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Who was the first woman elected to Congress from New York?

  • March 7, 2014
For the record, it was Ruth Sears Baker Pratt. And she was a Junior Leaguer. We realize that the shock and awe of having a woman as a member of…
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Taking Their Seats at the Capitol

  • November 12, 2012
In the Wednesday-morning quarterbacking that followed last week’s elections in the U.S., one of the more significant outcomes barely earned a headline:  more women than ever before have been sent…
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A Legacy of Environmental Activism

  • September 3, 2010
BP’s catastrophic oil spill in the Gulf got us thinking about The Junior League’s trail-blazing legacy in environmental advocacy. It took only a quick look through the archives to uncover…
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