Smithsonian Women's Committee Established
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PrintThe Smithsonian Women's Committee is created at a meeting in May of 1966. Originally called the Ladies Advisory Committee of the Smithsonian Society of Associates, the committee was formed by Mrs. Mary Livingston (S. Dillon) Ripley, Mrs. Josephine (G. Arthur) Cooper, Mrs. Donald MacArthur, Mrs. Frank Taylor, Mrs. Aileen B. (Russell E.) Train, and Mrs. Robert D. van Roijen. The purpose of the committee was to advise the Associates and raise funds to advance the Institution's mandate for the increase and diffusion of knowledge, especially through educational activities.
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Smithsonian Institution Archives, Office of the Secretary, Records, RU 99, Box 73.
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
May 1966