The League expands to Canada
The Junior League of Montreal became the first Canadian League, and today is survived by Leagues in Halifax, Hamilton-Burlington, Edmonton, Toronto, and Calgary.
The Junior League publishes its first magazine, The Junior League Bulletin
One hundred years of Junior League magazines are now domiciled at the Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America at Harvard’s Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Studies.
The League helps to align immigrant families and schools in New York City
New York City financed an initiative to fund 25 “Home and School Visitors,” a program put in place by the League to tutor children and hold special classes.
The League expands on both the East and West Coasts
While the Junior League of Brooklyn focused on improving public schools and playgrounds, the Junior League of Portland (Oregon) investigated the delivery of welfare services.
1910s: Igniting The Junior League Movement
Whatever was left of the Victorian Era disappeared in the second decade of the century as the role of women in the public arena continued to strengthen. Out of the Settlement House Movement had come a new respect for social workers as professionals and women as volunteers. A band of well-trained women stood ready to assume even greater responsibility in…
The League works to link school and home for immigrant families
Learn more about the role of women in reform visiting the online exhibit at the National Women’s History Museum, Reforming their World: Women in the Progressive Era.
Eleanor Roosevelt becomes one of the first members of The Junior League
Joining her friend, Mary Harriman, the future First Lady took her first step in public service as a member of the Junior League of the City of New York. She pressed the causes of black people, youth, the poor, and the unemployed.
Mary Harriman founds The Junior League
The Progressive Era (1890s-1920s) was marked by rapid industrialization, a large influx of immigrants, and the growth of inner city tenements. There was also a lot of corruption in business and politics as well as poor working and living conditions for many working class people. The Progressive Era was also marked by reform in education, sanitation, public health, government, and…
1900s: New Century, New Need, New Women
Girls coming of age as the 20th century began were already on their way to becoming modern women. Since 1860, when a brewer named Vassar established a college to offer women the same rigorous academic training received by men, more and more middle class women were attending new women’s colleges or progressive co-educational institutions in the west. After Frederic A.P….
The League works to link school and home for immigrant families
Learn more about the role of women in reform visiting the online exhibit at the National Women’s History Museum, Reforming their World: Women in the Progressive Era.