Description
Beulah "Dickie" Garrigues was a
founding board member (and treasurer) of the Inglewood chapter of the Business and
Professional Women's Club. She was a legal secretary who lent her expertise in the field to
her professional organization and worked as a career spokesperson to high school students.
The papers of Dickie Garrigues document her leadership in three women's clubs located in
Inglewood, California between 1939 and 1992: Business & Professional Women's Club of
Inglewood, Legal Secretaries Association of Inglewood, and Soroptimists International (Club)
of Inglewood. Ms. Garrigues severed in several different capacities including club president
and historian.
Background
Founding board member (and treasurer) of the Inglewood chapter of the Business and
Professional Women's Club, Buelah "Dickie" Garrigues, was a legal secretary who lent her
expertise in the field to her professional organization and worked as a career spokesperson
to high school students. Garrigues remained active within her community and also became one
of the charter members of the Inglewood chapter of the Soroptimist International on April
21, 1947.
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