- Title
- William E. Corr letter to Mary J. Workman, 1917 May 6
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- Creator
- Corr, William E.
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- Date
- 05 June 1917
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- Description
- A two page letter dated May 6, 1917 from William Corr to Mary J. Workman on letterhead from St. Patrick's Rectory in Fall River, Massachusetts. The letter mentions that the writer misses California, describes a visit to New York, and mentions the appointment of Bishop Muldoon. A paragraph is typed vertically on the left side of the second page.
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- Format Extent
- [2] leaves ; 28 cm
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- Subject
- Social settlements--California--Los Angeles; Settlement houses--Social aspects--California--Los Angeles;
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- Note
- Born into a politically prominent Los Angeles family, Mary Julia Workman founded the Brownson House Settlement Association in 1901 and led it for 19 years. The Brownson House assisted underprivileged and immigrant families in the city, providing them with educational, vocational and social programs such as student clubs, Sunday school, dances, and sporting events. Mary Julia Workman also became the first woman to join the Municipal League, a civic watchdog group. A Roman Catholic who built cooperative relationships with church leaders, she founded the diocesan chapter of the National Council of Catholic Women in 1924. She led the Los Angeles Civil Service Commission from 1927 to 1928 and helped establish local chapters of the League of Women Voters and the National Conference of Christians and Jews. Throughout her life Workman was active in numerous social and religious efforts in her native city.
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- Collection
- Workman Family Papers CSLA-9, Series 1: Mary Julia Workman, Box 1, Folder 1
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- Type
- ["Correspondence"]
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- Language
- eng
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