vitale; Lucia Manganaro; Connie Piccolo; Marianna Nanfito; Josephine La Guzza; Marianna Distefano; Carmela Milone.
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Immigration History Research Center Archives.
Officers from the Greater Roxborough Women's Lodge pose for a photograph at a Fashion Show. From the left, seated: Jo Anne Strollo, President of Women's Dev.; Mrs. Frank Rizzo, wife of the mayor; Eva Colella; Peggy Montemuro, wife of Grand Venerable. Standing, from left: Jo Barone, Chairman; Marie De Julio, Venerable; Carol De Williams, Venerable.
Creator:
Costanzo, Bart
Created:
1970 - 1979
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Immigration History Research Center Archives.
Meg Christian and Holly Near, singers, songwriters and musicians; Trudy Fulton, one of the founders of Persimmon Productions. Interviewed by Carol Robertshaw
Creator:
University of Minnesota. Radio Station KUOM
Created:
1976-03-31
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, University Archives.
The Magdalene Project: The Ecstasy in Music. Baroque ensemble Consortium Carissimi will explore the name of Mary Magdalene, the role of women in early baroque Florentine culture, and the ecstasy in music, with historical framework provided by Kelley Harness, Associate Professor of Musicology, University of Minnesota. Set for six solo voices, vio...
The Magdalene Project: The Ecstasy in Music. Baroque ensemble Consortium Carissimi will explore the name of Mary Magdalene, the role of women in early baroque Florentine culture, and the ecstasy in music, with historical framework provided by Kelley Harness, Associate Professor of Musicology, University of Minnesota. Set for six solo voices, vio...
This program deals with balance among the sexes in political and social life. The panel suggests that areas of discrimination in employment exist because women are often politically inactive. Discussion participants are Representative Helen McMillan, Senator Rollin Glewwe, and Mrs. Diana Murphy from the League of Women Voters.
Creator:
University of Minnesota. Radio Station KUOM; University of Minnesota. Audio Visual Library Services
Contributor:
League of Women Voters; McMillan, Helen; Glewwe, Rollin; Murphy, Diana
Created:
1971
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, University Archives.
Connie Waterous, Planned Parenthood of Minnesota board member and member of Concerned Neighbors Coalition; Susan Vass, coordinator March 5th Women's Rights Coalition and members of Concerned Neighbors Coalition. Interviewed by Carol Robertshaw about the Highliand Park Planned Parenthood arson
Creator:
University of Minnesota. Radio Station KUOM
Created:
1977-03-03
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, University Archives.
Edith Ballantyne, Secretary-General, Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, President, Conference of Non-Governmental Organizations in Consultative Status to the United Nations Economic and Social Council, author of "Look to the Women for Change." Interviewed by Carol Robertshaw
Creator:
University of Minnesota. Radio Station KUOM
Created:
1976-10-29; 1976-11-11
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, University Archives.
