International charitable organization founded in 1897 as the Women's Supreme Council;
present name since 1957; headquartered in Washington, D.C.
Correspondence, reports, speeches, newsclippings, pamphlets and miscellaneous items
concerning the organization and its president, Betty Shapiro.
The B'nai B'rith Women Records are open to all users. The original manuscript collection
is available in the Barrows-Loebelson Reading Room of the Jacob Rader Marcus Center of
the American Jewish Archives.
Betty Shapiro, by the act of donating the B'nai B'rith Women Records to the American
Jewish Archives, assigned all property rights to the American Jewish Archives. Literary
rights are retained by B'nai B'rith Women. Literary rights may also be retained by
specific creators of materials.
Questions concerning rights should be addressed to the Executive Director of the
American Jewish Archives. For more information see the American Jewish Archives copyright information
webpage.
Footnotes and bibliographic references should refer to the B'nai B'rith Women Records
and the American Jewish Archives. A suggestion for at least the first citation is as
follows:
[Description], [Date], Box #, Folder #. MS-284. B'nai B'rith Women Records. American
Jewish Archives, Cincinnati, Ohio.
The B'nai B'rith Women Records were received from Betty Shapiro, Washington D.C., in
1986.
Processed by American Jewish Archives staff.
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Series A. General. |
Box |
Folder |
1 |
1 |
Correspondence,
schedules, and reports. 1947-1960.
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1 |
2 |
Correspondence,
schedules, and reports. 1961-1975.
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1 |
3 |
Correspondence,
programs, and activities. 1964-1967.
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1 |
4 |
Correspondence,
programs, and activities. 1968.
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1 |
5 |
Correspondence,
programs, and activities. 1969.
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1 |
6 |
Correspondence,
programs, and activities. 1970-1976.
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1 |
7 |
Correspondence,
programs, and activities. 1977-1978.
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1 |
8 |
Correspondence,
programs, and activities. 1982-1984.
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1 |
9 |
Correspondence,
clippings, programs, awards. 1946-1957.
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Box |
Folder |
2 |
1 |
Correspondence,
clippings, programs, awards. 1958-1967.
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2 |
2 |
Correspondence,
clippings, programs, awards. 1969-1977.
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2 |
3 |
Correspondence,
clippings, programs, awards. 1978-1981.
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2 |
4 |
Correspondence,
clippings, programs, awards. 1982-1985.
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2 |
5 |
Miscellaneous
correspondence. 1971.
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2 |
6 |
Membership
correspondence. 1962.
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2 |
7 |
Women's Action
Alliance. 1975-1977.
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2 |
8 |
Reports. 1949-1960. |
2 |
9 |
Reports. 1961-1969. |
Box |
Folder |
3 |
1 |
Reports. 1970-1972. |
3 |
2 |
Reports. 1973-1978. |
3 |
3 |
Reports. 1979-1985. |
3 |
4 |
Pamphlets and
programs. undated.
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3 |
5 |
Programs. undated. |
3 |
6 |
Articles and
materials. undated.
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3 |
7 |
Pamphlets on cults
and women's self improvement. undated.
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3 |
8 |
Leadership
development manual. undated.
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Box |
Folder |
4 |
1 |
Argo chapter
(Washington, D.C.). 1951-1952.
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4 |
2 |
Children's Home
and Group House. 1968-1983.
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4 |
3 |
Children's Home
campaign. 1969-1970.
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4 |
4 |
Presidential
correspondence. 1965-1969.
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4 |
5 |
Presidential
correspondence. January-May 1970.
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4 |
6 |
Presidential
correspondence. June-December 1970.
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4 |
7 |
Presidential
correspondence. 1979-1980.
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4 |
8 |
International
presidential reports. 1968-1970.
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4 |
9 |
International
correspondence. 1965-1974.
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4 |
10 |
Latin American
correspondence. 1968-1974.
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4 |
11 |
Australia
correspondence. 1968-1974.
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4 |
12 |
Canada
correspondence. 1971-1973.
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4 |
13 |
Europe
correspondence. 1970-1980.
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4 |
14 |
Great Britain
correspondence. 1971-1974.
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Box |
Folder |
5 |
1 |
India
correspondence. 1969-1970.
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5 |
2 |
Israel
correspondence. 1968-1974.
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5 |
3 |
South American
correspondence. 1969-1973.
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5 |
4 |
Copenhagen
correspondence. 1979-1980.
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5 |
5 |
Copenhagen
conference. 1979-1980.
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5 |
6 |
Copenhagen
conference. 1979-1980.
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5 |
7 |
Copenhagen
conference. 1979-1980.
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5 |
8 |
Copenhagen
conference. 1979-1980.
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5 |
9 |
Copenhagen
conference. 1979-1980.
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5 |
10 |
Copenhagen
conference. 1979-1980.
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Box |
Folder |
6 |
1 |
Correspondence/reports preparing for Nairobi conference. 1981-1985. |
6 |
2 |
Preparing material
for Nairobi conference. undated.
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6 |
3 |
Preparing material
for Nairobi conference. undated.
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6 |
4 |
National Jewish Community Relations Advisory Council (NJCRAC) reports and
preparation for Nairobi conference. 1984-1985.
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6 |
5 |
Nairobi planning
reports/correspondence. 1981-1983.
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6 |
6 |
United Nations reports on
Nairobi. 1985.
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6 |
7 |
Reaction after
Nairobi conference. undated.
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6 |
8 |
Preparation for
Paris conference, Road to Nairobi. undated.
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6 |
9 |
Reports from Road
to Nairobi conference (Paris, France). 8-10 July 1984.
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6 |
10 |
Road to Nairobi -
France. 1984.
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Box |
Folder |
7 |
1 |
Nairobi conference -
Tribune publications. 1980-1985.
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7 |
2 |
Nairobi conference -
National Consultation Committee. undated.
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7 |
3 |
Nairobi conference -
press statements. undated.
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7 |
4 |
Nairobi conference -
Kenyan newspapers. undated.
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7 |
5 |
Nairobi conference -
conference and meeting lists. 1974-1985.
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7 |
6 |
Press releases.
1948-1960.
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7 |
7 |
Press releases.
1968-1974.
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7 |
8 |
Press releases.
1977-1978.
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Box |
Folder |
8 |
1 |
Citizenship and
Civic Affairs releases. 1957-1959.
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8 |
2 |
Press clippings.
1952-1982.
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8 |
3 |
Press clippings.
undated.
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8 |
4 |
Press clippings
[South American trip]. 1970.
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8 |
5 |
Abortion and free
choice. undated.
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8 |
6 |
B'nai B'rith
involvement in American Bicentennial. 1973-1975.
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8 |
7 |
B'nai B'rith
involvement in American Bicentennial. 1976.
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8 |
8 |
B'nai B'rith
involvement in American Bicentennial. 1976.
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8 |
9 |
Coalition of Women
in International Development. undated.
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8 |
10 |
Decade for
Women - information resources. undated.
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Box |
Folder |
9 |
1 |
Equal Rights
Amendment. undated.
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9 |
2 |
Humphrey Institute
publications. undated.
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9 |
3 |
Inter-American
Commission of Women. undated.
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9 |
4 |
International
Women's Year. 1974-1979.
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9 |
5 |
Israel and the
United Nations. undated.
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9 |
6 |
Jewish Women's
Caucus. 1977-1979.
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9 |
7 |
Jewish Women's
Caucus. 1980.
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9 |
8 |
Jewish Women's
Caucus. 1981-1982.
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9 |
9 |
Jewish Women's
Caucus. 1983-1985.
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9 |
10 |
Jewish Women's
Caucus [releases]. 1979-1985.
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Box |
Folder |
10 |
1 |
Jewish Women's
Network. undated.
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10 |
2 |
Jewish women's
status in communal organizations. undated.
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10 |
3 |
National Council
of Jewish Women. undated.
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10 |
4 |
National Council
of Jewish Women [resource material]. 1973-1982.
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10 |
5 |
National Council
of Jewish Women [resource material]. 1983-1985.
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10 |
6 |
National Council
of Jewish Women [35th convention]. 1983.
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10 |
7 |
National Council
of Jewish Women [correspondence and pamphlets]. undated.
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10 |
8 |
National Self-Help
Resource Center. undated.
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10 |
9 |
National Women's
Conference Committee. 1977-1980.
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10 |
10 |
National
Women's Conference Committee. 1981.
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Box |
Folder |
11 |
1 |
National Women's
Conference Committee. 1982.
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11 |
2 |
National Women's
Conference Committee. 1983-1985.
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11 |
3 |
Pay equity report.
undated.
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11 |
4 |
U.S.
women/Department of State. undated.
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11 |
5 |
Voluntary Fund
Involvement. 1979-1984.
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11 |
6 |
Women's rights
reports. undated.
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11 |
7 |
Women's World.
1952-1967.
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11 |
8 |
Women's World.
1968-1970.
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11 |
9 |
Women's World.
1969-1972.
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Box |
Folder |
12 |
1 |
Women's World.
1971-1973.
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12 |
2 |
Women's World.
1974-1984.
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12 |
3 |
Articles on
progressive movements for women. 1977-1985.
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12 |
4 |
Articles on
progressive movements for women. 1977-1985.
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12 |
5 |
General resources
on women's movement. 1970-1983.
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12 |
6 |
General resources
on women's movement. 1984-1985.
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12 |
7 |
General meetings,
conferences, publications. 1977-1982.
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Box |
Folder |
13 |
1 |
General meetings,
conferences, publications. 1983-1985.
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13 |
2 |
Speeches.
1948-1967.
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13 |
3 |
Speeches.
1968.
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13 |
4 |
Speeches.
1969.
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13 |
5 |
Speeches.
1970-1972.
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13 |
6 |
Speeches.
1973-1978.
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13 |
7 |
Speeches.
1979-1985.
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The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the
AJA's online catalog.
Shapiro, Betty Kronman, -- 1907-1989.
B'nai B'rith Women -- Archives.
National Council of Jewish Women.
Jewish women -- United States --
Charities.
Jewish women -- United States -- Societies and
clubs.