Brigham Young University. Care of Girls and Women's Activities Committee
The Care of Girls and Women's Activities Committee was created in 1914 to look after the needs of women students at BYU. Its chairwomen included Alice Louise Reynolds (1914-1924), Ethel Cutler Butt (1924-1925), Nettie Neff Smart (1925-1945), and Lillian C. Booth (1946). During World War I this committee oversaw the operation of a Red Cross chapter at BYU and sent care packages to military servicemen. In 1946, the name of this committee was changed to the Women's Affairs Committee.
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Description
Established: 1914
Abolished: 1946
Location: Provo, Utah (1914-1946)
Functions
The function of the Care of Girls and Women's Activities Committee was to look after the needs of women on campus. Along with sponsoring activities for women, this committee looked after women's facilities on campus and visited ill and indisposed female students.
Assets and Administrative Structure
Until 1922 this committee was chaired by the University's matron. After 1924 the Dean of Women took over that responsibility.
Associated Units
Superior unit: Brigham Young University (1914-1946)
Later unit: Brigham Young University. Woman's Affairs Committee (1946- before 1968)
Sources
Brigham Young University: The First One Hundred Years, 1975: v. 3 p. 212-213 (Alice Louise Reynolds, matron; Ethel Culter Butt, Dean of Women; Nettie Neff Smart, Dean of Women; Lillian C. Booth, Counselor for Women)
Brigham Young University Annual Catalog, 1914-1915: p. 12 (Alice Louise Reynolds, chairman)
Brigham Young University Annual Catalog, 1924-1925: p. 14 (Dean of Women, chairman)
Meeting Minutes, 1876-1951 (UA 5 Fol 11): (organized a chapter of the Red Cross; sent care packages to servicemen; looked after the needs of women on campus; visited ill female students)
Maintenance Information
Record ID: EAC-2010-00351
Creator: JDM