Lena Madesin Phillips
Lena Madesin Phillips (September 15, 1881 – May 22, 1955) was a lawyer and clubwoman from Nicholasville, Kentucky, who founded the National Business and Professional Women's Clubs in 1919. She enlarged her circle, traveling also to Europe, and in 1930 she founded the International Federation of Business and Professional Women. Phillips served years as a president of each organization, and continued to work as an activist to the end of her life. She wrote numerous articles and pamphlets in the service of these causes, as well as frequently speaking to both women's and men's groups. Phillips also worked on two journals: Independent Women of NBPW, and the Pictorial Review. |
Birth and Death Data: Born September 15, 1881 (Nicholasville), Died May 22, 1955 (France)
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1933
Roles Represented in DAHR: speaker
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Recordings
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Victor | BS-76604 | 10-in. | 7/7/1933 | A century in the progress of women | Lena Madesin Phillips ; Howard Smith | Slide show soundtrack : Talk, with spoken introduction and dubbed recordings | speaker |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Phillips, Lena Madesin," accessed March 29, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/110160.
Phillips, Lena Madesin. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved March 29, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/110160.
"Phillips, Lena Madesin." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 29 March 2024.
DAHR Persistent Identifier
Linked Open Data Sources
LCNAR: Phillips, Lena Madesin, 1881-1955 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no96003060
Wikidata: Lena Madesin Phillips - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q6522145
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/2055821
ISNI: 0000 0000 5034 1277 - http://www.isni.org/isni/0000000050341277
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