Abstract AVANT is a women's organization, founded in 1981 in La Crosse, Wisconsin, to provide mutual support and networking among females in management positions and to serve as mentors for those aspiring to management positions. This collection contains the organization's records, 1981-2001, including board goals and annual reports, by-laws and constitution, financial materials, membership information, meeting minutes (Board & program), newsletters, photographs, program of events/calendar,...

Abstract The national Council of Church Women organization began in December 1941. By May of 1942, the local chapter, La Crosse Council of Church Women, had begun. The group acts as a local united of the United Church Women of Wisconsin and as a general department of United Women of the National Council of the Churches of Christ, as well as functioning as a department of the La Crosse Area Council of Churches, Inc. In more recent times, the organization refers to itself as Church Women United (of La...

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Records of the Woman's Industrial Exchange of La Crosse, Wisconsin, an organization of women who worked to develop a retail outlet for their handcrafted goods. Materials include a constitution, bylaws, lists of officers, and meeting minutes and range in date from 1893 to 1895.

Abstract Records of a women's organization in La Crosse, Wisconsin, affiliated in 1907 with its parent national organization. Founded locally in 1903, the group seeks to "advance the physical, social, intellectual, moral and spiritual interests" of young women. The modern, national statement of purpose includes the goal of "peace and justice, freedom and dignity for all people." The records include historical materials, board minutes and committee materials (1907-1981),...