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Washington Women's History Consortium

Washington Women's History Consortium

Women's Clubs and Organizations

B.J. Hash, Junior Director, 1958-1960

Washington State Federation of Junior Women's Clubs


B.J. Hash, Junior Director, 1958-1960, Washington State Federation of Women's Clubs.

Tacoma was where the next Junior Director, Mrs. R.E. Hash, called home.

Convention 1959 was in Tacoma. Two hundred ninety-eight Juniors attended.

Extension Coordinators stated the 61 clubs reporting (71 clubs paid dues) had a total of 1,164 members at the beginning of the year. There was a loss of 182 members and a gain of 322, thus making a total of 1,305 Juniors.

Contributions to the Blind were $1,250.

The state Youth and Welfare project for 1959-60 was the Maple Lane Pool Fund.

The National Junior Project, "Medical Kits for the Philippines," was supported by $110, which bought three kits. Two hundred and fifty pounds of discarded nylons were sent to Japanese war widows and 265,000 stamps for Norwegian Boy Scouts were collected.

$2,000 was collected for the Maple Lane Pool and in November excavation was started.

By May 1960, 67 clubs paid dues on 1,346 members. At the 1960 convention Shirley Moser of Omak took top honors as State Clubwoman of the Year.

Conservation Workshop was a tri-state meeting at Lake Chatcolet in Idaho.

Sources

This biographical sketch, compiled by WSFWC's The History Resource Committee, appeared in The First 100 Years 1886-1996: A Condensed of Washington State Federation of Women's Clubs.

WSFWC's The History Resource Committee

Washington State Federation of Women's Clubs Resource Committee.

Corroborative Source Material

  • Biographical Histories by Serena Mathews and Leona Burke McCulloch
  • District and State Minutes
  • Club Member Books Club Yearbooks
  • The Washington Club Woman

Additional Reading

If you would like to do additional reading or research on the history of Women's Clubs consider the following:

  • Houde, Mary Jean, Reaching Out, A Story of the General Federation of Women's Clubs, 1989.
  • Wells, Mildred White, Unity in Diversity, The History of the General Federation of Women's Clubs, Published by the General Federation of Women's Clubs, 1965.
  • Wells, Mildred White, Unity in Diversity, The History of the General Federation of Women's Clubs. Volume IL Published by the General Federation of Women's Clubs, 1975.
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