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#2763 Jane Hedges Todd. Papers, 1920-1966. PRELIMINARY LISTING
- R I 1s ~ 1.. ~ -,;0!14 ~ ~ -~~ _.,-- f~dd, Jane Hedges, 1890-1966, PaPers, 1920-1966, 5 cubic ft,, 2 volumes, NYCV84-A442, ' Jane H, Todd was active in the women's suffrage movem~nt and on local committees in Tarrytown, New York, She was a committeewoman of the Republican Party and organized the first Negro RePublican Women' s Club, and the ReP~blican Business and Professional Women's Club in Westchester, New York, She was elected to the New York State Assembly from Westchester County in 1935 and remained there for ten years, servins on the Rules Committee, the Public Education Committee, and the Public Welfare Relief Committee, and chaired the Republican Conference Committee and the Social Welfare Committee, She sponsored legislation for women including her Eoual Pay Law Prohibiting wase discrimination asainst women, Todd was the first vice President of the National Order of Women Legislators; a charter member of the Albany and Tarrytown Business and Professional Women's Clubs; a member of the Tarrwtown ChaPter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, the National Advisory Council of Junior Achievement, the Homemaking Education Council of the University of the State of New York, the American Woman's Association, and the Westchester County Children's Association; and an honorary member of the National Secretaries Association, Albany Chapter, and of Phi Chi Theta, New York Alumnae ChaPter, Business College Graduates' Association, In JanuarY 1945, Todd was appointed DePutY Commissioner of the New York State Department of Commerce, The same wear Governor Thomas E, Dewey appointed her Chairman of the new New York Woman's Council, a sroup of 34 women who worked with Todd under the aegis of the Department of Commerce to widen economic opportunities for women in New York State, She developed a Woman's Prosram within the department to Provide guidance for women starting out or already established in business, Summary: Includes correspondence; invitations to Political ceremonies and events; radio interviews; news releases; articles; speeches; reports; Printed material on legislation; biosraphical accounts; material about Tarrytown, New York; certificates of election; citations; announcements and autographed Prosrams from testimonial dinners; material concernins the Department of Commerce, the NeWYork State Woman's Council, and the economy; scrapbooks of clippinss; PamPhlets, 5lides, Photographs, and other materials from Todd's 75th birthday Party, 1965; and other materials of Jane H, Todd, Correspondents include Dwight D, Eisenhower, Richard M, Nixon, Nelson Rockefeller, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Ke~neth KeatinS,... Cite as! Jane H, Todd, Papers, t2763, Department of Manuscr1Pts and Un1vers1tY Archives, Cornell University Libraries, ~ 1, Eisenhower, Dwisht D. <Dwight David>, 1890-1969. 2, Keating, Kenneth Bernard, b,1900. 3, Nixon, Richard M, (Richard Milhous>, b,1913, 4. Rockefeller, Nelson A, (Nelson Aldrich>, 1908-1979, 5, Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962. 6, American Women's Association, 7, Business and Professional Women's Club (Albany, N,Y,> 8, Business and Professional Women's Club (Tarrytown, N,Y,> 9, Daughters of the American Revolution, Tarrytown Chapter, 10, Junior Achievement, National Advisory Council. 11, National Order of Women Lesislators, 12, National Secretaries Association, Albany Chapter, 13, Negro Republican Women's Club, 14, New York (State), Department of Commerce, New York Woman's Council, 15. New York (State), Department of Commerce, Woman' s Program. 16, New York (State>. Legislature, Assembly, 17, New York (State), LeSislature. Assembly, Rules Committee, 18, New York (State), LeSislature, Assembly, Public Education Committee, 19, New York (State), Legislature, Assembly, Public Welfare Relief Committee, 20, New York (State), Lesislature, Assembly, Republican Conference Committee, 21, New York (State), Legislature, Assembly, Social Welfare Committee, 22, New York (State), LeSislature--Officials and employees, 23, Phi Chi Theta, New York Alumnae Chapter, 24, Republican Busjness and Professional Women's Club (Westchester, N,Y,) 25, Republican Party, 26, University of the State of New York, Homemaking Education Council. 27, Westchester County Children's Association, 28, Politics, Practical, 29, Women in business, 30, Women in Politics, 31, New York CState)--Politics and sovernment, 32, Interviews, 33, PhotoPrints, 34, Scrapbooks, 35, Slides, 36, Speeches, 37, Politiciians, 38, Women l esislators, P f.\f'.'n! 2:763 OEC 19 \989
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