Mutual Improvement Association Minutes

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Mutual Improvement Association Minutes

The Mutual Improvement Association is a women's organization founded in Sandy Spring, Maryland in 1857 and is among the oldest, continually meeting groups of its kind in the United States. The original group was comprised of Quakers and thus meetings are modeled, in part, on a Quaker Meeting style. The hostess and presiding officer gives a "sentiment" that she feels may inspire the membership after which each individual contributes a comment or a question. Membership is limited to fifteen and they meet at the homes of each member in rotation.

IMAGE: Mutual Improvement Association, 1907 (SSM1989.0010.0041)

Club Minutes: Mutual Improvement Association, 1942

Club Minutes: Mutual Improvement Association, 1942

69 pages: 98% complete (100% transcribed, 1% needs review)
Club Minutes: Mutual Improvement Association, 1944

Club Minutes: Mutual Improvement Association, 1944

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58 pages: 63% complete (67% transcribed, 3% needs review)
Club Minutes: Mutual Improvement Association, 1945

Club Minutes: Mutual Improvement Association, 1945

69 pages: 98% complete (100% transcribed, 1% needs review)
Club Minutes: Mutual Improvement Association, 1948

Club Minutes: Mutual Improvement Association, 1948

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27 pages: 59% complete (66% transcribed, 7% needs review)
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