Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Members of the Republican Women of Southern California, a group aimed at fighting the New Deal pose at Weiss Café in Los Angeles. Louise B. Booth is identified here as Mrs. H.W. Booth. Cecil Corone Smith Evans is identified as Mrs. W.E. Evans. This photograph appears with the article, "Women Join G.O.P. Fight: Group Organizes at Meeting: Republican Committee Man Praises Organization and Offers Aid," Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 1935: A2. Text from newspaper caption: Republican Women to Fight New Deal: Organizing to combat the New Deal, Republican Women of Southern California yesterday selected officers for an independent group. Pictured here, the officers are, standing left to right, Mrs. H.W. Booth, recording secretary, and Mrs. Nellie Dean Graham, parliamentarian. Seated are Mrs. Dora A. Stearns, treasurer; Mrs. Louise Ward Watkins, president, and Mrs. W.E. Evans, director. Text from negative sleeve: 1719. Republican Women of Southern California. Standing: Mmes. H. W. Booth, rec. sec. Nellie Dean Graham, parlimentarian [sic.] Dora A. Stearns, treas. Louise Ward Watkins, president. Mrs. W. E. Evans, dir. Clubs. [Stamped:] Aug 22...
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uclamss_1429_10087 ark:/21198/zz002ddv8n
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Political organizations--California--Los Angeles Clubwomen--California--Los Angeles Republican Women of Southern California Graham, Nellie Dean 1870-1939 Evans, Cecil Corone Smith 1888 or 89-1939 Stearns, Dora A. Smith, 1882-1942 Watkins, Louise Ward, 1890-1974 Booth, Louise B., b. 1894 or 95
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