The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-03-01

Local Club ObSes-UeS National Business
 WOmen,S Week

The Waterbury Business and Professional Women's Club is plan ming observance of the national business women's week which IS being celebrated March 5 to II. The week is being observed by all in 1850 localities in the United States.
 Three striking personalities are responsible for shaping the pro- gram for the week. They are Flor ence E. Allen, of Columbus, Ohio, jurist; Marjorie Shuler of New York, author and newspaper woman; and Anne F. Leidendeker, head of the science and industry department of the Los Angeles public library, who are respective ly public relations, publicity and program chairmen of the natioh- al federation. Local chairmen Of these committees have the respon- sibility of carrying out locally the plans they have formulated. Each of the three national chair men is outstanding in her profess sion. Judge Allen is the first and only woman supreme court justice in the world. She is the first and only woman to sit in a court or last resort, and the only woman who has presided at a first degree murder trial. She is also the only | woman upon New York university has conferred the honorary degree or doctor of laws. She helps to plan the business women's week program because it is primarily a public relations project, designed | to strengthen cooperation between business women and other civic and service organizations. Miss Shuler, a member of the staff of the Christian Science Mon | itor as well as the writer of a monthly editorial for Pictorial Re- view, is considered an authority on | the technique of women's organi- cations. She has attended pract1- cally every large convention of
 women in this country and abroad during the past ten years. l Mrs. Leidenbeker's function In
 connection with the week is to develop that phase of the program
 which emphasizes the ten-year ob-
 jective of the federation, adopted at the biennial convention in Rich mond, Va, in 1881.
 | She has recommended for busi-
 ness women's week that business
 and professional women's clubs | throughout the country express their viewpoint on civic recon struction, and also that they make
 the plight of the feminine white
 collar workers their immediate
 concern.
 Mrs. Leidenbeker is a midwest erner, a graduate of the UniVer-
 sity of Illinois, with a unique po-
 sition in one of the largest librar-
 ies in the country, which has an
 annual circulation of 11,0OO,OOO | volumes.
 The program for observance of national business women's week,
 includes radio broadcasts by prom inent members of the organization, which will have a national hook up; many local broadcasts and pub | lie relations dinners in the several localities where there are affiliated l clubs. Simultaneously throughout | Hawaiian islands, the 60,0OO mem-
 bers of the national federation will
 observe this week.
 Members of the local club will
 close the week by attending serv-
 ices at the First Baptist church on Sunday, March 18th, in a group
 Domenic Antonacci of Fuller
 street is @ patient at St Mary's
 hospital where he recently under.
 went an operation for appendici-
 tis.
 Santa Maria Circle, Daughters of
 Isabella will hold their regular
 meeting tonight at o'clock in
 Hibernian hall.