Materials cataloguing the administrative and electoral history of Claremont’s informal public assistance council of women, the Club de Damas.

Club de Damas (Ladies’ Club) was an informal congregation of women in the Pomona Valley who worked to improve racial and gendered community relations. Primarily comprised of white and Mexican women, the Club de Damas met at the American Legion Building where they would organize fundraisers, host open forums, and publish demands for policy reform.

0.4 linear feet (1 box); containing contact sheets, electoral biographies, electoral summaries, newspaper articles, meeting flyers, community program applications, charity receipts, letters, progress reports, scrapbook pages

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