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The Montana International Women's Year Conference met in Helena in 1977. Records (1976-1977) include general correspondence, financial records, minutes, and organizational materials for the MIWY Coordinating Committee; minutes, reports, speeches, etc. for the conference; subject files for other committees and regional conferences; and clippings.

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This collection consists of board minutes (1985-2014), legislative files (1984-2013), correspondence and general administrative files, general subject files (1980s-1992), and financial records for the Montana Women's Lobby and it's predecessor the Women's Lobbyist Fund. Subject files include topics such as abortion, veteran's preference, Women's Lobby history, comparable worth, insurance, and taxation.

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Norman and Belle Winestine were residents of Helena, Montana. Belle Winestine's (1882-1985) papers include correspondence, writings (fiction, poetry, and non-fiction), a Jeannette Rankin subject file, and Fligelman family materials. Norman Winestine's papers (1911-1954) include correspondence, Montana Historical Society and Montana Institute of the Arts materials, and miscellany.

Abstract Jeannette Rankin, 1880-1973, was the first woman elected to the U.S. Congress. She served two nonconsecutive terms in the House of Representatives: 1917-1919 and 1941-1943. Rankin was a suffragist, pacifist, and progressive social reformer. As congresswoman she voted against declaration of both world wars. The collection (1912-1972, bulk 1916-1942) consists primarily of correspondence and subject files from Rankin's congressional office. The bulk of materials are from her first term. Some...

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These records of the Young Democratic Club of Montana consist of the personal working files (1936-1939) of Gail Meagher Brown as secretary, editor, national committee woman, and regional representative. Included are general correspondence, organizational materials, subject files, newsletters, and miscellany.