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Northwestern University OOCUMt:.N I::> kOOM No. 4 -- 1162 Ii•- .. ,,.. APR 2 7 1936 THE WORKS PROGRAM -- Works ?ro 6 ress Ad.ministration E'or release in newspapers Sunday, April 26, 1936 ieeting of State Directors of the Division of Women 1 s and Professional Projects )f the Works Progress Ad.ministration in Washington, D. C. --- May 4th, 5th & 6th. · Exhibits and actual demonstrations portraying the full range of women 1 s, )rofessional, eJ:1er:sency education and res earch projects throughout the nation under Ghe Works Pro gress Admini s tration will be presented at a meeting of directors from Ghe 48 states, New York City and t he District of Columoia with the six r egional di~ectors of this division in Wa shington May 4, 5 and 6, Harry L. Ho~kins, Works ?rogress Admi n istrator, will address the opening session of the conference, to be rnld at the Mayflower Hotel, Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt and Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins also :i.re incl 1.1.ded on the list of speakers for the three-day program, with Frank Bane, ~xecutive director of the Social Security Board, and Miss Mary Anderson, director if the Women's Bureau of the Department of Labor. The meeting has been called by Mrs. Ellen S. Woodward, Assistant Adminis~ator in charge of the Women's Division of the Works Progress Administration, to ~onsider plans for a future program after reviewing and evaluating accomplishments ;o date. Sewing room projects, which figured prominently in supplying gnrmsnts of Digitized by Original from NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY No. 4 -- 1162 - 2 - all kinds to flood and storm victims in recent disasters, will be demonstrate d to present the full scope of their instruction al and relief values. There will also be a display of ha,ndcraft articles produced by men and women who have taken advant~~ge of free instruction from Works Progress Administrat i0n teachers on recreation and adult education projects. The fight of the Works Prr 0 ss .Administra tion on malaria will be illustrat- ed by microscopic work, slides displaying malarial cultures and other features under the direction of a public heal th nurse. Transcrip tion of books into Braille will call attention to another tYPe of Works Progress Administrat ion project. .An associated exhibit will include detailp of a new project in Baltimore, Md., designed to furnish relief maps for the blind. :Jhese w~ll outline the thirteen original colonies and other geographica l units for schools and institutes for the sightless. Among other exhibits will be photographs e•nd posters illustratin g nursery school, hot s chool lunch, museum, clerical and surveF projects. One booth will present in detail the method of repairing books for p,1blic libraries and schools. Activities in each state will be outlined in reports by the various state directors. Special problems, most of which will be distuseed in preliminary mee tings of regional directors with the state division heads upon their arrival in Washington, also will be considered at the general conference, The following regional directors of the Division ~f Women 1 s and Profe ssional Projects will make reports to the conference on their re~·ions: 1'.rs. Lula Martin Scott of Greensboro, N. C., Region I, comprising the St.ates of Connecticut , Maine, Massachuse tts, New Hampshire, New York, and Rhode ~· Island. Mrs. Izetta Jewel Miller of Kingwood, West Virginia, I\~egion II, comprising the States of Indiana, West Virginia, Ohio, and Kentucky; as wel\\ a s Region VI, which includes Delaware, Di!:itr.ict of Columbia, Maryland, New Jers ey r,n d P e nnsylv.'.lllia. D1g1tized by original tram NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY 4 - 1162 -3- Mrs. Blanche M. Ralston of Clarksdale, Mississippi, Region III, comprising the area of Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia. Mrs. Florence S. Kerr of Grinnell, Iowa, Region IV, comprising the States of Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wisconsin. Dr. Dorothy B. Nyswander of Salt Lake City, Utah, Region V, com- prising the States of Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, Wyoming. The State directors who will take part in the coming conference are: Miss Mary Weber, Montgomery, Alabama Mrs. Lela F. Ely, Boise, Idaho Miss Jane Rider, Phoenix, Arizona Mrs. Mary Gillette Moon, Chicago, Illinois Mrs. Dot Kennan, Little Rock, Arkansas Mrs. Edith Keyes,and Mrs, Letitia H. Carter Indianapolis, Indiana Miss Elizabeth Clauss, San Francisco, California Mrs. Mary Isham, Denver, Colorado Mrs. Mary Hughart New Haven, Connecticut Miss Jeanette Eckman, Wilmington, Delaware Mrs. Rebecca Barkley, Wilmington, Delaware Mrs. Rolla Southworth, Jacksonville, Florida Mrs. Jessie Hanthorn, Des Moines, Iowa Mrs. Harrison Parkman,. Topeka, Kansas Miss Elizabeth Fullerton, Louisville, Kentucky Mi s s Edna Bre nan , New Orleans, Louisiana Miss Agnes P, Manter Portland, Maine Dr. Enma F. Ward, Baltimore, Maryland Miss Vane Van De Vrede, Atlanta, Georgia Digitized by Original from NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY 4-1162 -4- Mrs. Helen G. Talboy and Mrs. ilice Stritch, Boston, Massachusetts Miss Catherine Murray, and Mrs. Harriet Comstock, Lansing, Michigan Mrs. ilma Kerr, St. Paul, Minnesota Miss Ethel Payne, Jackson, Mississippi Mrs. J,.nita K. Hynes and Miss Mayme Ratekin, Jefferson City, Missouri Miss J..gnes Pauline, Helena, Mo:::1tana Mrs. Ethel M. Sanmann, Lincoln, Nebraska Mrs. Harriet G. Spann, Reno, Nevada Mrs. J,.nne S. Tighe, Manchester, New Hampshire Mrs. Elizabeth C. D. Vann, Newark, New Jersey Mrs. Mildred Andrew, Santa Fe, New Mexico. Miss Anne Garrity, ilbany, New York Miss Mary Tinney, and ~1rs. Sarah Dennen, New York City. Mrs. May E. Campbell, Raleigh, North Carolina Mrs. Hazel Falley, Bismarck, North Dakota Hrs. Sarah G. Krusling, Columbus, Ohio. Mrs. Thomas G. Gammie, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Hise Mary Ja.ne Spurlin, Portland, Oregon Miss Gertrude Ely, and Mrs • .t...11na Lebengood, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Mrs. Margaret N. Staley, Providence, Rhode Island Mrs. Margaret D. Davies, Columbia, South Carolina Miss Ethel M. Dowdell, Pierre, South Dakota Mrs. Thomas N. Coppedge, Nashville, Tennessee Mary K. Taylor, San ~ntoni.o , Texas Mrs. Ruby S. Garrett, Salt Lake City, Utah Uiss Mary Jane Simpson, Montpelier, Vermont Hiss Ella !gnew, Richmond, Virginia. Digitized by Original from NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY 4 - 1162 -5- Mrs. Edna E. McClure, Sea ttle, Washing ton ) Mrs. Dora Ga rlitz, and Mrs. Marie W. Niles, Charleston, West Virginia. Mrs. Esther Haas, Madison, Wisconsin Miss Ma rga ret Sowers, Cheyenne, Wyoming Mrs. Mary S. Funkhouser, Washington, D. C. t Digitized by NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY Original from NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
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