- Title
- Mary J. Workman letter to Fr. Corr, 1919 November 12
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- Creator
- Workman, Mary J. (Mary Julia), 1871-1964
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- Date
- 11 December 1919
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- Description
- A letter from Mary J. Workman to Father Corr, dated Nov. 12, 1919, regarding an upcoming Christmas concert to benefit the Brownson House organized by "a group of young Mexican women." The letter is written by hand in black ink on the Brownson House letterhead.
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- Names
- Workman, Mary J. (Mary Julia), 1871-1964--Correspondence; Corr, W. E.--Correspondence; Brownson House (Los Angeles, Calif.);
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- Format Extent
- [1] p. ; 14 x 22 cm.
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- Subject
- Social settlements--California--Los Angeles; Social service--Finance--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. She 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. Father William E. Corr was the director of the Bureau of Catholic Charities for the Diocese of Los Angeles.
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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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