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Civic activist Louise Ward Watkins seated next to an unidentified man, Southern California, 1934

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Title: Civic activist Louise Ward Watkins seated next to an unidentified man, Southern California, 1934
Date Created and/or Issued: 1934
Publication Information: Los Angeles Times
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Archives
Rights Information: US
UCLA Library Special Collections, A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310) 825-4988
Description: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
Civic activist Mrs. Louise Ward Watkins, president of the Friday Morning Club, seated at a banquet next to unidentified man. Her wine glass is filed with a white liquid (milk?).
Louise Ward Watkins, a Progressive Conservative, was involved with numerous civic organizations, and in 1938 became the first woman to run for the U.S. Senate in California. However she also opposed women in higher education.
Text from negative sleeve: Watkins, Louise Ward Mrs., 1934
Handwritten on negative: Mrs. Louise Ward Watkins
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_4272
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Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Clubwomen--California--Los Angeles
Banquets--California
Watkins, Louise Ward, 1890-1974
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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