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Preferred Citation

George Mason Junior Woman’s Club Scrapbook, MSS 05-66, Virginia Room, Fairfax County Public Library

Acquisition Information

Donated by Dee Schmidt in 2013

Processing Information

Jessica Koenig, May 2018
EAD generated by Ross Landis, 2024

Historical and Biographical Information

The George Mason Junior Woman’s Club of Fairfax was chartered in 1965 as a member of the Virginia Federation of Women’s Clubs and General Federation of Women’s Clubs. The club was founded to provide personal enrichment and awareness of local, national, and world affairs through community service for women aged 18 to 35. The club organized educational and creative programs and social events for its members. The club participated in local events, including decorating cars for and marching in the City of Fairfax’s Fourth of July Parade, donating baked goods for the city’s Old Town Hall Day, and selling refreshment’s at a semi-annual art fair sponsored by the Fairfax County Department of Recreation. The club’s charitable activities included visiting residents at local nursing homes, supporting scholarships for Camp Easter Seal, forming a children’s theatre, establishing college scholarships, furnishing the student lounge at George Mason College (now George Mason University), volunteering at the Northern Virginia Mental Health Institute, supporting Ship HOPE, conducting advertising sales campaigns to raise money for the Lions club, and establishing a library at the Virginia State Prison Road Camp 30. The club also volunteered for and promoted national-scale social and charitable causes, including control of pollution and humane treatment of prisoners of war.

Scope and Content

The George Mason Junior Woman’s Club Scrapbook is a scrapbook of the George Mason Junior Woman’s Club for 1970-1971. The scrapbook includes an officer list, photographs of events, event programs, event memorabilia, newspaper clippings, certificates of appreciation and merit, and programs from conventions, banquets, and meetings of the Virginia Federation of Women’s Clubs. Also included is a thank you note to Dee Schmidt dated April 1974.

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Index Terms

• George Mason Junior Woman’s Club (Fairfax, Va.)
• Schmidt, Dee Ann (1940- )

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