"It all began in 1964, When Lenore Feibel and Dorothy Forbes moved to Vero Beach, missed their former AAUW chapters and became involved. They organized a tea, which 65 women attended. At the first meeting, held at the Women's Club, 54 charter members joined the new branch. Now the third largest of 42 state branches, the Vero Beach group promotes a love for learning and is dedicated to the empowerment of women and girls. For going on six decades, local members of the AAUW have supported educational and philanthropic activity." (per https://verobeach-fl.aauw.net/about/history/) The Vero Beach Branch Series of the AAUW Collection houses administrative records, scrapbooks, and photographs produced by the Vero Beach Branch from 1964-2016, which were gifted to FGCU's Bradshaw Library Archives in February of 2019 by AAUW Representative Linda Barker.
The sub-folders of this item contain a variety of dated and undated photographs documenting the history and events of the AAUW Vero Beach branch between the years of 1964 and 2015. A large portion of these photographs cannot be dated - for those without dates, approximate time periods have been inferred.
Box 4 contains pages from AAUW Vero Beach scrapbooks in their original order and form. The pages have been removed from their bindings for preservational purposes; please handle with care to maintain the scrapbooks' original order.
