Recognizing the decades of work done by Leagues and their members, President George Bush, assisted by his wife, Barbara Bush, presented AJLI with the prestigious President’s Volunteer Action Award. Association President Maridel J. Moulton accepted the award.
The Junior League of Calgary, working with the YWCA and the Alberta Law Foundation, published “Law and the Abused Woman,” a 37-page pamphlet distributed by JLC members throughout Alberta and other Canadian provinces.
The Junior League of Los Angeles became the first League to start an AIDS-awareness project, later working with other Leagues to set up their own programs. The Junior League of Mexico City, for example, introduced AIDS education to Mexico.
The League established a public policy office in Washington, D.C. and hired a lobbyist to work on such reforms as mandated job leaves for new parents.
At a time when alcoholism among women was still a problem many people preferred to ignore, AJLI launched its Woman to Woman initiative, a three-year public awareness program to educate the public on the gender-specific impact of alcohol abuse cutting across socioeconomic boundaries. Within three years, more than 100 Leagues in the U.S., Mexico, and Canada were participating in the…
With the founding of the first League outside of North America, the Association’s name was official changed to The Association of Junior Leagues International, Inc. (AJLI).
Learn more about Sally by visiting the National Women’s History Museum online exhibit.
With a grant from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, The League and The Quest National Center initiated a national leadership training program for youth called Project LEAD (Leadership Experience and Development).
The former movie star and Junior League of Los Angeles member served eight years in the role, working hard to raise awareness of drug abuse among the young through her famous “Just Say No” campaign.
Appointed by President Ronald Reagan, former Junior League of Phoenix member Sandra Day O’Connor would serve on the Court for 25 years. Sandra Day O’Connor was honored by the National Women’s Hall of Fame in 1995. Read her bio on NWHoF
