State Council of Defense, Women's Committee Records
1917-1919
Title: State Council of Defense, Women's Committee Records
Dates: 1917-1919
Collection Number: GC 1129
Creator/Collector:
California State Council of Defense. Women's Committee
Extent: (Boxes: 18 legal)
Repository:
Seaver Center for Western History Research, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
Abstract: Records of California's State Council of Defense and the state division of the Women's Committee, with its headquarters at
719 So. Hill Street, Los Angeles, Calif. Correspondence, reports, receipts and cancelled checks. Ledger; activity book, June
1917-January 1919; checkbook, 1919. Pamphlets and other ephemera.
Language of Material: English
Research is by appointment only
Permission to publish, quote or reproduce must be secured from the repository and the copyright holder
State Council of Defense, Women's Committee Records. Seaver Center for Western History Research, Natural History Museum of
Los Angeles County
Biography/Administrative History
The state's Council of Defense reported to the Council of National Defense in Washington. The Women's Committee operated
within the state council.
Scope and Content of Collection
Records of California's State Council of Defense and the state division of the Women's Committee, with its headquarters at
719 So. Hill Street, Los Angeles, Calif. Correspondence, reports, receipts and cancelled checks. Ledger; activity book, June
1917-January 1919; checkbook, 1919. Pamphlets and other ephemera.
The State Council worked on domestic issues during the war years, including Americanization; child welfare; food administration;
education; educational propaganda; girls war service; health and recreation; home economics; information and library; liberty
loans; publicity; Red Cross; social agencies; and women in industry.
World War, 1914-1918 -- United States.