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* [[Judith Giuliani]], wife of [[Rudolph Guiliani]] |
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* Mary Harriman, founder of the Junior League |
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* [[Carolyn Maloney]], [[US]] [[Congresswoman]] |
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Revision as of 15:56, 11 September 2007
The Association of Junior Leagues International, Inc. (AJLI) is a nonprofit organization of 293 Junior Leagues in the United States, Canada, Mexico, and the United Kingdom. Junior Leagues are educational and charitable women's organizations aimed at helping their communities and improving their members through volunteerism. As a side effect of this they also benefit their members by offering networking opportunities.
The first Junior League, the Junior League for the Promotion of the Settlement Movement (now the Junior League of the City of New York, Inc.) was founded in 1901 in New York CIty by Mary Harriman, daughter of the wealthy railroad executive Edward H. Harriman. The organization's first project was a settlement house. The league was soon emulated, and by 1921, 30 Leagues joined to form the national association.
In 1921, Dorothy Payne Whitney became the first president of the Association of Junior Leagues International Inc., operating as the umbrella organization for all Junior Leagues worldwide. There are currently 293 Leagues in Canada, the United States, Mexico and the UK[1]. The first League outside the United States was in Montreal, Canada.
Notable League Members
- Margot Birmingham, wife of Ross Perot
- Lindsay Brice, photographer
- Barbara Bush, former First Lady
- Marisol Deluna, fashion designer
- Judith Giuliani, (former Judith Nathan), wife of Rudolph Guiliani
- Mary Harriman, founder of the Junior League
- Carolyn Maloney, US Congresswoman
- Sandra Day O'Connor, former Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
- Suzanne Perron, fashion designer
- Nancy Reagan, former First Lady
- Eleanor Roosevelt, former First Lady
Notes
External links
- Junior League of Annapolis
- Junior League of Greater Fort Lauderdale
- Junior League of Fort Myers
- Junior League of Jackson
- Junior League of Lafayette
- Junior League of Little Rock
- Junior League of Olympia
- Junior League of Nashville
- Junior League of the City of New York
- Junior League of Northern Virginia
- Junior League of Philadelphia
- Junior League of Richmond
- Junior League of Saint Paul
- Junior League of Salt Lake City
- Junior League of Seattle