85th History Booklet - Junior League of Minneapolis
85th History Booklet - Junior League of Minneapolis
85th History Booklet - Junior League of Minneapolis
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<strong>Junior</strong> <strong>League</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Minneapolis</strong> . . .<br />
1923<br />
The <strong>Minneapolis</strong> <strong>Junior</strong><br />
<strong>League</strong> holds its fi rst<br />
meeting on November 9,<br />
1923. The 60 members<br />
elect Katharine Phelps as<br />
President. Requirements<br />
are three business meetings<br />
per year, three hours<br />
<strong>of</strong> work each week and<br />
$6.00 in dues. The group<br />
stresses training and setting<br />
specifi c goals. Also that<br />
year, the group holds its<br />
fi rst fundraiser, a Christmas<br />
Charity Ball. The $1,000<br />
raised goes to the Children’s<br />
Protective Society homes.<br />
JLM provides volunteer and<br />
fi nancial support for this<br />
agency for 20 years.<br />
1925-69<br />
The Children’s Theatre project<br />
brings JLM-produced and<br />
performed plays into schools.<br />
Becoming the JLM’s longestrunning<br />
activity, eventually<br />
productions are trooped out<br />
<strong>of</strong> the metro area, workshops<br />
are held and thousands<br />
<strong>of</strong> children enjoy the<br />
performances.<br />
1950-2005<br />
The Clothes Line Thrift Shop<br />
serves as both a fundraiser<br />
and a service, providing gently<br />
used clothing at affordable<br />
prices. Pr<strong>of</strong>i ts are $4,559 the<br />
fi rst year.<br />
1923 1930 1940 1950<br />
1925-26<br />
JLM begins to fi nance the training<br />
and salary <strong>of</strong> a physiotherapist to<br />
care for post-polio patients at General<br />
Hospital. Six years later the Curative<br />
Workshop is founded; the JLM<br />
continues to provide volunteer and<br />
fi nancial support ($71,202) until it is<br />
taken over in 1943 by the Hennepin<br />
County Community Chest and<br />
Council.<br />
4 |<br />
1943<br />
A JLM cookbook is<br />
published, with members<br />
handwriting favorite<br />
recipes. It raises $3,283.<br />
1947-48<br />
Now known as the Docent program,<br />
the JLM, in cooperation with the<br />
<strong>Minneapolis</strong> Institute <strong>of</strong> Arts and the<br />
<strong>Minneapolis</strong> public schools, begins<br />
acting as gallery guides for school<br />
children’s tours at the Institute <strong>of</strong> Arts.<br />
It is turned over to WISE (Women in<br />
Service to Education) after 25 years.<br />
1951-52<br />
Continuing their educational<br />
work in radio and now<br />
television, JLM produces jointly<br />
with the St. Paul <strong>League</strong> a<br />
TV program, “Music Tells<br />
a Story,” consisting <strong>of</strong> 13<br />
classical music programs for<br />
children shown on Saturday<br />
mornings and watched by<br />
90,000 viewers each week.
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