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Ronnee Alter
- Accession Number
- 2017-6-9
- Source
- Archival Accessions
- Accession Number
- 2017-6-9
- Material Format
- textual record
- graphic material
- Physical Description
- 71 cm of textual records
- 36 photographs : b&w and col. (9 negatives) ; 13 x 18 cm and smaller
- Date
- 1951-1996
- Scope and Content
- Accession consists of material documenting the National Council of Jewish Women, London Section. Included are: board and committee meeting minutes and correspondence, general correspondence, program material, publicity records, event invitations, committee and membership lists, membership recruitment materials, directories, by-laws, publications, anniversary records, newsletters, newsclippings, financial and budgetary records, and leadership training material. Program themes include women's health, women's equality, childcare, children's health, babysitting, and home care. Publications include issues of the national journal Council Woman, the newsletter National Newsletter, the London Update, the NCJW Bulletin, and the NCJW London Section Bulletin from 1951-1978.
- Administrative History
- The London Section of the National Council for Jewish Women of Canada was founded in the late 1940s. The section was presented its charter in 1950. Dev Fox was the section's first president. The section was involved in fundraising for various causes through events such as raffles, bingo nights, fashion shows and dinner-dances. They also organized discussion groups, programs and campaigns around topics of social interest such as mental and physical health, education, poverty, women's equality, women's health, child abuse and others. The London Section is no longer active.
- Use Conditions
- Copyright may not be held by the Ontario Jewish Archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain permission prior to use.
- Subjects
- Women in nonprofit organizations
- Name Access
- Alter, Ronnee (creator)
- National Council of Jewish Women, London Section (subject)
- Places
- London, Ont.
- Source
- Archival Accessions