Catherine May Congressional Papers
Washington State University

Number of containers: 558, Linear feet of shelf space: 275 (our goal is to include approximately 500 items selected from the index, with a desire to have a good sample, and also to include any relevant material on Women’s Suffrage in Washington)

Significance of the collection:

Catherine May was the first elected woman Representative from the State of Washington.

Mrs. May was the first Representative from the State of Washington, in quite a few years, to be appointed to the Committee on Agriculture, an assignment that Mrs. May held during her entire tenure in Congress. Catherine May co-sponsored legislation to provide women with equal pay for equal work. President Kennedy signed into law the "Equal Pay Act of 1963."

Additional Collections:

Washington State University will be contributing objects to the Women's History Consortium from the following collections:

• American Association of University Women, Pullman Branch Records, 1933-1976
• Association for Faculty Women Papers, 1972-1993
• Association for Women Veterinarians Records, 1945-2003
• Catherine May Congressional Papers 1959-1970
• Dairy Wives of Washington State Scrapbooks, 1953-1979
• League of Women Voters, Pullman Records, 1941-1992
• League of Women Voters, Pullman Records, 1950-1980
• Mechanical Engineering Wives' Club Records, 1960-1973
• National Organization for Women, Pullman Chapter Papers, 1973-1995
• Pullman Business and Professional Women's Club Records, 1924-1983
• Pullman Federated Women's Club Records, 1914-1981
• Pullman Fortnightly Club Records, 1893-1996
• Pullman Investment Club Records, 1968-1981
• Washington Dairy Women Records, 1980-1983
• Washington Women for the Survival of Agriculture Records, 1973-1980
• Washington Women United Records, 1975-1986
• Washington Women United Records, 1983-1986
• Young Women's Christian Association Records, 1906-1980
• Washington State University Women's Club Papers, 1913-1995
• Women in Communication, Inc. Records, 1925-1992
• Women Studies Program Records, 1980-1983
• Women's Physical Education Department Records, 1983-1976

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