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	Sherwin, Belle, 1868-1955 Identifier bellesherwin001.jpg Title Belle Sherwin holds the silver loving cup Description [Image credit: Courtesy of the League of Women Voters of the United States. Original source: http://www.lwv.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Home&template=/CM/HTMLDisplay.cfm&ContentID=1539] "Miss Belle Sherwin, President of the National League of Women Voters, holding silver loving cup to be awarded by the National League to the state League showing the greatest percentage increase of vote of 1924 over 1920." Name Sherwin, Belle, 1868-1955 Birth Date 1868-03-20 Death Date 1955-07-09 Accomplishments Belle Sherwin was the former president for the national League of Women Voters (1924-1934). She was also a founder of the Women's City Club in Cleveland, Ohio. Profession Government Community Subject Women's City Club Suffrage Suffragists Women's suffrage League Of Women Voters (Lwv) Of Cleveland Date Original 1924? Time Period Reform and Challenges: 1900-1929 Encyclopedia of Cleveland History Entry http://ech.cwru.edu/ech-cgi/article.pl?id=SB3 Cleveland State University Library Resources For the public record : a documentary history of the League of Women Voters: http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/41035415 Vote and voice : women's organizations and political literacy, 1915-1930: http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/54685830 Personal Papers At Radcliffe College: http://oasis.lib.harvard.edu/oasis/deliver/~sch00198 Additional Resources Letter to national League of Women Voters from Franklin D. Roosevelt: http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/print.php?pid=14851 League of Women Voters article in Ohio History Central: http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=918 The big vote: Gender, consumer culture and the politics of exclusion, 1890s-1920s: http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/52601559 League of Women Voters through the decades; the 1930s: http://www.lwv.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Home&template=/CM/HTMLDisplay.cfm&ContentID=9143 Ohio history of the League of Women Voters: http://www.cboss.com/lwv/ohiolwv.htm Digital Collection Famous Women of Cleveland Repository League of Women Voters of the United States Repository Homepage http://www.lwv.org Creator unknown Object Type black-and-white photographs Format JPG Digital Processing Notes JPG, 72 dpi
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