Business and Professional Women's Club
presents collection at school
A historical record of women activists on Staten Island in the last
70 years was given to the College of Staten Island last night during
a ceremony in the school.
The Business and Professional Women's Club of Staten Island
presented a collection that included newspaper clippings and
correspondences between women leaders. The records date as far back
as 1936, when the organization was founded.
It's a record of all their activity, said Robin Locke Monda, editor
of the club's monthly bulletin.
The records show members attacking the Civil Commission in 1941
because they placed women in a lower classification for civil
service positions, Ms. Locke Monda said.
Another item documents women setting up a hospitality canteen in
Tompkinsville during World War II and visiting wounded veterans in
the former Halloran Hospital, Willowbrook.
CSI will preserve the historical papers, some of which are in
delicate condition, and make them available for students and the
community, Ms. Locke Monda said.
The papers will be added to the holdings of the Department of
Archives and Special Collections.
Preserving the papers was the idea of club member Mariann Kosovych,
who is also a graduate student at the school. The other members who
helped make it a reality include Virginia Allen, historian committee
chairwoman; Sue McAnanama, Ms. Locke Monda, Margaret Barry and Carol
Lodato.
Deborah Brehm, the Business and Professional Women's Club of Staten
Island's president, signed the deed of gift.
Speakers at the ceremony included Dr. Marlene Springer, CSI
president; James A. Kaser, coordinator of the Archives and Special
Collections; Ms. Allen and Wilma Jones, CSI acting chief librarian.
The Business and Professional Women's Club of Staten Island
currently has 105 members.
